2. Vocab List 25 CH 12 P 294
-Amphtrac -Kamikaze -Bataan Death March (P 295)
-Navajo Code Talker (P 296) -Code -Napalm (p 310) -Manhattan Project (P 311)

3. War World II
War in Asia

4. I. Background Why did we go to war with Japan?
1) Rape of Nanking systematic rape and murder of 300,000 Chinese civilians by Japanese
2) ***Bombing of Pearl Harbor Killed 2,400 Americans + destroyed many ships***
3) Unit Horrific Human experimentation on Chinese/Koreans
Why did Japan bomb us?
1) Oil - we had an embargo placed on them because they were invading our friends (Dutch/British) in SE Asia
2) Allied with Italy & Germany

5. Map of Japanese Expansion

6. Pearl Harbor Bombed

7. II. How Pacific War fought:
ISLAND HOPPING:
Get to Island
Take control from Japan
Make it base for US Bomber (B-29’s)
Firebomb Japan
Slow & Costly strategy
Carriers - Enormous Ships that had many planes on them. Moving bases for planes.

8. III. Japanese Aggression
After the bombing of Hawaii (Pearl Harbor)...
1) Philippines
Belonged to us after Spanish-American War
Defended it for 3 months before surrendering to Japan
Bataan Death March- 80,000 prisoners forced to march 65 miles to prison camp. 10,000 died. Largest Surrender in our history.
2) Battle of Midway
Island “Midway” between Japan & Hawaii
We ambushed Japan because we broke their code
Considered turning point in war for USA
Japan lost 4 Carriers, 4,000 soldiers killed.

9. Speech on the Japs

10. IV. ‘Merica Fights Back 1) Recapturing Philippines
80,000 Japanese killed
100,000 Filipino civilians killed
***Only 1,000 Japanese Surrendered***
Led by General Douglas MacArthur
2) Battle of Iwo Jima
7,000 Marines lost their lives
Island very close to Japan - now can firebomb
3) Tokyo Firebombed with Napalm
80,000 Civilians burned to death
250,000 Building Destroyed
67 other japanese cities firebombed

11. Tokyo firebombing

12. Iwo Jima Video

13. Iwo Jima famous photo

14. V. Dropping the Bomb
USA wanted unconditional surrender = Emperor Hirohito to step down.
Japan revered him as God on Earth, would not surrender.
Potsdam Declaration: “Surrender or face prompt and utter destruction”.-USA “....” No reply -Japan
Manhattan Project: led by Robert Oppenheimer built the first ever Atomic Bombs
1) Hiroshima - Bomb “Little Boy” killed 120,000 people instantly and another 70,000 died from radiation poisoning.
2) Nagasaki -Bomb “Fat Man” killed 75,000 people instantly
These 2 Bombs > Americans killed in entire Pacific War

15. VI. Victory for USA! August 15, 1945 - V-J Day = Victory in Japan Day
International Military Tribunals would sentence 25 Japanese leaders with war crimes
Did not charge Emperor Hirohito (to avoid backlash)
Many Japanese not charged by trading information learned from Unit 731.

16. Atomic Bomb :(