Transcript wwii-in-the-pacific-1211200105611898-8.ppt

The War in the Pacific
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US conducts “island hopping” campaign
across the Pacific towards Japan
The Battle of Midway
“The most decisive 10 minutes of the war”
Japanese lose 4 aircraft carriers
in 10 minutes.
Japan forced to withdrawal
B-29 bombing ranges
B-29 Bomber Range
Iwo Jima and Okinawa (Feb-Jun 1945)
Retakes
Guam, Philippines,
Invades
Iwo Jima
Famous
USMC flag
raising picture
Invades
Okinawa
Massive
casualties in each
of the last two battles.
Japanese
last man
fighting to the
Note the
plane about
to crash
into this
ship
“The Divine Wind”
-Japanese pilots
trained to make a
suicidal crash
attack upon a
ship.
-Their airplanes
were often loaded
with explosives
B-29 bombing ranges
B-29 Bomber Range
US is now in range to
bomb Japan effectively
Firebombing Japan
100,000 killed in one night
Invade Japan???
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Decision needs to be made – Do we
invade Japan.
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Estimated it would cost the US 1 MILLION
casualties.
Japan not likely to ever surrender
Possibility that it would only end when every
Japanese person was dead
The Decision
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President Harry S Truman decides to use
the US’s new secret weapon – the atomic
bomb
The Atomic Bomb
Most powerful weapon
ever created up to that
time.
Equivalent to 20,000
tons of TNT exploding
all at once
Atomic Bombings and the Surrender of Japan
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Aug 6, 1945: Hiroshima
Aug 9, 1945: Nagasaki
The Decision to Bomb
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Hiroshima— bombed August 6, 1945
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Dropped by a B29 called the “Enola Gay”
65,000 dead
Japanese still refuse to surrender
Hiroshima Before the Bomb
Hiroshima After the Bomb
Melted glass
Permanent
“Shadows”
made by the
light of the blast
All this man left was his
shadow
The Second Bomb
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Nagasaki—bombed Aug. 9, 1945
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50,000 dead
Japan announces surrender
(August 15th)
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According to terms of formal
surrender, they get to keep their
emperor
Japanese Internment (Removal)
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Japan's alliance with Nazi Germany and Fascist
Italy in 1940 focused world attention on the
Asian nation's military power and imperial
ambition.
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The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on
December 7, 1941 plunged the United States into
war and planted the notion of Japanese
treachery in the minds of Americans.
•On February 19, 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt signed
Executive Order 9066
authorizing military authorities to exclude "any and all
persons" from designated areas of the country as necessary for
national defense.
Internment (Camp)
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By the end of 1942, more
than 120,000 men, women,
and children of Japanese
ancestry had been uprooted
from their homes.
final destinations would be
one of 10 camps — "instant
cities" — constructed by the
War Relocation Authority in
seven states.
Deeply isolated from the
rest of America, these
"evacuees" — 65 percent of
whom were American
citizens — would spend up
to four years imprisoned,
442nd Regiment
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What is it?
Who was in it?
What was the purpose of it?
What were some of its “accomplishments”?
An account of a Soldier in the 442nd
Regiment…
Reactions of the 442nd Regiment…
Statistics of 106th Infantry, sector of the
442nd Regiment
What is it?
The 442nd Regiment, also known as the all- Nisei 442nd
Regimental Combat Team, was part of an elite army who
fought faithfully for the United States of America during
World War II.
What were some of their
accomplishments?
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Most decorated combat
unit of war.
Italian campaign: (1/4
casualties)
Captured Bruyeres in
house-to-house fighting
Saved the“Lost Battalion”
in the Vosges Mountains
of Germany