Part 3: The Pacific

• Your goal:

Understand what parts of World War II

occurred in the Pacific Ocean.

Manchuria

1931

Japan invaded Manchuria for its

iron and coal.

Manchuria

The league of Nations

protested, so Japan quit the

league.

1931

Japan invades the

rest of China.

1937

Why did Japan invade China? •Resources

•Imperialism

Japan

Pearl Harbor

What is it?

The Japanese surprise attack on Hawaii.

How does it relate to World War II?

It was December 7, 1941 before the United

States had entered World War II.

Why is it important?

The Japanese thought the US in Hawaii

was a threat to their empire. This attack

brought the United States into declaring

war on Japan.

Rome-Berlin Axis

Mussolini saw Hitler’s growing strength and

thought it best to join forces. This is where

the potential for world war increased

dramatically.

Battle of Midway Island

1942

US surprise

attack on

Japanese

fleet

Success!

Executive

Order 9066

Order from President Roosevelt

to round up Japanese-Americans

In 1942

Japanese

Internment

They were held prisoner in

camps in the United States

until the end of the war.

kamikazes

Japanese suicide pilots

They crashed their

planes into Allied ships.

Kamikaze means “divine

wind”

Japan considered

surrender

dishonorable.

Allied soldiers who

surrendered were

abused.In 1942, 70,000 prisoners were

forced to march for 50 miles.

Only 54,000 survived.

Bataan Death March

Colonel Doolittle sent

US bombers to attack

Tokyo in 1942.

It proved that Japan

could be attacked on

their own soil.

Doolittle raid on Japan

Trying to resolve

a conflict by

giving someone

what they want

is called

British Prime Minister

Neville Chamberlain

Battle of the

Coral Sea

This battle was

new for naval

warfare - It was

all fought from

the air.

Battle of the Coral Sea

This battle stopped Japan’s

southward advance.

1943

US was island

hopping

toward Japan

This island took six months to

capture and thousands of lives.

Guadalcanal

Physicists from around the world have

been hired by the US government to

develop an atomic bomb.

Los Alamos, New Mexico

1945

HiroshimaAugust 6, 1945

The atomic bomb was dropped on the

Japanese city of Hiroshima.

Three days later, another bomb was

dropped on Nagasaki.

Japan surrendered.