Transcript WW2 in the Pacific - Riley Honors US II

Unit 4
Lesson 6
WW2 in the Pacific
Big Idea: Fierce fighting & heavy casualties
characterized the war in the Pacific, driving
Truman to unleash a new nuclear weapon.
Objectives
Review key victories in Europe leading to
VE Day.
Evaluate US strategy for victory in the
Pacific and identify key turning points.
Analyze Truman’s decision to drop the
Atomic Bomb.
Warm Up
Explain how the
Allies closed in on
Hitler.
Japanese Aggression
Map Activity Review!
Japanese Aggression
1930’s Tojo increases
military power
Imperial growth
Increased war imports
(trucks, aircraft, oil,
technology)
Tojo begs to keep peace with
US
Says yes, orders secret attack
Dec 7, 1941
Click Photo!
“A date which will live in
infamy”
Intercepted & decoded diplomatic message;
attack coming, but didn’t know where.
Select Pearl Harbor on Oahu, home to US
Pacific Fleet – cripple & take Asia before
we rebuild.
Dec 6, 1941, Japanese cut off negotiations,
FDR sends warning to Pacific commanders.
Dec 7th, 7:55 – 9:45 AM
20 ships (8 of 9 battleships), 200+ warplanes
2400 dead, 1200 wounded
http://youtu.be/Nt13c3olXkU
Declaration of War
Dec 8th
GRM and ITL
declare war on US 3
days later.
Consequences Pearl Harbor?
Holding Off The Enemy- Bataan
Jan-Apr 1942
70K American POW’s forced on “Death Marches”
Holding Off The Enemy- Coral Sea
May 1942
USS Lexington Flight Deck- Carriers save Australia from invasion.
Holding Off The Enemy- Midway
June 1942
Adm Chester
Nimitz surprises
Japanese navy,
“avenge” P.H.
http://app.discoveryeducation.com/player/
view/assetGuid/07AB0FD7-DE6F-4F2A865C-BB4967D735AA
http://app.discoveryeducation.com/play
er/view/assetGuid/BC922622-57B049C7-8A8C-1402AF991964
Island Hopping
MacArthur’s strategy to leapfrog thru islands- skip
strongholds, isolate/cut off others- to close in on
mainland. Begins Aug 1942.
Navajo Code Talkers
Click image!
Defeating The Enemy- Guadalcanal
Aug 1942
Defeating The Enemy-Leyte Gulf
Oct 1944
MacArthur retakes the Philippines; JPN intro kamikaze tactics
Defeating The Enemy- Iwo Jima
Feb-Mar 1945
Costly Battle:
6K US dead
20K JPN dead
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rfsRNeiing
Raising the Flag
Death of a President
Defeating The Enemy- Okinawa
Apr-June 1945
“Iwo Jima and Okinawa”
http://app.discoveryeducation.com/search?Ntt=battle+of+oki
nawa
Closure
How did the US policy of Island hoping
prove effective in the Pacific?
Homework
Reading (Truman’s options)
Which option do you agree with and
why? Provide 3 reasons
Warm Up:
What military events led up to the US
decision of what to do with mainland
Japan?
Manhattan Project-FDR
1939 Einstein Letter
12/6/1941 FDR funds secret
R&D facilities in NM, TN,
WA.
7/16/45 Trinity Test in Alamagordo, NM
Manhattan Project- Truman
Hand out Timeline & show video (- 1st
14min)
Military Advice
Sec of War Henry Stimson
End it, save lives
Power over Soviets
Col Leslie Groves
Project Director
Drop ($ and manpower)
Admiral Ernest J King
Naval blockade
Gen Hap Arnold
Air raids, firebombings
Ambassador Joseph Grew
Negotiate, Hirohito stay
Think-Pair-Share
What would happen if we were to invade
the main island of Japan?
Scientific Advice
Dr. Leo Szilard, 70 others
Will start arms race w/USSR
Immoral to drop w/o warning
Demonstration?
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Scientific DirectorTest may fail?
Shoot down plane?
Set up POWs?
To Drop or Not to Drop…
Options:
Blockade/Air Raids,
Invade Mainland,
Demo, Wait for RUS,
Negotiate Peace, Keep
Emperor
TPS: How did Iwo Jima
and Okinawa impact
Truman’s decision to
drop the bomb?
Activity: To drop or not to
drop…
Based on your
reading from last
night and your
response you will
be directed to
stand in a certain
corner of the
room.
There you will
discuss with your
group why you
choose that option
and each group
will defend their
selection
“The final decision was up to me”
July 25- Prepare 2
bombs
July 26- Letter to
Japan
“Surrender at once or
face destruction”
August 6, 1945
Enola Gay
Little Boy
Hiroshima
Hiroshima
August 9, 1945
Fat Man
Nagasaki
Nagasaki
Video (36- 40:35)
Effects of the Atomic Bomb
Video of effects
http://app.discoveryeducation.com/search
?Ntt=atomic+bomb
VJ Day
America Celebrates End of War
Closure
Has your opinion of how the war was
ended changed at all throughout the
lesson? Why or why not?
Homework
Wiki Post- Should Truman have dropped the
atomic bomb? Why or why not? Provide
Evidence.