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Japan in WWII-Post Pearl Harbor
FDR’s War Message• Pearl Harbor was not the only area Japan attacked
on December 7• “Yesterday the Japanese Government also
launched an attack against Malaya.”• “Last night Japanese forces attacked Hong Kong.” • “Last night Japanese forces attacked Guam.”• “Last night Japanese forces attacked the Philippine
Islands.” • “Last night the Japanese attacked Wake Island.” • “This morning the Japanese attacked Midway
Island.”
December 7, 1941-Philippines
Japan’s Conquests in 1942
Bataan Death March
Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary
Doolittle’s Raid-April, 1942
Battle of Coral Sea
Chester Nimitz
Battle of Midway-June 1942
Guadalcanal-August,1942-February, 1943
Battle of Leyte Gulf-Philippines
MacArthur’s Return to the Philippines
Iwo Jima-February-March, 1945
6,821 US Deaths at Iwo Jima
Raising Flag on Mt. Suribachi
Battle of Okinawa-April-June, 1945
The Manhattan Project
• 1939-1945
General Leslie Groves
J Robert Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer and Groves
Trinity Test-July 16, 1945
Enola Gay
Paul Tibbits
Hiroshima Bombing
• “Little Boy”
Before
After
The Atomic Shadow
Radiation Sickness
Nagasaki Bombing
• “Fat Man”
• Bockscar
Before
After
The Compromises that Ended the War
• Democracy vs Communism
• Start of the Cold War
Yalta Conference
• February, 1945
Yalta ConferenceCompromise-February, 1945
• Germany would be broken into four occupation zones(US, GB, France, USSR)
• Stalin promised free elections in Eastern Europe
• Stalin promised to join the war against Japan after war with Germany was over
• Have a conference at San Francisco to set up the United Nations
Potsdam Conference-July, 1945
Indochina
• temporarily divide Vietnam at the 17th parallel
• Japan would surrender to Great Britain in the south and China in the north
Germany
• Goals of the occupation of Germany: demilitarization, denazification, democratization
• Division of Germany(and Berlin) and Austria into four occupation zones
• Prosecution of Nazi war criminals
• Reverse all German annexations in Europe, including Sudetenland, Alsace-Lorraine, Austria, and the westernmost parts of Poland
• Reduce Germany in size by approximately 25% compared to its 1937 borders
• Removal of the German populations remaining beyond the new eastern borders of Germany
• Agreement on war reparations to the Soviet Union
• Destruction/Take control of German industries that made war materials
• Poland was recognized as being a communist controlled gov’t
• The Potsdam Declaration: This ultimatum stated that if Japan did not surrender, it would face "prompt and utter destruction"
Nuremberg Trials
GI Bill of Rights
GI Bill of RightsTo help the members of the Armed Forces adjust to civilian life after
separation from service
To give those who cannot afford a higher education the chance to get one
To restore lost educational opportunities and vocational readjustment
to service members who lost these opportunities as the result of their active military duty
To aid in the retention of personnel in the Armed Forces
To enhance our Nation's competitiveness through the development of a more highly educated and productive work force
Japanese Internment Camps
