Transcript Pacific War 6th `07

United States
United States vs. Japan
VS.
Japan
By Sophia and Rachel
“Enrich the Country, Strengthen the Military”
Imperial Japanese slogan
Lend-Lease
•1941: Before entering the war, the U.S. helps
the Allies
•United States provided certain European
Countries (Britain, China, France, Soviet
Union, etc.) with supplies for war.
•A total of $50 billion worth of supplies were
shipped
- at 2007 prices, $700 billion
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Causes
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Japan underwent rapid economic and military
expansion following WWI
Interest in Chinese land led to attacks on both
China and Russia
United States showed disapproval by pressuring
Japan out of the League of Nations, enforcing a
trade embargo on scrap metal and gasoline, and
closing the Panama Canal to Japanese trade.
Friction…
December 7,
1941
“A date which will live in infamy”
-United States President
Franklin Roosevelt
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Casualties and Consequences
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United States
Dead: 2,403
Wounded: 1,178
5 battleships
3 destroyers
3 cruisers
188 Planes
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Japan
Dead: 64
Captured: 1
29 Planes
4 Submarines
President Roosevelt declared war on Japan the next
day. He also initiated an investigation into the attacks.
The World War II Pacific Theater as
it appeared in August, 1942
The Battle of Midway
On June 4, 1942, a Japanese fleet of over a
hundred ships attacked an American naval
base at Midway Island
Little did the Japanese know, the Americans
had secret weapon: they had intercepted key
messages and broken the Japanese code.
Learning from mistakes in Pearl Harbor,
this intelligence was used VERY
successfully…
Consequences of the Battle of Midway
The battle permanently weakened the
Japanese Navy
The U.S. Navy became able to seize initiative
in Pacific
Had the Japanese captured Midway, the
northeastern Pacific Rim would have been
defenseless
Huge moral boost!
The bloodiest island fight of the Pacific War:
The Battle of Okinawa
 Began in April 1945
 110,000 Japanese died, compared to 12,000
Americans
 The United States gains more airbases, a
valuable asset for raids against Japan
Kamikazes
•Japanese Tactic
“God/Divine Wind”
•Estimate 7465 Attack Missions
•Attack Planes
•Suicide Mission
•Used when Japanese army became desperate.
•"I don't think there would be any other certain way
to carry out the operation [to hold the Philippines],
than to put a 250 kg bomb on a Zero and let it
crash into a U.S. carrier, in order to disable her for
a week." –Vice Admiral Takijiro Onishi
The A-bomb arrives
 President Truman sent a letter to the
Japanese declaring that if they did not
surrender, they would face “prompt and
utter destruction.”
 Japan’s premier wished to accept the
ultimatum, however…
 He was unable to persuade military
leaders to surrender.
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
August 6, 1945
August 9, 1945
“Little Boy”
“Fat Man”
The end of the Pacific War
 Japan offically surrendered on
September 2, 1945
 The United States is victorious
 The Allies win the war
Bibliography
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 Gerald, Thomas W. "Suicide Tactics: the Kamikaze During WWII." Air
Group 4. 2007. 27 Feb. 2007
<http://www.airgroup4.com/kamikaze.htm>.
 "Lend-Lease." Wikipedia. 23 Feb. 2007. 24 Feb. 2007
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lend-Lease>.
 Matloff, Maurice. "World War II: the War Against Japan." American
Military History. HyperWar Foundation. 25 Feb. 2007
<http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AMH/AMH/AMH-23.html>.
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