Transcript War in Pacific

The War in the Pacific
Roosevelt signs declaration of
war against Japan
Japanese Advances
Japan occupied/controlled the area within the
grey line by the end of 1941
Japanese AdvancesGen. MacArthur in the Philippines
The War in the Pacific
Gen. MacArthur commanded
Allied forces in the Phillipines
Doolittle’s Raid
Lt. Col. Doolittle
April 18, 1942
Flight Deck of USS Hornet
Battle of the Coral Sea
SBD Dauntless Attacks!
Battle of the Coral Sea
May 1942
First battle where Air Craft
Carriers engaged one another
Japanese Fleet ran out of Fuel
The Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway
June 1942
Japanese lost 4 Air Craft
carriers and 200 Pilots
Americans felt they avenged the
attack on Pearl Harbor
The Battle of Midway
The Battle of MidwayDestruction of Japanese Cruisers
The Allies go on the Offensive
Battle of Guadalcanal
August 1942 to February 1943
Known as the Island of Death
Battle for Henderson Air Strip
Battle of Leyte Gulf
October 1944
MacArthur keeps promise to
free the people of the
Philippines
Iwo Jima
Feb 1945
Over 20,000 Japanese killed
Only 200 taken Prisoner
Marines raised flag on Mt.
Suribachi
Marines rushing beach
at Iwo Jima
Air View of Iwo Jima
Planes flying over Iwo Jima
The Battle for Okinawa
•Over 100,000 Japanese
soldiers died
•U.S. Navy suffered heavy
losses because of Kamikaze
attacks
Marines at Okinawa
Japanese Defense
Battle for Okinawa
The Atomic Bomb
The Manhattan Project
1st Bomb test in Alamogordo, NM
The A-Bomb was lifted 100 ft. in
the air before detonation
The Creators
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Otto Frisch
Alamogordo Test Site
Official Bombing Order
July 25, 1945
Col. Paul W. Tibbets, Jr., pilot of the
ENOLA GAY
The Enola Gay
Little Boy-Dropped on
Hiroshima
Hiroshima Before
Hiroshima Cloud
Hiroshima After
Fat Man-Dropped on
Nagasaki
Nagasaki Before
Nagasaki Cloud
Nagasaki After
Radiation Symbol
Japanese Surrender Party
Surrender signed on USS
Missouri
Emperor Hirohito
General MacArthur
MacArthur Leads
Occupation of Japan
POW’s in Japan Liberated
MacArthur & Hirohito