Transcript Victory Over Japan

Victory Over Japan
Island Hopping in the Pacific
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Conquering islands on route to Japan
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Prevents ships and planes from having to make extraordinary
long journey’s
Sets up a network of defense points
Very successful strategy for the United States in its war with
Japan
Iwo Jima
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Part of the island hopping strategy
United States realized it needed a decent sized island
closer to main land Japan
Japanese were ready for the Americans
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1 out of 10 marines involved were killed
America won the battle, and it proved to be a crucial
victory
Firebombing Japan
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Smaller bombs than normal, but designed to spread fire
instead of shooting shrapnel
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Many Japanese buildings are made of wood
Allowed for mass fires to spread causing maximum damage
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Bombs were used against urban area’s, (Tokyo, etc). More
than half of Tokyo’s urban area’s had been firebombed.
Bombs caused much controversy because of the mass
amounts of civilians being killed
Bombs were very effective though in doing considerable
damage to Japan’s ability to produce war materials
The Terms for Surrender
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U.S. wanted unconditional surrender from Japan
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The Japanese were not willing to give up the Emperor
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The United States put itself in position to invade mainland Japan
The United States also began developing plans to drop the first
ever atomic bomb
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
 The Japanese are warned of “prompt and utter destruction” if they did
not surrender.
 The Japanese do not surrender.
 The atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945.
 “Little Boy” destroys 63% of the city and killed 80,000-120,000 people
instantly.
Ending World War II
 “Fat Man” is dropped on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945.
 35,000 to 74,000 die instantly.
 Japan surrenders on August 15, 1945.
 V-J Day; Victory over Japan.
 World War II ends.
Congratulations, you are now
masters of the defeat of Japan in
World War II!!!