war in the pacific. following pearl harbor, japan acquires huge empire

War in the PacificWar in the Pacific

Following Pearl Harbor, Japan Following Pearl Harbor, Japan acquires huge empireacquires huge empire

General Douglas MacArthurGeneral Douglas MacArthur

Forced to Forced to surrender surrender PhilippinesPhilippines

Bataan Death Bataan Death MarchMarch

““I Shall Return”I Shall Return”

Doolittle RaidDoolittle Raid

Retaliation for PHRetaliation for PH

Battle of MidwayBattle of Midway

Turning point of Turning point of war in Pacificwar in Pacific

4 Japanese carriers 4 Japanese carriers sunksunk

Island HoppingIsland Hopping

Bypass Japanese strongholdsBypass Japanese strongholds Get close enough to Japan for Get close enough to Japan for

eventual invasioneventual invasion

Major BattlesMajor Battles

GuadalcanalGuadalcanal Leyte GulfLeyte Gulf Iwo JimaIwo Jima OkinawaOkinawa

KamikazesKamikazes

Yalta ConferenceYalta Conference

Big 3 (FDR, Big 3 (FDR, Churchill, Stalin)Churchill, Stalin)

Agree to UNAgree to UN USSR agrees to USSR agrees to

join war against join war against JapanJapan

FDR’s death elevates Harry FDR’s death elevates Harry Truman to PresidencyTruman to Presidency

April 1945April 1945

Firebombing of TokyoFirebombing of Tokyo

Manhattan ProjectManhattan Project

OppenheimerOppenheimer 600,000 employed600,000 employed Fat Man and Little Fat Man and Little

BoyBoy

Potsdam ConferencePotsdam Conference

Atomic threatAtomic threat Plans for postwar EuropePlans for postwar Europe Treatment of war criminalsTreatment of war criminals

HiroshimaHiroshima

Aug 6, Aug 6, 19451945

Enola GayEnola Gay 120,000 120,000

deaddead

NagasakiNagasaki

Aug 9, 1945Aug 9, 1945 80,000 dead80,000 dead

V-J DayV-J Day

Nuremberg TrialsNuremberg Trials

Hundreds found Hundreds found guiltyguilty

Dozens executedDozens executed