World War II Invasion and Conquests. Pacific

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1 World War II Invasion and Conquests Pacific

2 Douglas Macarthur General in charge of the Pacific Theater. Accepted Japan s surrender on September 2, Macarthur oversaw the occupation of Japan from 1945 to 1951 and is credited for making far-ranging ranging democratic changes in that country.

3 Pair Share Who was the commander of the Allied forces in the Pacific?

4 1942; The Pacific Front

5 Pair Share What was the strategy of Island Hopping?

6 June 3, 1942; The Battle of Midway

7 The Battle of Midway The Battle of Midway, Japanese send powerful fleet to capture Midway Island The U.S. was able to break the Japanese code and knew where they were going to attack.

8 Battle of Midway U.S. cripples Japan s naval fleet, Japan retreats Japan s war industry could not replace the lost ships and planes and their navy is never as powerful as the U.S. Navy again.

9 Battle of Midway

10 Pair Share Why was the Battle of Midway significant?

11 The Allies began island hopping The Allies plan was to island island- hop past strongholds and attack weaker Japanese bases. Island by island they won territory back from the Japanese. With each island Allied forces moved closer to Japan.

12 Iwo Jima Rene Gagnon Mike Strank Harlon Block Frank John Sousley Bradley Ira Hayes In March 1945, American forces attack Iwo Jima

13 Iwo Jima is 600 miles from the main islands of Japan and had been under Japanese control for years. Japanese soldiers were determined to not allow foreigners to take control of Japanese soil. The Battle of Iwo Jima was intense and bloody. American Forces eventually win

14 The Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa

15 Okinawa U.S. takes Okinawa in June 1945 and faces intense fighting from determined Japanese. Civilians committed suicide before giving up to U.S. Forces. Japan suffered huge casualties.

16 The Battle of Okinawa

17 Pair Share Why did the Allies attack the islands of Iwo Jima and Okinawa?

18 Roosevelt dies President Roosevelt dies in April 11, 1945;

19 Harry Truman becomes president

20 Harry Truman Vice President of the United States. Was sworn in as President of the United States after Roosevelt s death on April 12, Dropped the Atomic Bomb on Japan.

21 Pair Share Who became President after Franklin D. Roosevelt? What decision did Harry Truman have to make?

22 Navajo Code Talkers

23 Navajo Code Talkers World War II ( ) 1945) the United States Marines trained Navajo soldiers as code talkers. Military campaigns in the Pacific,, the Navajo soldiers relayed secret messages about troop movements and enemy locations in the Navajo language

24 Navajo is an unwritten language of extreme complexity. It has no alphabet or symbols,, and is spoken only on the Navajo lands of the American Southwest. Because of the complexity of the language, the Japanese were never able to decipher the code.

25 World War II Navajo Code Talkers in the United States Military

26 The Navajo War Code

27 What was the role of Navajo Code Talkers in World War II?

28 Ira Hayes was a Pima Indian from Arizona who took part in the landing on Iwo Jima. Ira Hayes

29 He then participated in the battle for the island and was among the group of Marines that took Mount Suribachi. The raising of the second American flag on Suribachi by, Ira Hayes,, and four other Marines was immortalized by photographer Joe Rosenthal and became an icon of the war.

30 Pair Share What was the name of the Pima Indian from Arizona who distinguished himself in combat in the Pacific?

31 Atomic Bomb Advisors warned Truman that the invasion of Japan would cost many lives. Truman wanted the war to end.. He had alternative-- powerful new weapon called the atomic bomb Manhattan Project secret program to develop the bomb.

32 Little Boy and Fat Man A nuclear weapon of the "Little Boy" type, the uranium gun-type detonated over Hiroshima. It is 28 inches in diameter and 120 inches long. "Little Boy" weighed about 9,000 pounds and had a yield approximating 15,000 tons of high explosives. A nuclear weapon of the "Fat Man" type, the plutonium implosion type detonated over Nagasaki. 60 inches in diameter and 128 inches long, the weapon weighed about 10,000 pounds and had a yield approximating 21,000 tons of high explosives

33 The Manhattan Project and the Atomic Bomb Attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

34 Hiroshima Atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima,, August 6, 1945

35 about 75,000 die

36 Nagasaki Nagasaki was bombed on August 9, 1945.

37 70,000 die immediately

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39 Pair Share What was the reason for dropping the Atomic Bomb on Japan? What was the Manhattan Project?

40 J-V Day The Japanese Surrender

41 Japanese surrendered on September 2, 1945.

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43 The Atomic Bomb and Naval Defeats Bring an End to the War with Japan

44 After the war Tōjō was sentenced to death for war crimes by the International Military Tribunal of the Far East and executed on December 23, 1948.

45 Pair Share What was the name given to the day the Japanese surrendered?