Slide 1

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 2

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 3

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 4

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 5

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 6

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 7

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 8

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 9

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 10

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 11

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 12

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 13

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 14

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 15

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 16

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 17

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 18

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 19

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 20

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 21

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 22

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 23

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 24

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 25

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 26

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 27

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 28

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 29

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 30

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 31

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 32

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 33

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 34

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 35

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 36

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 37

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 38

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 39

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 40

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 41

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 42

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 43

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 44

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 45

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 46

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 47

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 48

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 49

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 50

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 51

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 52

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 53

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 54

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 55

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 56

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 57

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 58

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 59

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?


Slide 60

the PACIFIC THEATER
war with Japan
Featuring Gorillas like me!

The war began when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941.
Our President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

JAPAN
HAWAII

Nearly 3,000
Americans died that
day! Yamamoto, a
Japanese Naval
Officer, was the one
who planned the
attack.

Yamamoto

Most of America’s
Pacific Fleet had
been destroyed!

But America
declared war on the
Axis Powers and
began to rebuild.

America adopted an
island hopping
strategy. That means
that instead of going
directly after Japan,
we’d hop from island to
island on our way to
mainland Japan, taking
back the territory that
Japan had conquered.

Japan

Hawaii

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

HOP

HOP

HOP
HOP

I kind of like this “hopping” thing.
HOP It reminds
me of the Easter Bunny, my favorite fuzzy friend.

America’s commander
of the Pacific Fleet
was Admiral Chester
Nimitz.
GO
CHESTER!!!

The turning point
in the Pacific was
the Battle of
Midway.

The battle was
fought in the air …

and at sea.

The next major
battle was the
Battle of
Guadalcanal.

Where is
Guadalcanal?

The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the
longest and bloodiest of the entire war.

7,100

Deaths

31,000

29

Ships Lost

38

615

Aircraft
Destroyed

880

This was a decisive victory for the Allies!

American troops found
it difficult to fight in
the tropical Pacific
climate. Many soldiers
contracted malaria, so
quinine was used to
relieve the symptoms.

The last battles of
the Pacific were
fought on Okinawa
and Iwo Jima.

And just where
are those islands?
Okinawa
This is getting
confusing!!!

Iwo Jima

Wasn’t there a
memorial built in
Arlington to honor
the soldiers who
fought at Iwo Jima?

Why yes, Scott,
there was. It was
modeled after a
very famous photo.

As Japan quickly ran out
of weapons, they
unleashed kamikazes,
suicide pilots who flew
their planes into the sides
of American ships.

But the effort failed!

By 1945, America
had liberated most
Pacific islands
from the Japanese.

Japanese Empire

America had a
decision to make.

Invade Japan …

… or drop its
new weapon,

the atomic bomb!

Or use
‘The
Force’!

Wouldn’t
dropping the
bomb on Japan
kill thousands of
innocent people?

You got that right!
BUT, if the United
States had
invaded, wouldn’t
thousands of our
own troops have
been killed? I
mean, fo’ sho’!!!

The decision
was hard, but
President
Harry Truman,
who took office
upon
Roosevelt’s
death, decided
to drop the
bomb!

Paul Tibbets was the pilot who flew the plane
that dropped the bombs. He did not know what
he was about to do. He was kept “in the dark”.

The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima.

140,000 people were
killed.

The United States had
hoped that Japan would
surrender.

They did not!

The first bomb was code
named “Little Boy”.

The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.

80,000 people were
killed.

The United States
threatened a third
bomb …

that it did NOT have.

The second bomb was
code named “Fat Man”.

Wow! That’s a lot
of damage! Both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were
large cities. There
was hardly
anything left!

Japan surrendered!
August 15, 1945
VJ Day

Now let’s
review!

First, Japan bombed us!
Bad Japan!

Then, we fired back.
First victory … Midway!

Our next major battle …
Guadalcanal!

Then we ‘island hopped’ to Japan!

Last stop before Japan …
Iwo Jima & Okinawa!

Then President Truman
decided to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan.

Then Japan gave up!
VJ Day was celebrated!

Can we have
a Survivor
challenge?

Ok, Survivor
challenge it is!
Take out a piece of
loose leaf paper
and put your
name on it.
You have 2
minutes to do this.

Number your
paper to 5.
Get them all
correct, you
win this
challenge.

Question #1:

In what year
did the
Japanese
bomb Pearl
Harbor?

Question #2:

Name one of
the Japanese
cities on
which the
United States
dropped an
atomic bomb.

Question #3:

What was the
“turning
point” (what
battle) in the
Pacific
Theater?

Question #4:

Which
President
decided to
drop the
atomic bombs
on Japan?

Question #5:

What was
used to help
soldiers deal
with malaria
in the Pacific
jungles?

Bonus
Question:
Who is better
looking, me or
Mr. Dodson?