The War in the Pacific

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The War in the Pacific
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Japanese Expansion in Asia

• Goal to become the major economic and military
  power in Asia.
• Problem lacked resources to sustain a modern
  industrial economy.
• Solution Invade other countries that have
  valuable resources.

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Invasion of Manchuria 1931

• September 1931 Japan seized Manchuria.
• Japan pushed through to Northern China and the
  Costal provinces.

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Massacre of Nanjing, China 1937

• December 1937, Nanjing fell to the Japanese.
• A six week massacre followed. 300,000 people were
  killed, mostly civilians and POWs.
• Shiro Azumas testimony

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Relations between Japan and the United States

• 1939-U.S. terminated trade agreement with Japan.
• 1940-Japan signed the Tripartite pact with
  Germany and Italy.
• 2 options for dealing with U.S
• Moderate
• Military

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Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941

• Minutes before 755a.m. 183 planes attacked Pear
  Harbor.
• Within Minutes the Oklahoma, Utah, Raleigh, and
  West Virginia were hit.

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The Arizona was hit, detonating tons of
Ammunition and sinking the ship with more than
1,100 men aboard.
-18 vessels were badly damaged or sunk -350
planes were destroyed -2,000 Americans were killed
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A day that will live in infamy

• President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the
  Declaration of War against Japan December 8,
  1941.

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Japanese Internment CampsFebruary 1942

• 120,000 Japanese Americans on the West Coast were
  relocated.
• They were forced to sell their belongings,
  including homes and move inland to detention
  centers.

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Japanese Victories
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The Philippines 1942

• December 22 Japanese forces landed.
• March 12 Poorly supplied and outnumbered,
  General Macarthur evacuated to Australia.
• The Japanese drove 70,000 captives on a 65-mile
  march to the Bataan Peninsula,

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The Philippines cont

• Known as the Bataan Death March, 10,000 prisoners
  died.

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Doolittle Raid April 18th 1942

• U.S. air force bombed Tokyo
• Boosted Allie moral.

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The Battle of Coral Sea May 7th 1942

• U.S. ships intercepted Japanese ships at the
  battle of Coral Sea.
• One Japanese carrier and one United States ship
  was sunk.
• This prevented the Japanese from invading
  Australia.

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Battle of Midway June 1942

• The Japanese intercepted intelligence and the
  Yorktown was sent to cover Midway.
• Japan launched an air attack on Midway, but while
  they were preparing for the second attack, the
  U.S. attacked the Japanese carriers.

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Battle of Midway cont

• Four of the six Japanese carriers were destroyed.
• A submarine hit the Yorktown with two torpedoes.
• This battle was the turning point in the War in
  the Pacific.

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The Battle of Iwa Jima February 19, 1945
-The U.S. air force pounded the volcanic
island. -The island was then invaded by 110,000
Marines
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Stay tuned for the end of the War