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The War in the Pacific______________________________________ had been a tremendous success for the Japanese.1. _________________________________________________2. _________________________________________________3. __________________________ them to continue their _________________________________thru the ____________________________.The U.S. was focused on winning the war in ___________________________before devoting full attention to the__________________________________.After Pearl Harbor, the _________________________had a string of__________________________.The Japanese Assault in the Pacific1941_________ is forced from _______________________________& _________________________________Captured ____________________________(________________________ possession)1942 ________________________________ (______________________-controlled)________________________________ (______________________ possession)_________________________________________ & British______________________________The Japs took control of _____________________________________(important to their military plans.)____________________________& _________________________ were stunned by the Japanese military & their_________________________________.Highly _________________________& well-trained______________________________-______________________________________ equal to those of the English & Americans__________________________ & __________________________were of high ______________________The Americans would get their first taste of Japanese military might at the __________________________________.The PhilippinesControlled by the______________________.Gen._______________________________________: head of defenses_______________________US force & ___________________________Filipino soldiers(NO match for the Japanese)___________________________: Japanese invadeMac & his ________________________________to the______________________________, across _____________________________________. __________________________are_____________________ for the _________________________________________________________, ______________________________, & other _____________________ are in short supply. ________________________on the way (US commanders considered it _____________________) Men start ___________________of ______________________& _______________________________ “_________________________________________________.”--Sec. of War Henry StimsonMarch, 1942:___________________________ordered to __________________________ his troops; he made his famous quote, “______________________________________.”___________________soldiers & _____________________________are taken_____________________.Bataan Death March_______________________ are forced to ____________________thru the ________________________ of __________________________some __________miles to a prisoner of war camp.Japs_____________________ the men _________________________(_____________________, __________________, _______________________________,__________________________)_____________________________die of ___________________________at the hands of _____________________________& ________________________soldiers (mostly__________________.)Estimates are that __________________to ________________soldiers died on the_______________The ___________________are known for their ______________________toward _______________ & _______________________held in their _________________________.Island HoppingThe _____________________________was to take _________________ of _______________________in the _________________________Using_______________________________, __________________________, & ___________________the US would “_____________” from _____________________________until the Japs were defeated.Some names to remember are________________________, _______________________, _______________________, ________________________, _____________________, __________________Battle of Coral SeaJapanese strategy: capture______________________________, New Guinea from the British.Adm. ______________________(USN) sent 2 ____________________________to prevent the attack.After fierce fighting, the ___________________were_____________________; both navies suffered heavy damage to their ships.____________lost an ____________________________in the battle, BUT, the ____________________ was ________________________for the______________________________.The Battle of Midway_________________________military ______________________tried to _______________US into a ____________________________________.______________________was to attack the US controlled ____________________________(in the middle of the___________________________________.)Their____________________: ______________________________________________________________Japs had more __________________&______________________; ____________________in number.US had one big advantage: ______________________________________________________________US knew all their plans for attacking Midway.US Adm. Nimitz wanted to ________________the Japs from_______________________ & avoid _______________________ with the_____________________________. The ________________began their ______________________as planned with an______________________, but U_S _____________ were ________________& ___________________for them. The US __________________the Japs & sent them back to their carriers to __________________& ________________. US planes _____________________the Japs & started______________________, the decks _____________________, ______________________, ______________________, &__________________. Massive _________________________occurred on the Japanese________________________.US _________________________also made an _________________________& helped destroy______ of the Japanese_______________________________________.The 4th carrier would later be destroy as it tried to escape the American forces.This was a ___________________________for the US.Most importantly, the ______________________________________was________________________.Making Progress in the Pacific***Midway: __________________________________________________Americans started ___________________________________________1st place was the ____________________________________________Why?_____________________presence there threatened ______________________which was on the ____________________side. ____________________could be used for __________________________ by the________________________. US could use island_____________________________________.US wanted to capture the island of________________________________________.Main reason:Japs had nearly completed an air stri_____________________ there (tempting target.) Rest of the ____________________was _________________________(swamps, rainforest, disease-carrying insects.)______________________________________: US attacked_________ months of bloody fighting by _______________, __________________, & ________________________________________________: Japanese forces _________________________________.What happened next?___________________________________________________________________Allies (mostly US) would use a ____________________________________of ___________________, _____________________, &___________________ forces to_______________________ key islands in the Pacific._______________________ the_____________________ ones; __________________the __________________ones. Use them as __________________________________for other attacks.By___________________, the Allies had captured locations in the__________________________, ___________________________, ________________________, &_________________________________.US advantage? ______________________________(planes, ships, etc.)More __________________________were being sent to the ____________________________as war ended in________________________________.Mid-1944: US is ready to ___________________________the________________________________.MacArthur’s___________________________________ & the _________________________ effect on troop. 1st major battle to recapture the Philippines was at___________________________._______________shipsLargest ____________________________ever fought.____________________advantage; ___________________________for themAfter_________________________, Japanese __________________would play ___________________ in the rest of the war.___________________introduced ______________________________________at Leyte Gulf.Kamikaze – _____________________________Pilot loaded his plane with ______________________& then ________________ into a ship.“The only way of assuring our meager strength will be effective to the maximum degree.”The end result: US _______________________the ____________________________ & Mac waded ashore fulfilling his promise. After gaining control of the_________________________, the US looked to ____________________&_____________________, islands close to the Japanese mainland.By this time, ________________________had started making attacks on_____________________.An __________________________to _______________________was needed as a __________________ for both ______________________________& for a ______________________________of the________________________________________________________._____________________& would be perfect for the Allies.Battle of Iwo JimaFebruary, 1945Iwo Jima was a ____________________________750 miles south of_________________________.It was _________________________by the _______________________(actually part of Japan.)Lots of ______________________________&________________________________._________________________________ (several weeks)US forces finally managed to take_______________________________, the island’s highest point, but the fight was not over.Japanese soldiers__________________________________.When it was all over_______________________US dead_______________________Japanese dead (____________________soldiers)The ____________________________________________in D.C. depicts the raising of the __________________________on_______________________________.Battle of OkinawaApril, 1945Island is _________________________from______________________.______________________________for the ______________________________of Japan (if necessary.)______________________________________________________ began on April 1, 1945.Japanese ______________________at first but __________________later, they attacked US forces. The island was filled with _____________________&____________________; Japs used these to __________________US forces. Japs showed they were willing to ___________________________________________._________________________________Japanese soldiers deadThe Imperial Japanese Army coerced __________________________on ___________________ to ______________________________or carry out ________________________________missions on US forces.The US lost ____________________________soldiers.By the end of_____________________________, US had ________________________of the island.But, the fighting took a ___________________________________on____________________________; they dreaded the thought of_______________________________the ____________________________________________________used by the _______________________at ________________________ had made many servicemen_______________________.____________________& _________________________planned a __________________________of the ________________________________________. They would use ___________________________& ________________________________as staging areas.Their prediction—______________________________Allied casualties.There were other plans to get the Japs to surrender.1.______________________________________________________________.2.______________________________________________________________.Maj. Gen. _________________________________carried out massive___________________________ on_____________________________:_____________________________ killed &____________________ buildings __________________________. The_____________________ was so____________________ it made the__________________________________________. Even though these bombings stunned the Japanese people, their ________________________ vowed to ______________________________(to the death.)Using the Atomic BombsMeanwhile, at the_________________________________, Truman had decided to drop an ________________________________ on a Japanese city with no______________________________.They did give the Japs ____________________________to surrender; Japs failed to respond.On________________________________, the “_____________________” a B-29 bomber dropped an atomic bomb on________________________________. _______________________ dead________________________injured______________________of the city __________________________Japs still didn’t give up.______________________________, a 2nd bomb was dropped on _____________________resulting in ___________________________deaths.Still, some Japanese military leaders wanted to____________________________________; they tried to _________________________the__________________________, but ______________________The Emperor favored ____________________________________.__________________________________: __________________________announced by radio that Japan would ______________________________to the US________________________________.This is known as “_________________________________.”The radio broadcast was the first time the Japanese people had heard their emperor’s voice.And that girls & boys is the end of World War II! ................
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