The Other Half of WWII

Battle in the Pacific!

What We’re Going Talk About

• Causes for conflict in the Pacific

• Key battles and events

• Peace in the Pacific

What We’re Going Talk About

• Causes for conflict in the Pacific

• Key battles and events

• Peace in the Pacific

Causes for War

• Japanese Imperialism

• U.S. Oil Embargo

• Anti-Comintern Pact (November 25, 1936)

• 4 battleships sunk,• 4 battleships damaged

including 1 run aground, 2 destroyers sunk, 1 damaged

• 1 other ship sunk, 3 damaged

• 3 cruisers damaged• 188 aircraft destroyed• 155 aircraft damaged,• 2,402 military killed• 1,247 military wounded• 57 civilians killed• 35 civilians wounded

Pearl Harbor

Key Battles

• Battle at Coral Sea

• 7-8 May 1942

• Stopped the Japanese advance towards Australia

Key Battles

• Battle Of Midway

• 4-7 June 1942

• Stopped The Japanese from advancing towards Hawaii and eventually the U.S.

Key Battles

• Battle of Iwo Jima

• February 19 – March 26, 1945

• Strategic Airfields

U.S. Strength 70,000 6,822 Dead, 19,217 wounded

Japanese Strength 18,591 18,375 Dead, 216 captured

Key Battles

• Battle of Okinawa

• April 1, 1945 – June 22, 1945

Japanese Strength 117,000 110,000 killed, 7,400–10,755 captured

U.S. Strength 183,00012,513 killed 38,916 wounded

The Atomic Bombings

• Hiroshima

• 70,000–80,000 people killed

• 70,000 injured

•Nagasaki•80,000 people killed•Injured Unknown

The Surrender of Japan

• “Moreover, the enemy now possesses a new and terrible weapon with the power to destroy many innocent lives and do incalculable damage. Should we continue to fight, not only would it result in an ultimate collapse and obliteration of the Japanese nation, but also it would lead to the total extinction of human civilization. Such being the case, how are We to save the millions of Our subjects, or to atone Ourselves before the hallowed spirits of Our Imperial Ancestors? This is the reason why We have ordered the acceptance of the provisions of the Joint Declaration of the Powers.” –Hirohito, Japanese Emperor

The Surrender of Japan

• The Japanese military completely disarmed

• Removed government in power

• End of Japanese imperialism

Information Sources

• http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/worldwarii/a/wwiipaccauses.htm

• http://www.Wikipedia .com

• The ghosts of Iwo Jima By Robert S. Burrell

• Appleman, Roy E.; James M. Burns; Russell A. Gugeler; John Stevens (2000). Okinawa: the last battle. Washington, D.C.: United States Army Center of Military History. p. 36.

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