War in the EastWar in the East

Hong KongHong Kong

Japan was about to join the Axis Powers in 1941

Churchill asked Canada to send troops to defend Hong Kong (a British colony)

Mackenzie King sent 1975 Canadian soldiers

December 7, 1941 Japan declared war by attacking Pearl Harbour

The next day Japan attacked Hong Kong

The US responded by declaring war on Japan

Allied forces were outnumbered◦14, 000 Canadian, British, and Indian troops◦50, 000 Japanese

December 25 Allied forces surrendered when they ran out of supplies

Survivors spend the rest of war as prisoners

Pearl HarbourPearl HarbourPearl Harbour

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Pearl HarbourPearl Harbour

December 7, 1941 – Japan launched a surprise attack on a US naval base

American fleet was badly damagedThe United States declared war on

December 8US now fully involved in the war

USS Arizona Memorial (Pearl Harbour, Hawaii)

1 177 Crewmembers killed

Atomic BombAtomic Bomb

The United States assembles a group of scientists in Los Alamos, New Mexico

Code – named the “Manhattan Project” it started in August 1942

On July 17, 1945 they tested the first successful atomic weapon

Hiroshima and NagasakiHiroshima and Nagasaki Following FDR’s death,

Harry Truman becomes President of the United States

Truman decided to use the bomb on Japan because he believed that it was the only way to get the Japanese to surrender and save American lives

On August 6th, 1945 a lone B-29 Superfortress called the Enola Gay by its crew took off and headed for Hiroshima

Fat Man and Little BoyFat Man and Little BoyAt 8:15am on August 6,

1945 the atomic bomb nicknamed “Little Boy” was dropped on Hiroshima

On August 9, a bomb called “Fat Man” was dropped on Nagasaki at 11:02 am

Over 120, 000 people are killed instantly

Over 150, 000 die later from the effects of burns and radiation

BombingBombingAftermathAftermath

Hiroshima Nagasaki

V-J DayV-J Day

Victory in Japan August 15,1945

Emperor Hirohito surrenders

WWII is over!