1. Fighting in the Pacific

2. A Turning Point in the Pacific
attack on Pearl Harbor = huge success for Japan
damage to US Navy’s Pacific Fleet
took time to overcome
limited American ability to strike back

3. After Pearl Harbor: Japanese advantages:
navy ruled the seas after Pearl Harbor
better equipped
fighting closer to home
Backed by Germany and Italy
Japan conquered many strategic islands/ territories in the Pacific
Guam (2 weeks after Pearl Harbor)
Philippines under attack!
Singapore, Hong Kong, Burma = territories

4. General Douglas MacArthur (Army)
April 1942, surrendered the Philippines (American territory) to Japanese
“I shall return”
Admiral Chester Nimitz (Navy)
“island hopping”
Bataan Death March = marched up the Bataan Peninsula (map?)
Tropical heat, lack of food/water, brutal violence from captors killed 600 Ams, 10K Filipinos
Thousands more died in the prison camp

5. Military Strategies island hopping kamikazes
skipping over Japanese strongholds & capturing weaker targets
not always easy
kamikazes
Japanese pilots who loaded planes with explosives & deliberately crashed into Allied ships
Island hopping led to moving closer to Japan
Bypassed Japanese strongholds were cut off from outside supplies and would eventually weaken
Kamikazes were successful in sinking numerous ships
What do kamikazes sort of sound like?