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Please continue on your notes from yesterday

2. War in the Pacific: “Island Hopping”
By May 1942 the Japanese controlled much of South Pacific
: under US General Douglas MacArthur, US began an “island hopping” campaign to prepare for war with Japan
GOAL: recapture some Japanese occupied islands while bypassing heavily defended ones
Islands able to be used as airfields and supply bases captured to advance closer to Japanese home islands

3. “Island Hopping” Route
Guadalcanal 1942
Tarawa (Gilbert Islands) Nov. 1943
Kwajalein & Eniwetok (Marshall Islands) Jan.-Feb. 1944
Saipan (Mariana Islands) June-July 1944
Guam (Mariana Islands) July-Aug. 1944
Pelelieu (Philippines) Sept.-Nov. 1944
Leyte Gulf (Philippines) Oct. 1944
Iwo Jima Feb.-March 1945
Okinawa April-June 1945

4. Cost of Island Hopping
Guadalcanal: 1,600 US and 14,000 Japanese killed
First “island hopping” offensive by US in Pacific
Tarawa: 1,000 US and 4,800 Japanese killed
Saipan: 3,400 US and 24,000 Japanese killed
Japanese civilians hid in caves and jumped off cliffs to their deaths after hearing rumors of American atrocities
Philippines: 47,000 US and 300,000 Japanese killed/wounded
Iwo Jima: 7,000 US killed/19,000 wounded and 22,000 Japanese killed
Okinawa: 49,000 US and 109,000 Japanese killed/wounded