War in the Pacific

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War in the Pacific

• October 23, 2007

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Bell Ringer

• What do you know about the war in the Pacific
  during WWII?

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Facts

• Douglas MacArthur General in charge of allied
  forces
• Doolittles Raid April 18, 1942 Lt. Doolittle
  led 16 bombers to attack Tokyo.
• Battle of the Coral Sea Americans and
  Australians. May 1942 over the course of 5 days,
  turned Japanese invasion back.

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Battle of Midway

• Japanese planned attack on Hawaii.
• Admiral Chester Nimitz moved to block the attack.
• Sent planes to bomb the approaching ships,
  considered the avenging of Pearl Harbor
• Battle of Midway was the turning point of the war
  in the Pacific.

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Iwo Jima

• Iwo Jima was the base with the most power.
  Allies wanted to capture the base, to take back
  hold of Japan.
• Deadly battle
• Cut off the supplies
• Raised the flag in victory

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Battle of Okinawa

• April 1945 U.S. Marines invaded Okinawa.
• Attacked by Kamikaze pilots.
• Once ashore more was to come, by June 1945, more
  than 7,600 Americans died.
• 110,000 Japanese lost

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Manhattan Project

• Directed by J. Robert Oppenheimer
• 600,000 people to create it.
• Even President Truman was unaware of the project
  until he became president.
• Tested in New Mexico, July 16, 1945.
• Visible 180 miles away.

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Atomic Bomb

• Dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• Flown by Enola Gay
• Hiroshima code name Little Boy
• Nagasaki code name Fat Boy
• 200,000 people died from direct hit of bombs,
  thousands more to come.

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Aftermath

• Today, both cities still have high rates of
  radiation that cause birth defects and cancer.
• It was the most effective way to end the war.

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Japanese Internment

• February 19, 1942 FDR signs an order removing
  Japanese people from California, Washington,
  Oregon, Arizona.
• 110,000 were relocated
• 2/3 were nisei

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Japanese Internment

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Homework

• Chapter 17, Section 3
• Questions 1, 2
• Chapter 17, Section 4
• Questions 1 (Internment and JACL only)
• Questions 3, 4
• DUE ON WEDNESDAY!