PRESENTATION OUTLINE
General Information
- TOOK PLACE IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN, SPECIFICALLY THE PHILIPPINES AND SOUTHEAST ASIA
- TURNING POINTS-THE BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA AND THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY
- NEWEST WEAPONRY WAS THE ATOMIC BOMB
- MAJOR BATTLES- IWO JIMA AND OKINAWA
- THE UNITED STATES ASKED FOR AN UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER FROM THE JAPANESE
- MAJOR BOMBINGS- HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI
- THESE TWO BOMBINGS FORCED JAPANESE TO REALIZE THEIR INEVITABLE FATE: DEFEAT.
Japanese children and women held captive by American soldiers on Saipan Island in the Marianas.
The Pacific Fleet would "hop" from one island to the next to advance closer to Japan. This was called island hopping. The Japanese used kamikaze attacks where a pilot would deliberately crash their planes into American ships.
Philippine president, Osmeña, and General Douglas MacArthur in Leyte, a Philippine island, in 1944.
Okinawa bombing: American troops landed here in order to be closer to
Japan (350 mi). They had to force the Japanese out of their caves and
bunkers and trudge through slopes against combat. They ended up
finally capturing the island.
They wanted to capture Okinawa because it was close to Japan, and they could keep a stockpile and their troops there.
Napalm was a jelly gasoline bomb that was highly flammable. When dropped, a fire would spread and cause damage like this.
The United States captured Iwo Jima because pilots needed to refuel. It was also perfectly located in relation to Japan, but did not have good terrain.
The turning point of the war with the Japanese in the Pacific is the Battle of Midway. When the Japanese attempted to attack Midway, the U.S. aircraft carriers launched a counter attack.
The United States asked for an unconditional surrender from Japan.
There was a great number of casualties in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
V-J was the day that the Japanese emperor ordered the government to surrender because the Soviet Union joined the war. V-J Day was on August 15, 1945.
