1. World War II: Pacific Theater

2. Overview Where the battle’s were fought Who won those battle’s
Outcome of the battle
Did it affect the moral
Why was the battle fought

3. Japan’s Rise Began to become dominate in the early 1930’s
Had fought with Russia
Invaded China
Took certain sectors of China
Why?

4. Japan on the move Japan’s military is battle tested
Begins to take islands near Japan
Meetings with Axis powers
The empire feels dominate--takes more islands throughout the Pacific
Makes a critical decision about the United States

5. ATTACK!! After repeated warnings by the United States--Japan ignores
Attacks the Philippines and Pearl Harbor

6. Pearl Harbor Dec. 7 1941--Sunday morning Japanese mini sub found
Japan attacks with waves of fighter bombers and torpedo planes
Kills over 2000 men, sinks the Arizona where over 1000 die in a matter of seconds
Why that date?

7. U.S.S. Shaw

8. U.S. Declares War Monday Dec. 8, 1941
Roosevelt gives speech: “This day will live in infamy”
Who declares war?
Thousands of men line up for recruitment
America joins the fight in Europe and is ready to fight Japan

9. The Philippines
Dec. 8, Japan attacks British, Dutch and American forces in the Pacific
For over a month, Japanese troop push American and Filipino troops back
Take Manila in Jan. 1942
MacArthur leader of troops leaves in Feb.
Vows to return again

10. Battaan Death March Japanese take Bataan Peninsula
Many American and Filipino forced to march to camps
Zero food and water provided for three days
Many died of weakness--if one fell out of the row, more than likely shot dead
6 Day march
5,000+ Soldiers died along the march

12. The March

13. Japanese-Americans Camp
After the attack, sentiment against those of Japanese decent grew
Thousands of people were rounded up and forced into an internment camp in Kansas
No rights were given
Many of the people were citizens for over 25 years or natural citizens

14. Internment Camp

15. Coral Sea First major Naval battle (May4-8,1942)
First time ever two powers fought without seeing each other (all attacks were carried out by airplanes)
South Pacific--Northeast of Australia
Battle was considered a draw but moral victory for U.S.
Stopped Japanese advancement

17. Midway
Island in Pacific located about half way between Asia and North America
Japanese mad from Doolittle Raid
First U.S. attack on Japanese mainland
Turning point
Four aircraft carriers for Japan sank
Shortage of piolts
U.S. uses Midway Island as a seaplane base and fueling station for submarines

19. Guadacanal-”Operation Watchtower”
Aug. 1942
South Pacific- “secret” Japanese airbase constructed
Tokyo Express: nighttime convoys of Japanese reinforcements
First time the Japanese lost ground
Began island hopping campaign

20. Guadalcanal

21. Island Hopping A term used to describe the fighting in the Pacific
U.S. and Japan would go from island to island fighting for control
Japan controlled most of the islands in the Pacific
U.S. picked strategic islands to fight for--Why?

22. Leyte Gulf Largest air-sea battle in history
Recapture of Philippine island of Leyte
The Japanese sent nearly every ship to fight
U.S. fought a heavy battle
Japan takes the greatest casualties and nearly loses every ship
Kamikaze raids begin

23. Leyte Gulf

24. Iwo Jima-Operation Detachment
Tiny volcanic islands in the Pacific--North Northwest of Guam (4 miles long-2 miles wide)
Important Japanese airbase
Feb to March 1945
660 Miles south of Tokyo
Famous photograph of U.S. troops raising flag

25. Iwo Jima cont..

26. Battle of Okinawa April to June 1945
Second largest amphibious battle of WWII
Bloodiest battle of the Pacific War

27. Manhattan Project
Name for the research development program for the atomic bomb
Eisenhower urged Roosevelt to set up the project in fear that Germany would develop the technology first
Project’s lead scientist= Robert Oppenheimer “Father of the Atomic Bomb”
American leaders thought the atomic bombs would save up to a million Allied lives (as opposed to an invasion of mainland Japan)
The U.S. used 2 Bombs on Japan
1st- “Little Boy” was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945 by the Enola Gay (Uranium)
2nd-”Fat Man” was dropped on Nagasaki on August 9th, 1945 (Plutonian)

28. The End
Aug. 15, Emperor Hirohito announces Japan’s surrender, shocks whole country
Official surrender Sept. 2, 1945
In Tokyo Bay aboard the U.S.S. Missouri--a battleship that was in Pearl Harbor