Japans Pacific Campaign Chapter 32 Section 2 June

Japan’s Pacific Campaign Chapter 32 - Section 2

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Pearl Harbor- December 7 1941 p p p Japan develops a plan for attack on the European colonies of Southeast Asia and American found out by cracking the codes and began to send aid to Chinese resistance (they were fighting the Japanese who had invaded in 1931) 1941 - Roosevelt cuts off oil to Japan attacks Pearl Harbor forcing the US to declare war on Japan

December 7 th p Within 2 hours of the attack- Japan had sunk or damaged 19 ships and more than 2, 300 Americans were killed p The next day Roosevelt addressed congress and asked for war!

Japanese Victories p Japanese attack the Philippine Islands n Philippines fall in 1942 under the n p command of Admiral Yamamoto General Mac. Arthur vows “I shall return” Japan begins capturing British holdings including Hong Kong, Singapore and Dutch East Indies n Japanese treated captured people brutally

Bataan Death March p 70, 00 Allied prisoners were marched 50 miles up the Bataan Peninsula of the Philippines. Many were beaten and killed during the march- only 54, 000 survived the march p Prisoners were attacked for assisting someone failing due to weakness, or for no apparent reason whatsoever. Strings of Japanese trucks were known to drive over anyone who fell. Riders in vehicles would casually stick out a rifle bayonet and cut a string of throats in the lines of men marching alongside the road. Accounts of being forcibly marched for five to six days with no food and a single sip of water are in postwar archives including filmed reports.

The Allies Strike Back Doolittle Raids p US bomber attack Tokyo and other Japanese cities p n raid is not very successful Lt. Col. Doolittle wires a Japanese medal to a bomb, for "return" to its originators

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Battle of Coral Sea p Battle of Coral Sea- Americans stop the Japanese advance beginning may 194 n n n New kind of fighting- done by air planes- not ships Allies suffered the most losses but considered it a victory Japanese put on the defensive

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The Battle of Midway p p Japanese sends powerful fleet to capture Midway Island US destroys Japan’s navel fleet and Japan retreats This was a key American air field This battle turned the tide of the war

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Mac. Arthur’s Plan p Douglas Mac. Arthur- American army commander in the Pacific n p Plan- Island hopping past enemy strong holds an attack weaker Japanese bases Battle of Guadalcanal- terrible battle that ends in an Allied victory n Lasted 6 months – Japan lost 24, 000 out of 36, 000 men