Transcript General Douglas MacArthur

Japanese Victories
-Pearl Harbor
-Victories in much of the Pacific
– Japan conquered an Empire
that dwarfed Hitler’s 3rd Reich
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-General Douglas MacArthur
-Leader of the U.S. Armed
Forces, Far East
-retreats from the Philippines,
after 2 years of Fighting/
“Protection” of the Japs
“Bataan Death March”: 60
mile forceable transfer of
75,000 Am & Filipino POWs to
prison camps, HIGH Death rate
from torture & jungle Heat
-MacArthur pledges to return
Macarthur
Douglas Macarthur:
Considered the most
brilliant allied strategist of
WWII, For everyone 1
American Lost, the
Japanese lost 10
America Recovers
-Bombing of Tokyo April 1942
-Coral Sea Battle May 1942
air power in the navy, to
prevent Jap from Invading
Australia , *No shots fired by
surface ships, only air battle
-Battle of Midway, 1942
-Japan never recovered its naval
power :Turning point of Pacific
Theater , US began Island Hoping,
winning back territory from Japan
Adm. Chester Nimitz
(Commander of Naval Forces in
Pacific)
inflicted great devastating
damage to much larger
Japanese fleet
This one is a little better...
Not the best Kamikaze Video
America Recovers
-Bombing of Tokyo April 1942
-Coral Sea Battle
air power in the navy
-Battle of Midway, 1942
Adm. Chester Nimitz
inflicted great damage to
much larger Japanese fleet
-Japan never recovered its naval
power
America Recovers
-Bombing of Tokyo April 1942
-Coral Sea Battle
air power in the navy
-Battle of Midway, 1942
Adm. Chester Nimitz
inflicted great damage to
much larger Japanese fleet
-Japan never recovered its naval
power
Island Hopping
-as the U./S. built its naval and
air advantage the Japanese
fortified every island
-U.S. bypasses many islands and
takes weaker ones for
airfields
-Guadalcanal, 1942 “Island of
Death” 1st Win on Land
Against Japan
-Philippines, 1944- General
Macarthur Returns, as
promised
High Costs
-Japanese defending with every
man
kamikaze attacks: suicide Plane
attacks
-Iwo Jima, 1945
critical island base for heavy
loaders could take off and
reach Japan, *Most heavily
defended spot (20,700 Japs
entrenched in tunnels & caves,
only 200 survived)
6,000 Marines die
***NOW only 1 island stood
btw allies & mainland Japan*
-Roosevelt dies
High Costs
-Okinawa, April 1945
*Japan unleashes 1,900
Kamikazes
higher death totals (7,600
Ams, 110,000 Japs)
-warnings of what INLAND
invasion of Japan would cost
*Churchill predicted over
1Million allied lives would be
lost
*Please remember: Okinawa &
Iwo Jima opened the door for
an invasion of Japan
High Costs
-Japanese defending with every
man
kamikaze attacks
-Iwo Jima, 1945
6,000 Marines die
-Roosevelt dies
-Okinawa, 1945
higher death totals
-warnings of what invasion would
cost
Manhattan Project Best Kept Secret of the War
-about 600,000 people worked in
the project, *few knew what
they were actually working on
-J. Robert Oppenheimer led the
project at Los Alamos, NM
dropped July 16, 1945
-some scientists urged the gov’t
not to use the weapon
-Truman made the decision to
use the weapon on Japan
*Even President Truman did not
Learn about the Project until
Became president
Ultimate Weapon
-Before atomic weapon was used,
airdrops of leaflets urged
Japanese to surrender
-Japanese leaders refuse to
unconditionally surrender
-August, 1945 the bomber Enola
Gay dropped an atomic bomb
over Hiroshima (Very
important military center of
Japan, leveled the city in 43
secs)
-another bomb dropped on
Nagasaki 3 days later
200,000 dead
-Japanese surrender Sept 2,
1945
-V-J Day (Victory over Japan)
Ultimate Weapon
-Before atomic weapon was used,
airdrops of leaflets urged
Japanese to surrender
-Japanese leaders refuse to
unconditionally surrender
-August, 1945 the bomber Enola
Gay dropped an atomic bomb
over Hiroshima
-another bomb dropped on
Nagasaki
-Japanese surrender
-V-J Day (Victory over Japan)
Ultimate Weapon
-Before atomic weapon was used,
airdrops of leaflets urged
Japanese to surrender
-Japanese leaders refuse to
unconditionally surrender
-August, 1945 the bomber Enola
Gay dropped an atomic bomb
over Hiroshima
-another bomb dropped on
Nagasaki
-Japanese surrender
-V-J Day (Victory over Japan)
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-Yalta, 1945 meeting of the Big
Three
-Creation of the United Nations
-Potsdam, July 1945
division of Germany into 4 zones
(controlled by US, F, GB & R)
-Nuremburg Trials
war crimes against surviving
Nazis- for crimes against
humanity, peace & war crimes
several leaders executed
Rebuilding the World: Allies
understand it is best to help
rebuild war-torn nations, in
order to avoid another WW
Occupation of Japan
-General Douglas MacArthur
under command of US forces in
the Pacific
-reformed Japan’s economy
-established democratic
government
-guaranteed basic freedoms
Constitution still exists as
Japan’s government (Known as
MacArther Constitution)