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World War II - The Pacific Theater Japan’s Strategic Objectives Seize critical _______________________________areas Establish _______________________________perimeter _______________________________for peace Admiral Isoruko Yamamoto _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________. Doolittle’s Raid _______________________________ Battle of the Coral Sea _______________________________ Battle of the Coral Sea Japanese Objectives: Extend _______________________________perimeter (in response to Doolittle raid) Capture _______________________________ Extend hold over _______________________________Islands Isolate _______________________________from the United States Results of Coral Sea: Tactical _______________________________ U.S. lost fleet carrier _______________________________, destroyer _______________________________, oiler _______________________________ Fleet carrier _______________________________damaged Japanese _______________________________Shoho sunk, very heavy _______________________________losses Strategic _______________________________for United States Stopped planned Japanese advance towards _______________________________ Provided badly needed boost to U.S. _______________________________ Battle of Midway 3 – 6 June 1942 Japanese Objectives: Capture _______________________________ Use Midway to launch air strikes on _______________________________ Eliminate the bombing threat to the _______________________________ Lure the _______________________________of the U.S. Pacific Fleet into _______________________________and destroy it Results of Midway: Tactical _______________________________for United States U.S. lost fleet carrier _______________________________ Japanese lost _______________________________Akagi, Kaga, Soryu, Hiryu and _______________________________Mikuma Heavy cruiser _______________________________seriously damaged Strategic Victory for United States Ended Japanese naval _______________________________in the Pacific Proved to be the _______________________________in the Pacific war Gave the United States the strategic _______________________________ Strategic Options in the Pacific Who should have primary responsibility? _______________________________ Navy & Marines Where should campaign take place? Central Pacific Southwest Pacific Guadalcanal August 1942 – February 1943 Japanese on Saipan _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________. Battle of Leyte Gulf 23 – 26 October 1944 Philippine Campaign October 1944 – August 1945 Iwo Jima February 1945 Okinawa March – June 1945 Operation Downfall Estimated US Casualties: Joint Chiefs of Staff Olympic – _______________________________casualties, including 109,000 dead or missing after 90 days Coronet – and combined total of _______________________________casualties, with 267,000 fatalities Nimitz’s Staff _______________________________casualties in the first 30 days, including 5,000 at sea MacArthur’s Staff _______________________________in the first 30 days and 125,000 after 120 days Operation Downfall Estimated Japanese Casualties: Five to ten _______________________________based on the assumption of large-scale participation by civilians in the defense of Japan One mobilized high school girl, Yukiko Kasai, found herself issued an awl and told, "Even killing one American soldier will do. … You must aim for the abdomen." Operation Downfall Nearly _______________________________Purple Heart medals were manufactured in anticipation of the casualties resulting from the invasion of Japan. To the present date, all the American military casualties of the sixty years following the end of World War II — including the Korean and Vietnam Wars — have not exceeded that number. In 2003, there were still 120,000 of these Purple Heart medals in stock. There are so many in surplus that combat units in Iraq and Afghanistan are able to keep Purple Hearts on-hand for immediate award to wounded soldiers on the field. VJ Day _______________________________
