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World War IIWorld War IIPart IIPart II
For 2,000 years Japan had never been defeated. There was no word for "surrender" in the Japanese dictionary.
And although the Japanese government never believed it could defeat the United States, it did intend to negotiate an end to the
war on favorable terms
War in the PacificWar in the Pacific
Rape of NankingRape of NankingThe Nanking Massacre, also known as the Rape of Nanking, was an episode of
mass murder and mass rape committed by Japanese troops against Nanking (China) 1937
Historians and witnesses have estimated that 250,000 to 300,000 people were killed.
War in the PacificWar in the PacificJapanese Empire – Japanese Empire – 19421942
War in the PacificWar in the Pacific
Battle of Battle of MidwayMidway
The Japanese fleet was taken by surprise
by the American planes
Forced the Japanese to Forced the Japanese to assume a defensive assume a defensive
strategystrategyMidway is roughly equidistant between North
America and Asia
““Island Hopping”Island Hopping”winning territory from Japan
Nearing JapanNearing Japan
•Iwo JimaIwo Jima (March 1945)
•OkinawaOkinawa (April 1945)
– Crucial for invading Japan– 75,000 American casualties
The Manhattan ProjectAtomic bombAtomic bomb
Albert EinsteinAlbert Einstein prompted FDR to build the weapon
J. Robert OppenheimerJ. Robert Oppenheimer scientist in charge of the project
What would you do?
1.Soviet Union approaching from the West
2.Japan would not surrender
3.Fighting on Mainland Japan might cost One Million American lives.
• In order to save American lives,
Harry Truman decided to drop an atomic
bomb on HiroshimaHiroshima– More than 60,000 dead from blast
NagasakiNagasaki– More than 35,000 dead from blast
Emperor HirohitoEmperor Hirohitosurrendered to the Allies in August 1945
V-J DayV-J Day
http://www.history.com/videos/atomic-bomb-ends-wwII#atomic-bomb-ends-wwII
WW IIWW IIOnly two “Winners”Only two “Winners”
United StatesUnited States:
A – Bomb meant U.S. stood alone in Power
Soviet UnionSoviet Union:
Emerged as a great power
Helped found the United NationsUnited Nations