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Section 3War in the Pacific
Japanese Empire
Japan invades Philippines and South East Asia
U.S. Forces cut off Captured or join Guerilla War
against Japanese
General MacArhtur ordered to escape
and vowed:
“I shall Return!”
Philippines fall by April 1942
Bataan Death March
Bataan Death March
Battle of Midway
•Midway•So why was it so important?
U.S. Intelligence breaks Japanese Code
USA destroys 4 Japanese Carriers
1 US Carrier is sunk and 1 badly damages, but gets back to Pearl Harbor
Midway Dr. Seuss
Admiral Nimitz
Island Hopping Battle Strategy to go from Island to Island bypassing
Isolated Islands and controlling
Important Bases
MacArthur Returns
Battle of Guadalcanal•USA 1,592 killed in action and 4,183 wounded,
Japanese 14,800 killed in battle, another 9,000 dead from disease, & about 1,000 taken prisoner.
Battle of Iwo Jima
USA 7000 Dead, 19,000 Wounded
Japanese 21,800 Defenders, 200 survived
Battle for Okinawa
Japanese: 105,000+ Dead, 8,000 wounded, 10,000 Prisoners
150,000 Civilians dead or wounded
USA 13,500 Dead, 19,000 Wounded
Navy : 38 ships sunk
358 damaged
50 unsalvageable
KamikazeDivine Wind
Suicide Planes becomes last Japanese Defensive Weapon
Kamikaze Video
Japanese Sytems of Defense to the last man
Better to die than to surrender
Manhattan ProjectSecret Project for the development of the
Atomic bomb
J Robert OppenhiemerLead scientist for Manhattan Project
Invasion of Japan•Estimated 300,000-
1,000,000 Dead
•300,000-700,000 Wounded
•Estimated 1,000,000-1,500,000 Dead
•300,000+ Wounded
•1-2,000,000 Civilian Dead
Hiroshima Video
Hiroshima – 80,000 killed
Nagasaki – 42,000 Killed
Japanese surrender 5 days later