WorldWorld WarWar IIII InvasionInvasion andand ConquestsConquests
PacificPacific DouglasDouglas MacarthurMacarthur
GeneralGeneral inin chargecharge ofof thethe PacificPacific Theater.Theater. AcceptedAccepted Japan’sJapan’s surrendersurrender onon SeptemberSeptember 2,2, 1945.1945. MacarthurMacarthur oversawoversaw thethe occupationoccupation ofof JapanJapan fromfrom 19451945 toto 19511951 andand isis creditedcredited forfor makingmaking farfar --rangingranging democraticdemocratic changeschanges inin thatthat country.country. PairPair ShareShare
WhoWho waswas thethe commandercommander ofof thethe AlliedAllied forcesforces inin thethe Pacific?Pacific? 1942;1942; TheThe PacificPacific FrontFront PairPair ShareShare
WhatWhat waswas thethe strategystrategy ofof IslandIsland Hopping?Hopping? JuneJune 3,3, 1942;1942; TheThe BattleBattle ofof MidwayMidway TheThe BattleBattle ofof MidwayMidway TheThe BattleBattle ofof Midway,Midway, JapaneseJapanese sendsend powerfulpowerful fleetfleet toto capturecapture MidwayMidway IslandIsland TheThe U.S.U.S. waswas ableable toto breakbreak thethe JapaneseJapanese codecode andand knewknew wherewhere theythey werewere goinggoing toto attackattack .. BattleBattle ofof MidwayMidway ——U.S.U.S. cripplescripples Japan’sJapan’s navalnaval fleet,fleet, JapanJapan retreatsretreats Japan’sJapan’s warwar industryindustry couldcould notnot replacereplace thethe lostlost shipsships andand planesplanes andand theirtheir navynavy isis nevernever asas powerfulpowerful asas thethe U.S.U.S. NavyNavy again.again. BattleBattle ofof MidwayMidway PairPair ShareShare
WhyWhy waswas thethe BattleBattle ofof MidwayMidway significant?significant? The Allies began “island hopping ” The Allies plan was to “ island - hop” past strongholds and attack weaker Japanese bases.
Island by island they won territory back from the Japanese.
With each island Allied forces moved closer to Japan . IwoIwo JimaJima Rene Gagnon Mike Strank
Harlon Frank Ira Hayes John Block Sousley Bradley InIn MarchMarch 19451945 ,, AmericanAmerican forcesforces attackattack IwoIwo JimaJima IwoIwo JimaJima isis 600600 milesmiles fromfrom thethe mainmain islandsislands ofof JapanJapan andand hadhad beenbeen underunder JapaneseJapanese controlcontrol forfor years.years. JapaneseJapanese soldierssoldiers werewere determineddetermined toto notnot allowallow foreignersforeigners toto taketake controlcontrol ofof JapaneseJapanese soilsoil .. TheThe BattleBattle ofof IwoIwo JimaJima waswas intenseintense andand bloodybloody .. AmericanAmerican ForcesForces eventuallyeventually winwin TheThe BattlesBattles ofof IwoIwo JimaJima andand OkinawaOkinawa OkinawaOkinawa
U.S.U.S. takestakes OkinawaOkinawa inin JuneJune 19451945 andand facesfaces intenseintense fightingfighting fromfrom determineddetermined Japanese.Japanese. CiviliansCivilians committedcommitted suicidesuicide beforebefore givinggiving upup toto U.S.U.S. Forces.Forces. JapanJapan sufferedsuffered hugehuge casualtiescasualties .. TheThe BattleBattle ofof OkinawaOkinawa PairPair ShareShare
WhyWhy diddid thethe AlliesAllies attackattack thethe islandsislands ofof IwoIwo JimaJima andand Okinawa?Okinawa? RooseveltRoosevelt diesdies PresidentPresident RooseveltRoosevelt diesdies inin AprilApril 11,11, 1945;1945; HarryHarry TrumanTruman becomesbecomes presidentpresident HarryHarry TrumanTruman
ViceVice PresidentPresident ofof thethe UnitedUnited States.States. WasWas swornsworn inin asas PresidentPresident ofof thethe UnitedUnited StatesStates afterafter Roosevelt’sRoosevelt’s deathdeath onon AprilApril 12,12, 19451945 .. DroppedDropped thethe AtomicAtomic BombBomb onon JapanJapan .. PairPair ShareShare
WhoWho becamebecame PresidentPresident afterafter FranklinFranklin D.D. Roosevelt?Roosevelt? WhatWhat decisiondecision diddid HarryHarry TrumanTruman havehave toto make?make? NavajoNavajo CodeCode TalkersTalkers NavajoNavajo CodeCode TalkersTalkers WorldWorld WarWar IIII (1939(1939 --1945)1945) thethe UnitedUnited StatesStates MarinesMarines trainedtrained NavajoNavajo soldierssoldiers asas codecode talkers.talkers. MilitaryMilitary campaignscampaigns inin thethe PacificPacific ,, thethe NavajoNavajo soldierssoldiers relayedrelayed secretsecret messagesmessages aboutabout trooptroop movementsmovements andand enemyenemy locationslocations inin thethe NavajoNavajo languagelanguage NavajoNavajo isis anan unwrittenunwritten languagelanguage ofof extremeextreme complexitycomplexity .. ItIt hashas nono alphabetalphabet oror symbolssymbols ,, andand isis spokenspoken onlyonly onon thethe NavajoNavajo landslands ofof thethe AmericanAmerican SouthwestSouthwest .. BecauseBecause ofof thethe complexitycomplexity ofof thethe language,language, thethe JapaneseJapanese werewere nevernever ableable toto decipherdecipher thethe code.code. WorldWorld WarWar IIII NavajoNavajo CodeCode TalkersTalkers inin thethe UnitedUnited StatesStates MilitaryMilitary TheThe NavajoNavajo WarWar CodeCode WhatWhat waswas thethe rolerole ofof NavajoNavajo CodeCode TalkersTalkers inin WorldWorld WarWar II?II? IraIra HayesHayes IraIra HayesHayes waswas aa PimaPima IndianIndian fromfrom ArizonaArizona whowho tooktook partpart inin thethe landinglanding onon IwoIwo JimaJima .. HeHe thenthen participatedparticipated inin thethe battlebattle forfor thethe islandisland andand waswas amongamong thethe groupgroup ofof MarinesMarines thatthat tooktook MountMount SuribachiSuribachi .. TheThe raisingraising ofof thethe secondsecond AmericanAmerican flagflag onon SuribachiSuribachi by,by, IraIra HayesHayes ,, andand fourfour otherother MarinesMarines waswas immortalizedimmortalized byby photographerphotographer JoeJoe RosenthalRosenthal andand becamebecame anan iconicon ofof thethe war.war. PairPair ShareShare
WhatWhat waswas thethe namename ofof thethe PimaPima IndianIndian fromfrom ArizonaArizona whowho distinguisheddistinguished himselfhimself inin combatcombat inin thethe Pacific?Pacific? AtomicAtomic BombBomb AdvisorsAdvisors warnedwarned TrumanTruman thatthat thethe invasioninvasion ofof JapanJapan wouldwould costcost manymany lives.lives. TrumanTruman wantedwanted thethe warwar toto endend .. HeHe hadhad alternativealternative ---- powerfulpowerful newnew weaponweapon calledcalled thethe atomicatomic bombbomb ManhattanManhattan ProjectProject ——secretsecret programprogram toto developdevelop thethe bomb.bomb. ““LittleLittle Boy”Boy” andand “Fat“Fat Man”Man”
A nuclear weapon of the "Little A nuclear weapon of the "Fat Boy" type, the uranium gun-type Man" type, the plutonium detonated over Hiroshima. It is implosion type detonated over 28 inches in diameter and 120 Nagasaki. 60 inches in inches long. "Little Boy" weighed diameter and 128 inches long, about 9,000 pounds and had a the weapon weighed about yield approximating 15,000 tons 10,000 pounds and had a yield of high explosives. approximating 21,000 tons of high explosives TheThe ManhattanManhattan ProjectProject andand thethe AtomicAtomic BombBomb AttacksAttacks onon HiroshimaHiroshima andand NagasakiNagasaki HiroshimaHiroshima AtomicAtomic bombbomb waswas droppeddropped onon HiroshimaHiroshima ,, AugustAugust 6,6, 19451945 aboutabout 75,00075,000 diedie NagasakiNagasaki
NagasakiNagasaki waswas bombedbombed onon AugustAugust 9,9, 1945.1945. 70,00070,000 diedie immediatelyimmediately
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WhatWhat waswas thethe reasonreason forfor droppingdropping thethe AtomicAtomic BombBomb onon Japan?Japan? WhatWhat waswas thethe ManhattanManhattan Project?Project? TheThe JapaneseJapanese JJ--VV DayDay SurrenderSurrender JapaneseJapanese surrenderedsurrendered onon SeptemberSeptember 22 ,, 1945.1945.
TheThe AtomicAtomic BombBomb andand NavalNaval DefeatsDefeats BringBring anan EndEnd toto thethe WarWar withwith JapanJapan AfterAfter thethe warwar TTōōjjōō waswas sentencedsentenced toto deathdeath forfor warwar crimescrimes byby thethe InternationalInternational MilitaryMilitary TribunalTribunal ofof thethe FarFar EastEast andand executedexecuted onon DecemberDecember 23,23, 1948.1948. PairPair ShareShare
WhatWhat waswas thethe namename givengiven toto thethe dayday thethe JapaneseJapanese surrendered?surrendered?