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The Pacific Front

The Pacific Front. Who is fighting in Pacific Front. U.S., Australia, Netherlands, British Great Britain and Soviet Union will enter after fighting in Europe is over Japan Bushido culture It is better to die fighting than surrender, only cowards surrender. Why is Japan fighting.

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The Pacific Front

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  1. The Pacific Front

  2. Who is fighting in Pacific Front • U.S., Australia, Netherlands, British • Great Britain and Soviet Union will enter after fighting in Europe is over • Japan • Bushido culture • It is better to die fighting than surrender, only cowards surrender

  3. Why is Japan fighting • Want to become great empire again • Economic recovery • Upset with U.S. • Russo-Japanese War : Roosevelt’s treatment of them • Economic sanctions threatened • Oil • Want to get rid of “white” influence • “Asia for Asians” • Believe they are better than other Asians and rule over land taken

  4. Early Japanese Victories

  5. Rape of Nanking • Nanking is Chinese capital • 300,000 killed – soldiers & civilians • POWs: bayonet practice, sword practice, set on fire, firing line • Women: raped then killed • Some taken as sex slaves • Forced to dig own graves, some buried alive by family • China History ~ Rape in Nanking Yamada Unit Soldier - YouTube

  6. Pearl Harbor • Japan attacked to keep US out of Asia • Planning had started in January of 1941 • Pearl Harbour - A Day That Shook The World [HD] - YouTube

  7. Pearl Harbor

  8. Pearl Harbor Numbers • 4 battleships sunk, 4 damaged, 1 battleship run aground 2 destroyers sunk, 1 damaged1 other ship sunk, 3 damaged3 cruisers damaged188 aircraft destroyed, 155 aircraft damaged,2,345 military and 57 civilians killed,1,247 military and 35 civilians wounded

  9. Southeastern Asia • Japan had plan for what islands/countries to attack and an order to attack them • Take control of rich European colonies • Helps Japan get resources they needed

  10. Philippines

  11. Philippines • General MacArthur evacuated before Japan controls whole island • Vow to return to liberate his troops • Put in charge of Pacific Army • When returns and sees treatment of soldiers it increases his hate of Japanese

  12. Bataan Death March

  13. Treatment of POWs

  14. America’s Response • Doolittle’s raid, April 1942 • US sends bombers to bomb Japanese cities • Shows people that Japan is not invincible • Raises morale of US • Japanese Internment Camps • The Pacific: Anatomy of a War (HBO) – YouTube • The Pacific: Conditions Of The War (HBO) - YouTube

  15. Island Hopping

  16. Battle of Coral Sea, May 1942 • Japan and US naval fleets fight to a draw • Use airplanes only • Prevents Australia from being taken • Start of big turn around in momentum

  17. Battle of Midway, June 1942 • American planes halt Japans attempt to take Midway Island • Refueling station & airfield • Would have allowed Japan to reach California • Turning point in the war – First Japanese loss in battle

  18. Battle of Guadalcanal, February 1943 • US needs to take before Japan makes major base • Easily take airfield, rest of island takes a while • Japan loses 25,000 of 36,000 troops • “Island of Death” • The Pacific: Inside The Battle - Guadalcanal (HBO) - YouTube

  19. Other victories • Saipan, June 1944 • Can now bomb Japan • Philippines, October 1944 • MacArthur’s return • Iwo Jima, February 1945 • Vital airfields, short range bombers • Okinawa, June 1945 • One step closer to Japan

  20. Atomic bomb

  21. Decision to Use A-bomb • US knows USSR is close to having own • Show of power and technology • Japan refuses to surrender • Part of samurai culture – death before surrender • President Truman does not want to lose a lot of soldiers to take Japan

  22. Hiroshima & Nagasaki

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