JAPAN FALLS Japanese Americans were sent to internment

JAPAN FALLS

¨ Japanese Americans were sent to internment camps that were surrounded by barbed wire and had armed guards to make sure no one left. ¨ Look at picture on pg. 798

¨ AFTER PEARL HARBOR, JAPAN ATTACKED AMERICAN BASES ON SEVERAL PACIFIC ISLANDS ¨ JAPANESE ATTACKED THE MAIN ISLAND OF PHILIPPINES. THE AMERICAN PACIFIC COMMANDER, GEN. DOUGLAS MC ARTHUR, ESCAPED TO AUSTRALIA “ I SHALL RETURN” ¨ SEVERAL THOUSAND AMERICANS CAPTURED IN PHILLIPINES AT BATAAN.

¨ Around 70, 000 American and Fillipino soldiers were forced ton a 50 mile march from Bataan. ¨ 7, 000 – 10, 000 died on this march. ¨ Many were to weak from hunger to continue and were shot. Injured soldiers that couldn’t keep up were also shot.

¨ 1942 – BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA (FIRST NAVAL BATTLE IN HISTORY WHERE THE TWO FLEETS DID NOT SEE EACH OTHER)

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¨ THE BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA WAS A DRAW, BUT IT KEPT JAPAN FROM ATTACKING AUSTRALIA ¨ A MAJOR CONCERN IN NAVAL BATTLES WERE JAPANESE KAMAKAZIES (SUICIDE BOMBERS) ¨ JUNE, 1942 – BATTLE OF MIDWAY ¨ U. S. FLEET COMMANDED BY ADM. CHESTER NIMITZ DEFEATED JAPANESE FLEET, SINKING 3 AIRCRAFT CARRIERS ¨ GAVE U. S. COMMAND OF SEA

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¨ GEN. MC ARTHUR FEARED THAT THE ISLAND OF GUADAL CANAL MIGHT BE USED AS AN AIR BASE TO ATTACK AUSTRALIA ¨ AUGUST 1942 U. S. INVADES GUADALCANAL ¨ TOOK SIX MONTHS OF HEAVY FIGHTING TO CAPTURE THE ISLAND

¨ U. S. FORCES BEGAN AN OFFENSIVE TO RE-CAPTURE MAJOR ISLAND GROUPS ¨ “ISLAND HOPPING” – ATTACKING ONLY ISLANDS OF MILITARY IMPORTANCE OR ISLANDS THAT SUPPLIED OTHER ISLANDS, AND SKIPPING ISLANDS OF LITTLE MILITARY VALUE.

¨ BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF – BIGGEST NAVAL BATTLE OF WORLD WAR II ¨ JAPANESE LOST BADLY – LOST 2 BATTLESHIPS, 4 CARRIERS, 9 CRUISERS, 9 DESTROYERS ¨ JAPANESE NAVY NO LONGER A FACTOR ¨ AMERICA ATTACKS THE PHILIPPINES AND RETAKES THEM AFTER 5 MONTHS OF FIGHTING. MC ARTHUR KEPT HIS PROMISE

¨ AFTER HEAVY FIGHTING, U. S. FORCES TAKE TWO ISLANDS VERY CLOSE TO JAPAN, IWO JIMA AND OKINAWA. ¨ IWOJIMA WAS A VERY BLOODY BATTLE AND MANY U. S. SOLDIERS LOST THEIR LIVES. PLACE WHERE THE MARINES PLANTED THE U. S. FLAG.

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¨ U. S. PLANS TO INVADE MAIN ISLAND OF JAPAN, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT up to 1 MILLION AMERICANS WOULD BE KILLED OR WOUNDED ¨ MANHATTAN PROJECT” – CODE NAME FOR EFFORT TO BUILD FIRST ATOMIC BOMB. ¨ ROBERT OPPENHEIMER IN CHARGE OF MANHATTAN PROJECT. .

OAKRIDGE TENNESSEE FACILITY ¨ THE MISSION OF THE OAKRIDGE FACILITY IN TENNESSEE WAS TO PRODUCE ENRICHED URANIUM FOR THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMBS. ¨ THE OAKRIDGE SITE WAS SELECTED BECAUSE THE CLINCH RIVER PROVIDED AMPLE WATER, KNOXVILLE WAS A GOOD SOURCE OF LABOR, AND TVA COULD SUPPLY HUGE AMOUNTS OF ELECTRICITY NEEDED.

¨ BY THE SPRING OF 1945, OAKRIDGE HAD SHIPPED APPROXIMATELY 132 POUNDS OF ENRICHED URANIUM. ¨ THE OAKRIDGE URANIUM WAS USED IN “ LITTLE BOY”, THE BOMB DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA ON AUGUST 6, 1945.

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¨ JULY 16, 1945 FIRST ATOMIC BOMB TESTED AT ALAMOGORDO, NEW MEXICO ¨ PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN (WHO HAD REPLACED F. D. R. WHO DIED IN APRIL, 1945 AFTER BEING ELECTED FOR 4 TERMS) HAD TO DECIDE WHETHER TO USE THE BOMB OR NOT ¨ HE DECIDES TO USE IT

¨ AUGUST 6, 1945 ATOMIC BOMB DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA, JAPAN ¨ NEARLY 100, 000 DIED ¨ JAPAN REFUSED TO SURRENDER ¨ AUGUST 9 ANOTHER ATOMIC BOMB DROPPED ON NAGASAKI ¨ 36, 000 MORE KILLED ¨ JAPAN SURRENDERS AUGUST 15

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