U.S. History – Unit 8 – 25.4 PPT Notes: The War in the Pacific
When did WWII start in the Pacific Theater?
______
For Japan, it could be said that the war started when ______
The war started for China ______
The war started for America when
______
What occurred to bring America into the war?
______
America declared war on Japan on ______
This marked the ______time Congress declared an official war.
After Pearl Harbor, Hitler honored a pact with ______and ______on the ______
America in turn declared war on ______on ______; making the war a true world war.
Countries now fighting included ______
______
The Japanese attacked ______, which were held by America, on December 8, 1941.
The U.S. military forces in the ______controlled by General ______and later by General Wainwright, eventually ______in spring of 1942.
Japan then drove ______, capturing the Dutch East Indies, and the British controlled territories of ______, Malaysia, and ______. They also were making plans to invade ______
To the ______, the Japanese captured ______, Wake Island, and Northern New Guinea.
Doolittle Raid, April 18, 1942
The attack, lead by legendary pilot Jimmy Doolittle, was the ______against the Japanese ______. The damage caused by the attack wasn’t significant, but American and allied moral was greatly ______
Battle of Coral Sea, May 7-8, 1942
As a ______in the invasion of Australia, the Japanese sent a fleet to capture Port Moresby in New Guinea. An American fleet fought the Japanese to a ______, effectively ______the Japanese invasion of Australia
Battle of Midway, June 4, 1941
In the “______,” American naval forces ______a much larger ______as it prepared to seize Midway Island. The American victory ended the Japanese threat to ______and began a series of American victories in the “______” campaign that carried the war closer and closer to Japan. The American victory at the Battle of Midway is often considered the ______in the war against the Japan
Island Hopping, mid-1942 through mid-1944
General MacArthur and Admiral Nimitz developed the strategy of “island hopping,” in which U.S. Forces would ______closer and closer to Japan and use them as ______for ______against Japan.
Some of the Islands taken while island hopping were:
Ø Guadalcanal
Ø New Guinea
Ø New Britain
Ø Tarawa
Ø Saipan
Philippines Re-captured/MacArthur Returns, late 1944 - early 1945
General MacArthur ______to the ______with the assault on the Japanese at Leyte, fulfilling the ______he made when he left in 1942.
Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, Spring – Summer 1945
The invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, both part of Japan, brought American forces ______than ever to the Japanese ______
Thousands of American lives and even more Japanese lives were lost as Japanese soldiers fought fiercely over every square inch of the islands. The battles are also noted for the rise of ______(______) attacks Japanese planes made against American ______
Atomic Bomb
Based on the estimate of American ______it would take to invade the Japanese mainland, President Truman decided to use a new ______. A weapon ______than any other in the history of man. August ___, ______a U.S. plane dropped the first ______ever used in a war.
The first city attacked was ______and then ______three days later.
WW II Ends
September ___, ______the Japanese signed the official instrument of ______and the war ______
Summary
For America, World War Two started with the attack against:______
The Japanese continued nearly unimpeded through the early months of the war until they were first stopped at the ______
Japan’s first big defeat, and the turning point of the war, occurred at the Battle of: ______
The main strategy used by America for the majority of the war was called ______
General MacArthur promised to return to:______
The ferocity of fighting as well as the large number of kamikaze attacks are associated with the battles of:
______
The American president who made the decision to use atomic weapons against Japan was:______
The first atomic bomb was dropped on the city of: ______
The Pacific During WW II