Transcript World War II

I.) Japanese Offensive
A.) Japan seizes Manchuria
- September 1931: Japanese army seizes Manchuria, China
- League of Nations condemns the aggression (cannot enforce)
Result: Japan withdraws from League of Nations
B.) Japan Invades China
- July 7, 1937: Japanese army attacks N. China
- Conquer Beijing, Nanjing (capital), & most of north China
C.) Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941: Japan
attacks U.S. Navy Base at
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
D.) Tide of Japanese Victories
After bombing of Pearl
Harbor, Japan attacks
and seizes more in
1941…………………
Guam, Marianas, Wake
Island, Gilbert Islands,
Samoan Islands, and
Caroline Islands
Singapore (Malaya) Surrenders
[February, 1942]
The Dutch East Indies Seized
[March, 1942]
The Philippine Islands Invaded
January 1942: Japan
invades Philippines
April 1942: U.S.
troops surrender the
Philippines
E.) Bataan Death March
April 1942: 76,000 prisoners [12,000
Americans] Marched 60 miles in the blazing heat
to POW camps in the Philippines.
Dead Allied troops as
result of the Bataan
Death March
An Australian
Allied soldier
being beheaded!
A
Liberated
British
POW
British POWs
F.) The Japanese Seize Burma
May 1942
The “Burma Road”
seized and supply
line to China cut
off!
Farthest Extent
of Japanese Conquests
II.) Allied Offensive
A.) The Man in Charge
General Douglas MacArthur:
Supreme Allied Commander in
the Pacific during WWII
B.) Allied Strategy
Allied Strategy in the Pacific Theater: “Island-Hopping”
C.) Battle of the Coral Sea
May 7-8, 1942
“Allies stop Japanese invasion attack on Australia”
D.) Battle of Midway Island:
June 4-6, 1942
“Turning Point of Pacific: Allies stop Japanese advance”
E.) Battle of Guadalcanal:
August 1942 to February 1943
“First piece of Japanese territory Allies will take”
F.) Battle of Leyte Gulf
October 1944
Gen. MacArthur “Returns” to the Philippines!
“Beginning of retaking the Philippine Islands from the Japanese”
Japanese Kamikaze Planes:
Kamikaze Pilots
Suicide
Bombers
G.) Battle of Iwo Jima
February 1945
U.S. marines on Mt. Surbachi
“Allies take control of an
island 660 miles from Tokyo”
H.) Battle of Okinawa
April 1945
“Allies seize an island 350 miles from Tokyo and
the bloodiest land battle of the war in the pacific”
III.) Options to End the War
Option 1: Land Invasion
Pros: less civilian loss of life
Cons: massive amount of Allied casualties
war will take longer to end
requires largest invasion force ever
Option 2: Drop the Atomic Bomb
Pros: less American casualties
quicker end to the war
Cons: catastrophic loss of Japanese
civilian life
A.) The Manhattan Project
Los Alamos, New Mexicp
Top Secret project to create an “atomic bomb” begun in 1939
Major General
Lesley R. Groves
(General in charge)
Dr. Robert
Oppenheimer
(lead scientist)
I am become
death,
the shatterer
of worlds!
B.) President Truman’s Decision
Drop the Atomic Bomb!
Little Boy
Fat Man
C.) The Enola Gay
B-29 bomber which
carried and dropped
the Atomic Bomb
D.) Hiroshima – August 6, 1945
© 70,000 killed
immediately.
© 48,000 buildings.
destroyed.
© 100,000s died of
radiation poisoning &
cancer later.
But………….
Japan does not
surrender……………
E.) Nagasaki – August 9, 1945
© 40,000 killed
immediately.
© 60,000 injured.
© 100,000s died of
radiation poisoning
& cancer later.
This time………….
F.) Japan Surrenders
V-J Day September 2, 1945
V-J Day in Times Square, NYC