WAR IN THE PACIFIC 1941-1945. Japanese & US Relations 1940 Japanese aggression in French Indo-China and China angered USA USA supplied all oil to Japan.

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WAR IN THE PACIFIC

Japanese & US Relations 1940 Japanese aggression in French Indo-China and China angered USA USA supplied all oil to Japan USA demanded Japan withdraw from China & Indochina Stops shipping them oil Japan plans a surprise attack

A Day that will live in Infamy December 7, 1941 Japanese aircraft attack Pearl Harbor Battle of Wake Island began at same time Japan attacks Philippines Causes U.S. enters WWII

Battle of Bataan American/Filipino losses: 10,000 men, 20,000 wounded, 75,000 prisoners Bataan Death March

Battle of Coral Sea May 7 & US navy stopped Japanese advance Prevented Australia from invasion Japan losses: 3500 Men, 2 aircraft carriers, 2 destroyers, 100 planes USA losses: 540 men, 1 aircraft carrier, 65 planes, 1 destroyer

Battle of Midway Island June 4, 1942 Turning Point in Pacific Japan losses additional: 3,057 men, 4 carriers, 1 cruiser, 248 planes Japan's navy never recovers U.S. established naval superiority in Pacific

Battle of Guadalcanal First US offensive Solomon Islands Marines surprise attack Stops creation of Japanese air base Allied Victory

Battle of Leyte Gulf October 1944 Japanese attempt to block Allied invasion "Bull" Halsey and American fleet dominates Japanese losses: 4 aircraft carriers 23 ships 10,500 sailors Japanese navy no longer could perform major offensives Americans begin liberating Philippines

Kamikaze Japanese battle tactic Crashed planes into American Ships

Island Hopping Tactic of capturing some islands and bypassing other Japanese islands 1943 U.S. forces go on offensive across Pacific

The Battle of Iwo Jima Feb. - March 1945 Heavily defended Japanese Island One of the bloodiest battles of war –Japan losses: 21,000 –USA losses: 6,821

Okinawa Allies needed to hold Island for invasion of Japan "The Typhoon of Steel" Bloodiest battle of Pacific Final Battle in Pacific Japan losses – 77,000 Allied losses – 14,000

The Manhattan Project Fear of German creation Albert Einstein sends letter to FDR, encouraging Manhattan Project Creation of project to develop atomic bombs Kept Secret Able to create Atomic bomb What should Truman do? 1,000,000 American soldiers vs. Japanese Civilians

Atomic Bomb Use of Atomic Bomb –Dropped by Enola Gay –August 6, 1945 – Hiroshima (71,000 instant kills) –August 9, 1945 – Nagasaki (25,000 instant kills)

Japanese Surrender Aug 14 – Emperor Hirohito surrendered –17 million dead in battle –20 million dead civilians Surrender is signed on USS Missouri V-J day (Victory over Japan)