Battles of the Pacific

Libertyville HS

WWII In China

Initial Japanese Victories

Mistreatment of POWs

• “Bataan Death March”– Philippines: 75k POWs

marched 90 miles– 54k reached prison

camps– Casual beheadings,

shootings, gutting, bayoneting, rifle butt beatings along the way

– Minimal food / water

POWs During the March

Burial Detail, POW Camp

Battle of Coral Sea

Large explosion aboard USS Lexington

Battle of Midway

USS Yorktown, Hit by Torpedo

Douglas TBD-1 Devastator

Battle of Guadacanal

Guadalcanal Landings

Battle of Leyte Gulf

Kamikaze

Battle of Iwo Jima

Battle for Okinawa

Hiroshima / Nagasaki

Hiroshima

Hiroshima / Nagasaki