WWII Pacific Theater Rise of the Empire Washington

WWII Pacific Theater Rise of the Empire

Washington Naval Treaty • Limits amount of Capitol Ship in the British, American, and Japanese navies. • 5: 5: 3 raito was unfair toward Japan

Exception to the Treaty • IJN Mikasa only surviving Pre-Dreadnought

Japanese Aggression 1931 Japans invades Korea and Manchuria This lead to some economic sanctions from the USA 1937 Japan invades China Sinking of the USS Panay in Dec. of 1937

1937 Japan invades China Sinking of the USS Panay in Dec. of 1937

Tension grows President Roosevelt moves the fleet from CA to HI Selective Service Act of 1940 is the first peace time draft. FDR wins a third term as President in 1940

The offensive against America December 7 th 1941 Japan attacks the US Naval base at Pearl Harbor. The Imperial military takes the Philippines this leads the Bataan death march

Japan’s Unstoppable Advance

Coral Sea • The Battle of Coral Sea • May 1942 • US navy suffered loss of 25% of it’s naval air power with the sinking of the Lexington

USS Yorktown

Turning Point: Midway Part I June of 1942 – The US risks all 3 of its remaining Carriers to stop the Japanese invasion of Midway island located halfway between the US and Japan – First half of the battle is a disaster for the US as

Midway part II At the cost of the Yorktown (again) – all the IJN Carriers are destroyed breaking the back of their fleet