The War in the Pacific

1. Unit 4- The US in World War II

2.  I. Japan’s Empire has grown
 A. Philppines- March ‘42 FDR orders Gen.
MacArthur to leave- “I shall return_”
 B. Doolittle Raids- US attach on Tokyo in
Spring of ’42
 C. Battle of Coral Sea- Total air war, first time
US stopped Japan, involved Australia

3.  D. Battle of Midway
 US broke Japanese code- 1st victory for US
 After this the US starts “Island Hopping”

4.  E. Battle at Guadacanal
 Late ‘42, first US offensive
 First Japanese defeat on land

5.  F. Battle of Leyte Gulf- early ‘44
 Kamikaze- suicide pilots, new Japanese war
tactic
 Largest naval battle of the war (Philippines)

6.  II. End of the War in the Pacific
 A. Iwo Jima- ’45
 Critical for the an invasion of Japan
 Island is rocky sulfur and cave like- on 16 miles

7.  110K Marines invade, slow advance
 US wins, but 22K dead
 Famous photograph- Raising the flag at Mt.
Suribachi
 Japanese not permitted to surrender- 2 choices: die
in battle or commit suicide, known as “Seppuku”

8.  B. Okinawa- April ‘45
 Marines invade- bloodiest battle of the Pacific
 US loses 8K, Japan loses 110K
 3 months to take island- forecast of what an
invasion of Japan would look like

9.  III. The Atomic Bomb
 A. Manhattan Project led by Robert
Oppenheimer and 600K Americans
 B. Tested successfully in New Mexico in ’45
 C. President Truman warns Japan, “Surrender or
face complete destruction”- Japan refuses

10.  D. Hiroshima is bombed first on August 6. 1945
 The Enola Gay drops the bomb named “Little
Boy” and destroys the entire city
 120K dead- Japan refuses to surrender

12.  E. Nagasaki- 2nd city bombed on August 9th, ’45
 “Fat Man” is dropped and destroys city
 F. Emperor Hirohito surrenders- THE WAR IS
OVER!