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Japan and the United States Japan develops a plan
for attacks on European colonies and U.S. bases
In 1941 President Franklin D. Roosevelt cuts off oil shipments to Japan. Admiral Isoroku
Yamamoto plans attack on U.S. fleet in Hawaii
Day of Infamy
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor—U.S. Naval base in Hawaii—on December 7, 1941
U.S. declares war on Japan December 8, 1941.
Japan also attacks Hong Kong, Thailand, and other islands
Waves of the Attack First wave,
182 planes Second
wave, 171 planes
USS Arizona Memorial
Japanese Victories
Guam and Wake Island The Philippines
Japanese attack Philippine Islands defended by U.S., Filipino troops.
Philippine islands fall to Japanese in 1942.
Bataan Death March The forcible transfer of
75,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war in the Philippines from the Bataan peninsula to prison camps
Beheadings, cut throats and casual shootings were the more common and merciful actions — compared to bayonet stabbings, rapes, disembowelments, numerous rifle butt beatings and a deliberate refusal to allow the prisoners food or water while keeping them continually marching for nearly a week in tropical heat.
Pictures of the Bataan Death March
Propaganda Poster in the U.S. after the Bataan Death March
Bataan Death March Memorial“The Battling Bastards of Bataan”
Gains in Many Places Japan captures British holdings,
including Hong Kong and Singapore. Japan conquers the Dutch East Indies
which is rich in minerals Japan captures Burma. This threatens
India, Britain’s main possession in Asia.
Japanese forces treat conquered peoples and prisoners of war brutally
Doolittle Raid U.S. bombers attack
Tokyo and other Japanese cities in April 1942. (Here Lt. Col. James H.
Doolittle wires a Japanese medal to a bomb, for "return" to its originators in the first U.S. air raid on the Japanese Home Islands.)
Raid does little damage, but shows that Japan is vulnerable.
Allies Turn the Tide
Battle of the Coral Sea—Americans stop Japanese advance, May 1942.
New kind of naval warfare—ships launch planes to fight each other (see next slide). *Aircraft Carriers vital to Pacific War.
The Allies Strike Back
The Battle of Midway Japanese send powerful fleet to capture
Midway Island. Battle of Midway—U.S. destroy half of
Japan’s aircraft carriers causing Japan to retreat. *Turning point of war in Pacific.
An Allied Offensive MacArthur’s Plan
Douglas MacArthur—American army commander in the Pacific.
He plans to “island-hop” past strongholds in order to attack weaker Japanese bases.
Guadalcanal Battle of Guadalcanal—hellish battle that
ends in Allied victory.