1. War in the Pacific

2. Allies Stem Japanese Tide
Following Pearl Harbor – Japanese conquer Asia
Hong Kong, French Indochina, Malaya, Burma, Thailand & ½ of China
Formosa, Dutch East Indies, Guam , Wake and Solomon Islands

3. “I Shall Return” – MacArthur
General MacArthur
Held out against Japanese troops in Philippines
Ordered to abandon after severe death toll
Vowed to return
Hirohito claims land is Japan’s

4. United States Retaliation
Doolittle Raids
April 1942
16 bombers attack Tokyo
4 other cities attacked
“We started to doubt that we were invincible” ~ Japanese civilian
Battle of the Coral Sea
Early May 1942
US/Australia fleet intercept Japanese strike
Battle ensues with Allies losing
Japan does not reach Australia

5. The Battle of Midway June 1942
Japan planned to move toward Hawaii to finish off US fleet
Admiral Chester Nimitz led surprise attack
Japan lost 4 aircraft carriers, cruiser, 322 planes
“American has avenged Pearl Harbor”

6. Island Hopping Guadalcanal August 1942 “Island of Death”
Marked Japan’s 1st Defeat

7. Island Hopping Leyte Island, Philippines MacArthur: “I Have Returned”
Japan threw whole fleet into battle
Kamikaze: 424 suicide planes
Disaster for Japanese Army
Allies gain victory

8. Island Hopping Battle of Iwo Jima Critical island for US
6,000 marines die
Largest death toll in any single battle

9. Death of President Roosevelt
Posing for a portrait in Georgia
Died of stroke
April 12, 1945
Harry S. Truman sworn in

10. Battle of Okinawa Japan’s Defensive Outpost Japan uses 1900+ kamikazes
Fighting ends June 22, 1945
Allies lost many (7600)
Japanese lost 110,000
Japanese mainland could now be invaded

11. The Manhattan Project The Atomic Bomb
More than 600,000 worked on project
J. Robert Oppenheimer developed bomb in Los Alamos, NM
Truman learns of bomb shortly after taking office

12. To Bomb or Not to Bomb Many critics to using A-bomb
Truman doesn’t hesitate
July 25, 1945
Orders military to prepare plans for dropping of only 2 atomic bombs in existence
Japan warned to surrender or else

13. Hiroshima August 6, 1945 Enola Gay drops “Little Boy” on Hiroshima
43 seconds later entire city collapses

14. Nagasaki August 9, 1945 “Fat Man” dropped on Nagasaki
By end of year over 200,000 people die from radiation poisoning

15. Japan Surrenders
Hirohito: “I cannot bear to see my innocent people suffer any longer”
September 2, 1945: V-J Day
“The skies will no longer rain death-the seas bear only commerce-men everywhere walk upright in the sunlight. The entire world is at peace” ~ MacArthur

16. Essay Prompt
Was the US justified in the dropping of 2 atomic bombs on Japan during August of 1945?
Read & annotate packet (see focus questions)
Rough draft due (peer edit)
30 Points… 0 or 30
Intro, 3 body paragraphs, conclusion
In-text citations, MLA works cited
Final draft due 12/20/13