WW II Pacific Theater of Operations
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WW II
Pacific Theater of Operations
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The Japanese in the Pacific
• By 1942 the Japanese controlled much of the Pacific
• US Navy (aircraft carriers) started to turn the tide at the Battle of Wake Island
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*Bataan Death March: April, 1942
• 76,000 prisoners [12,000 Americans] Marched 60 miles in the blazing heat to POW camps in the Philippines.
• April 9, 1942 – Japan captures the Philippines
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War in the Pacific…Island Hopping: invade Japan by capturing
islands in the Pacific along the way
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Island Hopping
• i. Navajo
code-talkers
help US
forces
communicate
without
Japanese
interception
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*Battle of Midway Island:June 4-6, 1942
American Aircraft Carriers- Sink 4 Japanese Carriers
Turning point in the Naval war, U.S. now has control of the Skies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4pUD9qWKs8(Battle of Midway video #16)
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*Japanese Kamikaze Planes:The Scourge of the South Pacific
Kamikaze Pilots
Suicide Bombers
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*US Marines on Mt. Surbachi,Iwo Jima [Feb. 19, 1945]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y0gdFisD9k (Battle of Iwo Jima video #17)
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*The Beginning of theAtomic Age
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“Little Boy” dropped by the Enola Gay on Hiroshima
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Hiroshima – August 6, 1945* 70,000 killed
immediately.* 48,000 buildings.
destroyed.* 100,000s died of
radiation poisoning & cancer later.
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“Fat Man” Dropped on Nagasaki
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Nagasaki – August 9, 1945
* 40,000 killed immediately.
* 60,000 injured.* 100,000s died of
radiation poisoning& cancer later.
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*Japanese A-Bomb Survivors
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5OI9xrJ8Zw (atomic bomb video #18)
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*V(ictory)-J(apan) Day (September 2, 1945)
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*V-J Day in Times Square, NYC
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Post War
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Yalta Conference (February, 1945)• Leaders of the
three allied nations agreed to divide Germany into zones of occupation controlled by the allies– Poland and the
Soviets in the East
– The US and Britain in the West
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*The Division of Germany:1945 - 1990
Division of Berlin
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*The Division of Europe: The Beginning of the Cold War
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*The Creation of the U. N.
Currently 193 nations
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*The Marshall Plan
The Marshal Plan. • channeled over $13
billion to finance the
economic recovery of
Europe
• The Plan successfully
sparked economic recovery
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*The Nuremberg War Trials:Members of the Nazi Party
were charged with Crimes Against Humanity