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The Battle of the Pacific

The Battle of the Pacific. The Sleeping Giant Wakes Up. Six months after Pearl Harbor (May 7, 1942). Japan Controls Philippines 300,000 sq. Miles of Ocean / Islands Japan is ready to attack Australia U.S. is nervous - West Coast Japan has 3 times as many ships in Pacific as the U.S. .

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The Battle of the Pacific

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  1. The Battle of the Pacific The Sleeping Giant Wakes Up

  2. Six months after Pearl Harbor(May 7, 1942) • Japan Controls Philippines • 300,000 sq. Miles of Ocean / Islands • Japan is ready to attack Australia • U.S. is nervous - West Coast • Japan has 3 times as many ships in Pacific as the U.S.

  3. U.S.A. Plan to Win Pacific Two Pronged Attack- South Pacific Central Pacific Island Hopping – Taking key islands to cut off Japanese supply Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

  4. Japan’s Empire within 6 months of Pearl Harbor

  5. Doolittle Raid – April 18,1942 • Designed to boost American morale. • B-25 Bombers launched from carriers. • Bombed Tokyo • Crews are forced to bail out over China.

  6. Major Battles of the Pacific Campaign • Coral Sea – May 1942 • Philippines – May 1942 and Oct. 1944 • Midway Island – June 1942 • Iwo Jima – February, 1945 • Okinawa – April, 1945

  7. Battle of the Coral Sea May 1942 Stops advance on Australia First battle at sea fought entirely in the air.

  8. Philippines May 1942 Japan seizes Philippines. Americans soldiers surrender and are forced to march 75 miles to “camp” U.S. recaptures in October 1944 Bataan Death March

  9. Navajo Code Talkers: Japanese could not understand the Navajo language The U.S. used the “Code Breakers” to pin point locations of the Japanese troops.

  10. Battle of Midway – June 1942 • First Major victory for U.S.A. against Japan • Stops advance of Japanese towards Hawaii • U.S. sinks four Japanese carriers.

  11. Kamikaze (Divine Wind) Pilots Japanese Pilots commit suicide with an airplane. Tactic begins in 1944 when Japanese Become desperate. Few Skilled Pilots left.

  12. Fire Bombing of Japan – 1945 • U.S. uses napalm to incinerate the Japanese. • Attacks are often at night and in areas with large concentrations of civilians. • Hundreds of Thousands of civilians die in the raids. • Tactic is questioned during and after the war.

  13. IWO JIMA – February 1945

  14. Battle of Okinawa - April 1945 400 Miles south of Japan Last step for U.S.A. / Last chance for Japan 1300 U.S. Ships for Invasion Japan Reinforced with 100,000 troops

  15. Desmond T. Doss • Conscientious Objector. • Refused to carry a weapon. • Saved many lives during the Battle of Okinawa. • Won the Medal of Honor

  16. War Ends in Europe • May 7th , 1945 Germany Surrenders • V-E Day May 8th, 1945 • Now ALL attention can be focused on Japan…………

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