ww2 in the pacific unit 4 lesson 8 (section 25.4)
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Warm Up Explain how the Allies closed in on Hitler.TRANSCRIPT
WW2 in the Pacific
Unit 4
Lesson 8
(Section 25.4)
Objectives
Review key victories in Europe leading to VE Day.
Evaluate US strategy for victory in the Pacific and identify key turning points.
Analyze Truman’s decision to drop the Atomic Bomb.
Warm Up
Explain how the Allies closed in on Hitler.
Japanese Aggression
Consequences Pearl Harbor?
Activity!!!
Who?What happened? (Big events)When?Significance?
Holding Off The Enemy- BataanJan-Apr 1942
70K American POW’s forced on “Death Marches”
Holding Off The Enemy- Coral SeaMay 1942
USS Lexington Flight Deck- Carriers save Australia from invasion.
Holding Off The Enemy- MidwayJune 1942
Adm Chester Nimitz surprises Japanese navy, “avenge” P.H.
Island HoppingMacArthur’s strategy to leapfrog thru islands- skip
strongholds, isolate/cut off others- to close in on mainland. Begins Aug 1942.
Navajo Code Talkers
Defeating The Enemy- GuadalcanalAug 1942
Defeating The Enemy-Leyte GulfOct 1944
MacArthur retakes the Philippines; JPN intro kamikaze tactics
Defeating The Enemy- Iwo JimaFeb-Mar 1945
Costly Battle:
6K US dead
20K JPN dead
Raising the Flag
Death of a President
Defeating The Enemy- OkinawaApr-June 1945
Think-Pair-Share
What would happen if we were to invade the main island of Japan?
Manhattan Project-FDR
1939 Einstein Letter
12/6/1941 FDR funds secret R&D facilities in NM, TN,
WA.
7/16/45 Trinity Test in Alamagordo, NM
Manhattan Project- Truman
Military Advice Sec of War Henry Stimson
End it, save livesPower over Soviets
Col Leslie GrovesProject DirectorDrop ($ and manpower)
Admiral Ernest J KingNaval blockade
Gen Hap ArnoldAir raids, firebombings
Ambassador Joseph GrewNegotiate, Hirohito stay
Scientific AdviceDr. Leo Szilard, 70 others
Will start arms race w/USSRImmoral to drop w/o warningDemonstration?
J. Robert OppenheimerScientific Director-
Test may fail?Shoot down plane?Set up POWs?
To Drop or Not to Drop… Options:
Blockade/Air Raids, Invade Mainland, Demo, Wait for RUS, Negotiate Peace, Keep Emperor
TPS: How did Iwo Jima and Okinawa impact Truman’s decision to drop the bomb?
“The final decision was up to me”
July 25- Prepare 2 bombs
July 26- Letter to Japan (from Potsdam)“Surrender at once or
face destruction”
August 6, 1945
Enola GayLittle BoyHiroshima
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
VJ Day
America Celebrates End of War
Homework