THIS WEEK: W – Pacific Front Homework: Truman’s Options prepare for tomorrow’s debate

THIS WEEK:W – Pacific Front

Homework: Truman’s Options

prepare for tomorrow’s debate

TH–Atomic bomb debate

Hand out Final Study Guide

F – Bring in all your materials,

Day to work on study guide

WWII will be on your final

Next Week:

Mon – Final Exam Review

Tues- Final Exam

SCHEDULE FOR THE REST OF THE SEM.:

WWII in the

PACIFIC

OUR STRATEGY IN THE PACIFIC…

“Island Hopping”

We Start from Hawaii….

June ‘42

MIDWAYUS surprises Japan!

Gone: 4 Jap. A.C. carriers 322 Jap. planes

• 6 months long

• 1st land invasion

• Kamikaze's & psychological warfare

• Traps, Snipers, Blockhouses

• 24,000 Jap. die, • 1,200 US die

Aug ’42

GUADALCANA

L

FDR Dies June ‘45

Harry S. Truman

Takes Over…

He was FDR’s VP

‘45

IWO JIMA

•Rarely saw a Japanese soldier• Jap = Below

•16 miles of tunnels•Strategy = “No Japan. survivors”

• Am = Above• 36 days• 22,000 Jap. Die• 25,000 Americans

•1-3 wounded/dead

•US gets a base

More soldiers won Medals of Honor at Iwo Jima than in

any other battle in US

History.

June ’45

OKINAWA

•Japanese lie•135,000 civilians die from bombing or suicide•US wins!

•Japan can’t protect Itself anymore!

M.G.I.O

JAPAN Aug ‘45Atomic bombs dropped on

Hiroshima & Nagasaki

Japan Surrenders Sept. ’45VJ-DAY