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