sino (chinese)-japanese war
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Sino (Chinese)-Japanese War
Japan invades and occupies China
(beyond Manchuria) starting in 1937
Japan takes Shanghai and Beijing
Rape of Nanking
Nationalists lead China – retreat and
fight Japanese
Chinese Communists also fight the
Japanese - fight common enemy but do not
unite
Sino (Chinese)-Japanese War
Nationalists’ Strategy – “trade space for
time”
Retreat into China and drag out war with
Japan to exhaust Japan’s resources
Delay advance of Japanese
○ Ex: 1938 Flooding of Yellow (Huang He) River
Broke dikes
Environmental warfare
Impact on Chinese
Japanese Strategy in the Pacific
Reason for attack
on Pearl Harbor
Japanese attacks
after Pearl Harbor:
Guam
Wake
Hong Kong
Philippines
Malaysia
The Attack on the Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Weaknesses in
preparation
The Attack on the Philippines
Mistakes made
April 1942 –
U.S.- Filipino forces
surrender
The Bataan Death March
April 1942
The Doolittle Raid – April 1942
US desire to strike back after Pearl
Harbor
Modified B-25 bombers to launch from
aircraft carrier
The Doolittle Raid – April 1942
Bombed Tokyo and other cities
Impact – US
Impact – Japan
Fate of Raiders
Japanese war posters
Japanese war posters
Japanese war posters
Next goal of Japanese:
Isolate Australia
Strategic importance of Port Moresby –
New Guinea
Next goal: Isolate Australia
Strategic importance of Port Moresby –
New Guinea
Japanese attack – U.S. expects
May 1942 - Battle of the Coral Sea
Naval history significance – air craft carriers
Numerical victory for Japan
Strategic victory for Allies – Australia safe
Japanese want to extend
defensive perimeter – why?
Battle of Midway – June 1942
Reason for Japanese attack on Midway
Defensive perimeter
Lure U.S. carriers from Pearl Harbor
U.S. knows they are coming – prepared
Battle of Midway
Impact of Midway – Turning point
Loss of 4 Japanese carriers - key to naval
warfare
Loss of skilled Japanese pilots
First clear cut victory by Allies in Pacific
Japanese offensive ends
Allied Strategy in the Pacific
Central Pacific Attack – From Hawaii –
led by Admiral Nimitz
Southern Pacific Attack – From Australia
led by MacArthur
Leapfrogging
reason
Guadalcanal
Aug 1942 – February 1943
Allied offensive in the Pacific begins
Strategic importance of Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal
Aug 1942 – February 1943
Allied offensive in the Pacific begins
Strategic importance of Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal becomes a battle of
supplies and reinforcements
Guadalcanal
Aug 1942 – February 1943
Allied offensive in the Pacific begins
Strategic importance of Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal becomes a battle of
supplies and reinforcements
U.S. victory
Tenacity of Japanese soldier revealed
Jungle warfare – Pacific islands
First Japanese land defeat but costly
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