War in the Pacific
Section 4
Japanese Advance (1941-42)
• With the goal of securing ____and ____ Japan begins an offensive directly after Pearl Harbor
• They take:• ____ • ____• ____• ____
Philippines Fall
• May 6th 1942 – 11,000 Americans and Filipinos surrender to ____, shortly after another 76,000 would be captured
• ____ were forced to walk 60 miles to the nearest railroad junction in tropical heat with little water – BATAAN DEATH MARCH
• Over 25,000 would die
Doolittle Raid
• April 1942 – B -25 ____ Bombers raid Tokyo
• Causes ____ damage
• Shocked ____, showed ____ could win
Battle of the Coral Sea
• Fought b/w ____ and ____ ships 70 miles from each other
• 5 day battle ended in draw
• New warfare as naval battles would take place without ships ever seeing each other
Allied Victories…..Finally!
Midway• June 4th 1942
• Waves of ____ bombers attack the Island that is vital to the defense of ____
• U.S sinks all 4 ____ carriers and 250 planes
• Last ____ offensive of the War
Guadalcanal• 11,000 marines vs. 2,000
Japanese soldiers in ____
• Japan fled the island after several months of fighting
• 1st Allied conquer of Japanese held territory
Iwo Jima • 25,000 ____ casualties
Okinawa• April – June 1945
• 180,000 allied troops take the island of Okinawa
• 2nd biggest invasion (Normandy was 1st)
What to do???
• Massive invasion of Japan would cost millions of allied lives
• Naval blockade and conventional bombing
• Demonstration of new weapon (A-Bomb) on a deserted island
Japan Surrenders
• ____ planes drop 2 atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in a 3 day period
• Over 120,000 would die
• Sept 2,1945 ____ officially surrenders
COUNTRY Deaths (in millions
AXIS 8.0
Germany 5.6
Italy .28
Japan 2.1
ALLIES 28 million
France .59
Great Britain .36
U.S .4
Soviet Union 17.7
China 9.4
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