The War in the Pacific
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The Battle of Midway
“The most decisive 10 minutes of the war”
Japanese lose 4 aircraft carriersin 10 minutes.Japan forced to withdrawal
B-29 Bomber Range
B-29 bombing ranges
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 fighting to the last man
-JapaneseJapanese pilots trained to make a suicidalsuicidal crash attack upon a ship. -Their airplanes were often loaded with explosivesexplosives
Note the plane about to crash into this ship
“The Divine Wind”
Invade Japan???
Decision needs to be made – Do we invade Japan. 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 Atomic Bomb
Most powerful weapon ever created up to that time.
Equivalent to 20,000 tons of TNT exploding all at once
The Decision to Bomb
Hiroshima— bombed August 6, 1945 Dropped by a B29 called the “Enola Gay” 65,000 dead Japanese still refuse to surrender
The Second Bomb
Nagasaki—bombed Aug. 9, 1945 50,000 dead
Japan announces surrender (August 15th) According to terms of formal
surrender, they get to keep their emperor
Japanese Internment (Removal)
Japan's alliance with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy in 1940 focused world attention on the Asian nation's military power and imperial ambition.
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)
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 Regiment1. What is it?2. Who was in it?3. What was the purpose of it?4. What were some of its “accomplishments”?5. An account of a Soldier in the 442nd Regiment…6. Reactions of the 442nd Regiment…7. Statistics of 106th Infantry, sector of the 442nd
Regiment
By: Valerie Lau
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.