Transcript The War in the Pacific

The War in the Pacific
Chapter 24 Section 3
Standard: Identify the various theaters of World War II.
Why did the Allies experience a slow start in the Pacific?
Morning Work
1st Period
• Write questions
1. What were the Nuremberg
Laws?
2. What is genocide?
October 17, 2016
Agenda
• Morning Work
• Lecture: War in Pacific
• Map: Island Hopping
• Pearl Harbor: Doolittle
Raids
Morning Work
2nd/3rd Period
• Write questions
1. What were the Nuremberg
Laws?
2. What is genocide?
October 17, 2016
Agenda
• Morning Work
• Lecture: War in Pacific
• Map: Island Hopping
• 3-2-1
• Pearl Harbor: Doolittle
Raids
Morning Work
1st Period
• WRITE QUESTIONS
1. What was the Japanese
goal in the battle of
Midway?
2. What were the Doolittle
Raids?
October 18, 2016
Agenda
• Morning Work
• Lecture: The War in the
Pacific
• Flags of Our Fathers
• Chapter 24-3 Quiz
Morning Work
2nd/3rd Period
• WRITE QUESTIONS
1. What was the Japanese
goal in the battle of
Midway?
2. What were the Doolittle
Raids?
October 18, 2016
Agenda
• Morning Work
• Lecture: The War in the
Pacific
• Flags of Our Fathers
• Chapter 24-3 Quiz
A Slow Start for the Allies
• The Japanese soldiers were highly skilled and well
trained.
• The Japanese military had excellent equipment
• Allies focus on defeating Axis in Europe.
The Philippines
• Japanese invaded in
December 1941
• American forces led by
Douglas MacArthur
• American /Filipino
soldiers no match for
Japanese invaders.
Bataan Death March
• American troops
retreated to Bataan
Peninsula
• Short on supplies
• March 1942: MacArthur
left his men
• April 1942: American
troops surrendered
Bataan Death March
Bataan Death March
• 5 days /nights American
soldiers forced through
forests of Bataan.
• Thousands of soldiers
perished on march
Doolittle’s Raid
• April 18, 1942:
– Army Lieutenant Colonel
James Doolittle led 16
B-25s on raid of
Tokyo/several cities.
• Worried Japanese leaders
– cloud judgment and
lead to military
mistakes.
Battle of Coral Sea
• May 1942
• Japanese planned to
Port Moresby on the
island of New Guinea.
• U.S. Admiral Chester
Nimitz sent 2 aircraft
carriers on the attack.
• Americans halted
Japanese attack
The Battle of Midway
• Japanese -lure U.S. into a
large sea battle
• Japan attacked U.S. -held
island of Midway
• Japanese advantage:
– # of ships could bring into
battle
• U.S. advantage:
– Broke Japanese code and
learned about their plans
The Battle of Midway
• Japanese attacked on June
4, 1942
• Japanese air attack
• U.S. planes broke through
Japanese defense
• American bombers
damaged 3 out of 4 carriers
• Plan to invade Midway had
been stopped
Battle of Midway
Guadalcanal
• Goal: win territory in
the Solomon Islands
• Why?
– Threatened Australia
– Provide a base for
future efforts to push
Japanese back
Guadalcanal
• Guadalcanal
– Japanese completed an
airfield
– Americans came to shore
in August 1942
– Fought on land, sea, and in
the air
– Japanese fled the island in
February 1943
Allies Press On
• Allied strategy: island hopping
– Avoiding Japanese strongholds/striking instead
strategic islands that were less well defended
• American industrial power
– Allies able to resupply ships and supplies
– Japanese couldn’t replace supplies
• Allied gains in Europe
– Allies able to send more resources to the Pacific
Back to the Philippines
• Battle of Leyte Gulf
– 300 ships fought in battle
– Largest naval battle ever fought
– Japanese lost 4 carriers and 3
battleships
– Kamikaze
• Pilot who loaded his aircraft with
bombs and crashed into enemy ships
– Suicidal attack
• In late October 1944 MacArthur
reached the Philippines
Kamikaze Pilots
Iwo Jima
• America needed a better
base to launch air raids on
Japanese cities
• February 19, 1945: landing
operations began
• 750 miles south of Tokyo
• February 23, 1945:
Captured Mount Suribachi/
famous flag raising
– Joe Rosenthal
Bombing in Japan
Iwo Jima
• March 26, 1945: Marines
secure Iwo Jima
• Nearly 7,000 Americans
killed and many more
wounded
• Out of 20,000 Japanese
only about 1,000 survived
First Flag
Switching the Flags
Flag Raisers
Mike Strank
Harlon Block
Flag Raisers
Franklin Sousley
Ira Hayes
Flag Raisers
Rene Gangon
John “Doc” Bradley
Okinawa
• Only 350 miles away from
Japan
• Major launching pad for the
final invasion of Japan
• Invaded on April 1, 1945
• Island secured: June 21, 1945
• American dead: 20,365
• American wounded: 55,213
• Japanese dead: 92,000-94,000
Chapter 24-3 Quiz
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Who was the American general in the Philippines?
What was the Bataan Death March?
What was the importance of the Doolittle Raids?
Who was the American admiral during the Battle of Coral Sea?
What mount did troops capture on Iwo Jima?
What was Japan’s goal in attacking the Midway Islands?
What was a kamikaze?
What was the bloodiest battle in the Pacific?
What was the largest naval battle fought during World War II?
Why did the Allies attack Iwo Jima?
3-2-1
War in Europe
3 battles fought in North Africa and Europe
2 countries America invaded in Operation Torch
1 reason North Africa was vital to the Allied cause
War in the Pacific
3 battles in Pacific
2 reasons Allies experienced a slow start
1 American commander in the Philippines
Morning Work
3rd/4th Period
• Write questions
1. What was Operation
Overlord?
2. What happened at the
Battle of the Bulge?
October 28,2014
Agenda
• Morning Work
• Lecture: War in Pacific
• Map: Island Hopping
• 3-2-1
KWL
• List 3 things you know about the War in the
Pacific.
• List 3 things you would like to know about the
War in the Pacific.
• List 3 things you learned about the War in the
Pacific (after lesson).