War in the Pacific Section 4. Japanese Advance (1941-42) With the goal of securing and Japan begins an offensive directly after Pearl Harbor.

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War in the Pacific Section 4

Japanese Advance ( ) With the goal of securing ____and ____ Japan begins an offensive directly after Pearl Harbor They take: ____

Philippines Fall May 6 th 1942 – 11,000 Americans and Filipinos surrender to ____, shortly after another 76,000 would be captured ____ were forced to walk 60 miles to the nearest railroad junction in tropical heat with little water – BATAAN DEATH MARCH Over 25,000 would die

Doolittle Raid April 1942 – B -25 ____ Bombers raid Tokyo Causes ____ damage Shocked ____, showed ____ could win

Battle of the Coral Sea Fought b/w ____ and ____ ships 70 miles from each other 5 day battle ended in draw New warfare as naval battles would take place without ships ever seeing each other

Aircraft Carrier

Allied Victories…..Finally! Midway June 4 th 1942 Waves of ____ bombers attack the Island that is vital to the defense of ____ U.S sinks all 4 ____ carriers and 250 planes Last ____ offensive of the War Guadalcanal 11,000 marines vs. 2,000 Japanese soldiers in ____ Japan fled the island after several months of fighting 1 st Allied conquer of Japanese held territory

Iwo Jima 25,000 ____ casualties Okinawa April – June ,000 allied troops take the island of Okinawa 2 nd biggest invasion (Normandy was 1 st )

What to do??? Massive invasion of Japan would cost millions of allied lives Naval blockade and conventional bombing Demonstration of new weapon (A-Bomb) on a deserted island

Japan Surrenders ____ planes drop 2 atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in a 3 day period Over 120,000 would die Sept 2,1945 ____ officially surrenders

COUNTRYDeaths (in millions AXIS 8.0 Germany5.6 Italy.28 Japan2.1 ALLIES 28 million France.59 Great Britain.36 U.S.4 Soviet Union17.7 China9.4