World War II Slideshow Part Three
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World War II Slideshow Part Three
- 1. Part 3: The Pacific • Your goal: Understand what parts of World War II occurred in the Pacific Ocean.
- 4. Manchuria Japan invaded Manchuria for its iron and coal.
- 5. 1931 The league of Nations protested, so Japan quit the
- 6. Japan invades the rest of China. 1937
- 7. Why did Japan invade China? •Resources •Imperialism Japan
- 8. Pearl Harbor What is it? The Japanese surprise attack on Hawaii. How does it relate to World War II? It was December 7, 1941 before the United States had entered World War II. Why is it important? The Japanese thought the US in Hawaii was a threat to their empire. This attack brought the United States into declaring war on Japan.
- 9. Rome-Berlin Axis Mussolini saw Hitler’s growing strength and thought it best to join forces. This is where the potential for world war increased dramatically.
- 11. Battle of Midway Island 1942 US surprise attack on Japanese fleet Success!
- 12. Executive Order 9066 Order from President Roosevelt to round up Japanese-Americans In 1942 Japanese They were held prisoner in Internment camps in the United States until the end of the war.
- 13. kamikazes Japanese suicide pilots They crashed their planes into Allied ships. Kamikaze means “divine wind”
- 14. Bataan Death March Japan considered surrender dishonorable. Allied soldiers who surrendered were abused. In 1942, 70,000 prisoners were forced to march for 50 miles. Only 54,000 survived.
- 15. Doolittle raid on Japan Colonel Doolittle sent US bombers to attack Tokyo in 1942. It proved that Japan could be attacked on their own soil.
- 16. Trying to resolve a conflict by giving someone what they want is called Battle of the British Prime Minister Coral Sea Neville Chamberlain
- 17. This battle was new for naval Battle of the Coral Sea warfare - It was all fought from the air. This battle stopped Japan’s southward advance.
- 18. Guadalcanal 1943 US was island hopping toward Japan This island took six months to capture and thousands of lives.
- 19. Los Alamos, New Mexico 1945 Physicists from around the world have been hired by the US government to develop an atomic bomb.
- 20. Hiroshima August 6, 1945 The atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three days later, another bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. Japan surrendered.