1. Warm-Up 4/26 Take out your WWII timeline
Review the items you had previously circled (because they were unfamiliar) through Jan. 1942
Highlight any that are still unfamiliar

2. Agenda 4/26
Warm-Up
Japan Makes Its Move
U.S. Joins the War
Bystander Project Gallery Walk

3. Japan Makes Its Move Had invaded Manchuria 1931 , then mainland China
Had joined the “Three Power Pact” with Germany and Italy, 1940
Economy is strained because of Chinese resistance
Japan looks to European colonies in Southeast Asia for resources

4. Remember that the U.S.…
Had cracked Japanese code and knew their plans for SE Asia
Had sent aid to China to help
Had cut off oil shipments to Japan
Knows that Guam and the Philippines would also be targeted

5. Pearl Harbor – 12/7/41 Led by Isoruku Yamamoto, Japanese attack
2,400 Americans killed
12/8/41: U.S. declares war on Japan

6. Japanese Victories in 1942 Seized Guam, Philippines (U.S. colonies)
Hong Kong, Malaya (British colonies)
Dutch East Indies
Bataan Death March in the Philippines – terrible cruelty
Japan seems unbeatable…

7. Allies Make Their Move Want revenge for Pearl Harbor
Strike Tokyo, inflict little damage
Battle of the Coral Sea is a draw but stops Japanese expansion
Battle of Midway turns the tide of the war in favor of the Allies

8. Allies Take the Offensive
Led by General Douglas MacArthur, Allies adopt “island hopping” strategy
Seize islands that were not well defended; skip Japanese “strong points”
Battle of Guadalcanal 1943 = Allied victory