war in the pacific

Section 3War in the Pacific

Japanese Empire

Japan invades Philippines and South East Asia

U.S. Forces cut off Captured or join Guerilla War

against Japanese

General MacArhtur ordered to escape

and vowed:

“I shall Return!”

Philippines fall by April 1942

Bataan Death March

Bataan Death March

Battle of Midway

•Midway•So why was it so important?

U.S. Intelligence breaks Japanese Code

USA destroys 4 Japanese Carriers

1 US Carrier is sunk and 1 badly damages, but gets back to Pearl Harbor

Midway Dr. Seuss

Admiral Nimitz

Island Hopping Battle Strategy to go from Island to Island bypassing

Isolated Islands and controlling

Important Bases

MacArthur Returns

Battle of Guadalcanal•USA 1,592 killed in action and 4,183 wounded,

Japanese 14,800 killed in battle, another 9,000 dead from disease, & about 1,000 taken prisoner.

Battle of Iwo Jima

USA 7000 Dead, 19,000 Wounded

Japanese 21,800 Defenders, 200 survived

Battle for Okinawa

Japanese: 105,000+ Dead, 8,000 wounded, 10,000 Prisoners

150,000 Civilians dead or wounded

USA 13,500 Dead, 19,000 Wounded

Navy : 38 ships sunk

358 damaged

50 unsalvageable

KamikazeDivine Wind

Suicide Planes becomes last Japanese Defensive Weapon

Kamikaze Video

Japanese Sytems of Defense to the last man

Better to die than to surrender

Manhattan ProjectSecret Project for the development of the

Atomic bomb

J Robert OppenhiemerLead scientist for Manhattan Project

Invasion of Japan•Estimated 300,000-

1,000,000 Dead

•300,000-700,000 Wounded

•Estimated 1,000,000-1,500,000 Dead

•300,000+ Wounded

•1-2,000,000 Civilian Dead

Hiroshima Video

Hiroshima – 80,000 killed

Nagasaki – 42,000 Killed

Japanese surrender 5 days later