Transcript WW2 in the Pacific

WW2 in the Pacific
Unit 4
Lesson 8
(Section 25.4)
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
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.
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
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
Raising the Flag
Death of a President
Defeating The Enemy- Okinawa
Apr-June 1945
Think-Pair-Share
What would happen if we were to invade
the main island of 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
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
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?
“The final decision was up to me”
July 25- Prepare 2
bombs
July 26- Letter to
Japan (from
Potsdam)
“Surrender at once or
face destruction”
August 6, 1945
Enola Gay
Little Boy
Hiroshima
Hiroshima
August 9, 1945
Fat Man
Nagasaki
Nagasaki
VJ Day
America Celebrates End of War
Homework