1. Pacific Theater ( )
Take down 3-4 main points to share for your section (pg )
Include what is the importance of your events/topics
(1) Japanese Advance (not war at sea section), (2) Allied Victories Turn the Tide, (3) Struggle for the Islands, (4) Iwo Jima & Okinawa
Take notes on other sections!
With your group, draw a scene representing the war in the Pacific highlighting the importance of all sections (all of the following should be seen)
US & Philippines, Bataan Death March, Midway and Guadalcanal, Air Warfare, Island Hopping, Iwo Jima, Okinawa

2. Pacific Theater

3. Bataan Death March (April 1942)
US bases in Philippines
POWs forced to march 60 miles by Japanese
Tortured, starved, and executed on the way
Brutally broke the Geneva Convention (said had to treat POWs humanely)

4. Island Hopping

5. Island Hopping
Strategy to capture only more necessary islands (cut off resources and get to Japan faster)
Turning Points:
Battle of Midway (June 1942)
Battle of Guadalcanal (August )

6. Iwo Jima (Nov. 1944)

7. Okinawa (June 1945)

8. End of the War
Europe & Pacific notes

9. European Theater (cont.)
Dec. 1944–Battle of the Bulge
Feb. 1945—Yalta Conference
Plan defeat of Germany and what would happen post-war
Divide up Germany and Berlin
Allies discover death camps
May 8th, 1945—V-E Day

10. Manhattan Project August 1939—Roosevelt organizes Manhattan Project
Secret project commissioned to build an atomic bomb
July 1945—first atomic bomb testing in New Mexico

11. Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Estimated we could lose millions in invasion
August 1945—bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

12. Japan Surrenders August 15, 1945 — V-J Day
September 2, 1945 — Japan surrenders aboard the USS Missouri
Ushers in the Atomic Age and the rise of the Cold War

13. Decision to Drop the Bomb Activity
With a partner, you will make a decision and justify that position on a separate sheet of paper

14. Which of the following do you advise the president to do?
Decision A Question
Which of the following do you advise the president to do?
Ignore scientific developments and do not build an atomic bomb; concentrate on building conventional weapons
Vigorously pursue the construction of an atomic bomb because US is in a race against the Germans
Postpone the development of the atomic bomb and send spies into Germany to determine the accuracy of the info
Do not develop the bomb. Instead monitor Germany’s construction of new weapon facilities and destroy them
Denounce the development as immoral. Only evil could come from their development

15. Which of the following do you advise the president to do?
Decision B Question
Which of the following do you advise the president to do?
Without warning, drop the a-bomb on a Japanese city ASAP
Drop the bomb on an unpopulated area to demonstrate its destructive capabilities
Warn the Japanese that the US possesses atomic weapons and is willing to use them if they don’t surrender; if they don’t surrender, then drop the bomb
Reject the use of atomic weapons and continue conventional bombing and blockade; if no surrender, then invade Japan
Reject the use of atomic weapons and negotiate an end to WWII, allowing them to surrender with their emperor

16. Decision C Question
In retrospect, do you think Truman made the right decision in authorizing the use of atomic weapons?
Truman DID NOT make the right decision
Truman made the right decision

17. To Think About…
Why do you think that atomic weapons have not been used since WWII? What is the likelihood that they may be used in the future?