december 7, 1941
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December 7, 1941. 4 Battleship Sunk 4 Battleships Incapacitated. December 7, 1941. 3 Cruisers Damaged. 2 Destroyers Sunk 1 Damaged. 2,459 Dead 1282 Wounded. 343 Aircraft Destroyed or Damaged. How Many Aircraft Carriers? None – All 7 Active Aircraft Carriers Still in Commission. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
December 7, 1941
December 7, 1941
4 Battleship Sunk 4 Battleships Incapacitated
3 Cruisers Damaged
2 Destroyers Sunk 1 Damaged
2,459 Dead 1282 Wounded
343 Aircraft Destroyed or Damaged
How Many Aircraft Carriers? None – All 7 Active Aircraft Carriers Still in Commission
“We won a great tactical victory at Pearl Harbor and thereby lost the war.” ----Admiral Tadachai
Japanese Moved Quickly to Capitalize on Advantage
Strategy Then turned Defensive
Concentric Ring Defense
BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA MAY 4-8, 1942 Japanese Invasion of Port Morseby Thwarted First Battle in Which Two Fleets Fought Without Ever Seeing Each Other
BATTLE OF MIDWAY JUNE 4-7, 1942DECISIVE US VICTORY TURNING POINT OF WAR IN THE PACIFIC
•4 JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
•1 HEAVY JAPANESE CRUISER
•1 AMERICAN AIRCRAFT CARRIER
•1 US DESTROYER
•3057 JAPANESE DEAD
•307 US DEAD
GUADALCANAL AND ISLAND HOPPING STRATEGYNOVEMBER 1942- FEBRUARY 1943Escalating Battle of Attrition
Transition To Offensive Operations By Allies
Casualties:US
7100 Killed29 Ships
615 AircraftJapan
31,000 Killed1000 Captured
38 Ships 880 Aircraft
1943 Island Hopping Toward Japan – Tarawa Island November 20-23, 1943
Casualties:US
1000 Killed2296 Wounded
Japan4,854 of 5,000 Killed
17 Captured
BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF, PHILLIPINES23 -26 October, 1944 LARGEST NAVAL BATTLE IN HISTORY
•Last time Battleships Ever Engaged in Battle With Each Other
•First Time Kamikaze Pilots used in Battle
FIRST KAMIKAZE ATTACK : ST LOUIS
JAPANESE LOSSES : 4 Aircraft Carriers
3 Battleships 9 Cruisers
12 Destroyers Many 100s of Planes
IWO JIMA February March 1945
Casualties:US
6822 Killed19,217 Wounded
Japan18,375 Killed34 Captured
OKINAWA April – June, 1945
Casualties:US
12,513 Killed38,916 Wounded
33,096 Non Combat Casualties
Japan110,000 Killed
7,400 CapturedCivilians
42,000-150,000Killed
WHAT COST TO INVADE WHAT COST TO INVADE JAPAN?JAPAN?
Joint Chiefs of Staff Estimated Us Casualties Would Be 268,000 US Dead From An Invasion Force of 766,000. They Recommended Relaxing the Unconditional Surrender Policy of the United States in Hopes the Japanese Would Sue For Peace.
Country Population
Military Deaths
Civilian Deaths
Total Deaths
% of Population
Italy 44,394,000
416,800 145,100 457,000 1.0%
Britain 47,760,000
383,600 67,100 450,700 1.0 %
Germany 69,310,000
4,456,000 700,000 5,316,000 9.9%
USSR 168,524,000
10,700,000
14,154,000
23,954,000
14%
USA 131,028,000
416,800 1,700 418,500 .32%
TOTAL DEATHS WWII
1939 BEGINS