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Monday May 12, 2014

Monday May 12, 2014. Objective: I can explain the war in the pacific * Get the warm up sheet for week 6 and complete day 1. Agenda. War in the Pacific ppt and go over worksheet Paper due and discussion of atomic bombing Review Guide. War in the Pacific. “Hopping” Toward Victory and

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Monday May 12, 2014

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  1. Monday May 12, 2014 Objective: I can explain the war in the pacific * Get the warm up sheet for week 6 and complete day 1

  2. Agenda • War in the Pacific ppt and go over worksheet • Paper due and discussion of atomic bombing • Review Guide

  3. War in the Pacific “Hopping” Toward Victory and Going out with a Bang

  4. Philippines • Under command of General MacArthur • Filipinos and Americans join forces against fierce Japanese attack • FDR orders MacArthur to leave Philippines to avoid more causalities • 70,000 Remaining American and Filipino soldiers rounded up by Japanese and forced to march to Bataan Peninsula (Bataan Death March) • 7000+ Americans and Filipinos died in march

  5. Bataan Death March • 76,0000 American and Filipino are forced to march 80 miles to POW camps • Japanese were not prepared for the large number of POWs • Several POWs were tortured en route • Severe shortages of food and water • Approximately 10,000 POWs died before they reached the POW camp

  6. Tokyo • April 1942: American pilots dropped bombs on Tokyo and other major Japanese cities • Bombs did little damage, but did surprise Japanese and raise moral among American soldiers

  7. Coral Sea • Fought entirely by carrier-based aircraft • Enemy warships never came within sight of each other • Japanese sank two carriers; Americans sank one Japanese carrier • Americans gained strategic victory

  8. Midway • American forces demolished the Japanese force • Japan never recovered from the loss of naval carriers and so many experienced pilots • Significance: Japan’s LAST OFFENSIVE ACTION in the war

  9. Okinawa • Okinawa: would be the perfect staging area for an invasion of Japan • Allies launched amphibious invasion in April 1945 • Japanese fought back aggressively, unwilling to surrender island • Combat continued for two months: 100,000 American and Japanese soldiers died • Americans feared that invasion of Japan would cost too many lives

  10. Why did Truman decide to use the atomic bomb if it appeared the Allies were already on a path toward victory?

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