HITLER’S FINAL MOMENTS• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYyWDcpPPKc

The End of the War27-5

FIGHTING IN PACIFIC• Island Hopping- U.S. military used a strategy of

capturing some Japanese-held islands but going around others.

• First- American ships would bombard the island

• Next- Soldiers would wade ashore under heavy gunfire

• Last- Soldiers would fight hand-to-hand against Japanese soldiers.

FIGHTING IN THE PACIFIC• Navajo Code Talkers- Navajo soldiers were used to

communicate.

• Spoke in native language so Japanese could not translate messages.

BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF• This was the last, largest, and most decisive naval engagement in the

Pacific.

• Battle was a disaster for the Japanese

• After this battle, the Japanese Navy would no longer seriously threaten the Allies

GENERAL MACARTHUR RETURNS• 2 Major Battles of the Pacific front

• Islands of Iwo Jima and Okinawa

KAMIKAZE• Japanese leaders taught an ancient code known as bushido, or

way of the warrior.

• Emphasized loyalty, honor, and sacrifice…Never surrender!

• Kamikazes- Japanese pilots, would fly directly into U.S. ships and sacrifice themselves for the cause.

ATTACK ON JAPAN• U.S. was now ready to move on to the Japanese mainland.

• Truman, Churchill, and Stalin met at Potsdam, Germany.

• At this meeting they discussed dropping the Atomic bomb, the Potsdam Declaration.

• Japan did not realize the power the A-Bomb would have.

Crew that dropped bomb over Hiroshima

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKFsZ-2Z21c http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-WnLNLe3sk

Hiroshima

August 6, 1945

Nagasaki

August 9, 1945