World War II Study Guide
... regarding its use against the Japanese in World War II. A. What were some (4) of the alternatives to using the atomic bomb? B. Discuss the positive and negative outcomes for each of the four alternatives. C. Do you think any of these alternatives would have been better than the actions taken? Explai ...
... regarding its use against the Japanese in World War II. A. What were some (4) of the alternatives to using the atomic bomb? B. Discuss the positive and negative outcomes for each of the four alternatives. C. Do you think any of these alternatives would have been better than the actions taken? Explai ...
Battle of Coral Sea - Mr. Sutton`s Class!
... • Considered to be the largest naval battle of World War II and, by some criteria, possibly the largest naval battle in history. • Part of a strategy aimed at isolating Japan from the countries it had occupied in Southeast Asia, and in particular depriving its forces and industry of vital oil suppli ...
... • Considered to be the largest naval battle of World War II and, by some criteria, possibly the largest naval battle in history. • Part of a strategy aimed at isolating Japan from the countries it had occupied in Southeast Asia, and in particular depriving its forces and industry of vital oil suppli ...
WWII Homefront-Battles - Tville
... • U. S. victories at Coral Sea (May 7-8, 1942), Midway (June 4-5, 1942), and Guadalcanal (August 7, 1942-February 21, 1943) arrested Japanese expansion, and crippled their naval airpower • This permits U. S. to focus on Europe ...
... • U. S. victories at Coral Sea (May 7-8, 1942), Midway (June 4-5, 1942), and Guadalcanal (August 7, 1942-February 21, 1943) arrested Japanese expansion, and crippled their naval airpower • This permits U. S. to focus on Europe ...
War in the Pacific
... • USS Alabama began her combat service augmenting the British Fleet protecting convoys on the "Murmansk Run" from England through the North Sea to Russia against German warships and aircraft. • The ship transferred to the Pacific Fleet in August 1943, and earned 9 battle stars providing gunfire supp ...
... • USS Alabama began her combat service augmenting the British Fleet protecting convoys on the "Murmansk Run" from England through the North Sea to Russia against German warships and aircraft. • The ship transferred to the Pacific Fleet in August 1943, and earned 9 battle stars providing gunfire supp ...
WHS WW2 Part 2 The Pacific 2014
... The United States has the A-bomb. Allies agree Germany is to be divided into ...
... The United States has the A-bomb. Allies agree Germany is to be divided into ...
NAME Chapters 24/25 Facts The war in Europe World War II began
... to Middle Eastern oil supplies and attacking the Soviet Union from the south. Europe – Stalingrad: Hundreds of thousands of German soldiers were killed or captured in a months-long siege of the Russian city of Stalingrad. This defeat prevented Germany from seizing the Soviet oil fields and turned ...
... to Middle Eastern oil supplies and attacking the Soviet Union from the south. Europe – Stalingrad: Hundreds of thousands of German soldiers were killed or captured in a months-long siege of the Russian city of Stalingrad. This defeat prevented Germany from seizing the Soviet oil fields and turned ...
Japanese Internment
... Japanese Americans in the western United States were sent to internment camps during World War II Essential Questions: 1. Why were Japanese Americans forced to relocate? 2. How did Whites feel about the Japanese Americans? ...
... Japanese Americans in the western United States were sent to internment camps during World War II Essential Questions: 1. Why were Japanese Americans forced to relocate? 2. How did Whites feel about the Japanese Americans? ...
Pearl Harbor - The National WWII Museum
... died in the attack. (A piece of the Arizona is displayed at the start of the Pacific Galleries) Dorie Miller, a steward on the USS West Virginia, distinguished himself by courageous conduct and devotion to duty during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He first assisted his mortally wounded captai ...
... died in the attack. (A piece of the Arizona is displayed at the start of the Pacific Galleries) Dorie Miller, a steward on the USS West Virginia, distinguished himself by courageous conduct and devotion to duty during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He first assisted his mortally wounded captai ...
a pearl harbor fact sheet - The National WWII Museum
... surprise attack on the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Since early 1941 the U.S. had been supplying Great Britain in its fight against the Nazis. It had also been pressuring Japan to halt its military expansion in Asia and the Pacific. With the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the ...
... surprise attack on the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Since early 1941 the U.S. had been supplying Great Britain in its fight against the Nazis. It had also been pressuring Japan to halt its military expansion in Asia and the Pacific. With the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the ...
WORLD WAR II
... military base • Japan wants to lure the Americans into battle and finish what they started at Pearl Harbor by destroying their fleet – The U.S. had broken the secret Japanese code and knew of the attack – U.S. ready and waiting • They destroy four aircraft carriers in five minutes, only lose one of ...
... military base • Japan wants to lure the Americans into battle and finish what they started at Pearl Harbor by destroying their fleet – The U.S. had broken the secret Japanese code and knew of the attack – U.S. ready and waiting • They destroy four aircraft carriers in five minutes, only lose one of ...
Pacific theater powerpoint
... of the sixty years following the end of World War II — including the Korean and Vietnam Wars — have not ...
... of the sixty years following the end of World War II — including the Korean and Vietnam Wars — have not ...
World War II: The Pacific Theater of Operations
... of the sixty years following the end of World War II — including the Korean and Vietnam Wars — have not ...
... of the sixty years following the end of World War II — including the Korean and Vietnam Wars — have not ...
File
... dining hall killing 35 men at breakfast • Wheeler- Lt. Kenneth Taylor and George Welch drive to a small field 10 miles away and take off. They are credited for shooting down 6 Japanese planes ...
... dining hall killing 35 men at breakfast • Wheeler- Lt. Kenneth Taylor and George Welch drive to a small field 10 miles away and take off. They are credited for shooting down 6 Japanese planes ...
Chapter 10-11 World War II Timeline
... Battle of the Coral Sea May 4-8, 1942 Was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War 2 between the Imperial Japanese Navy and allied naval and air forces from the United States and Australia. The battle was the first fleet action in which Aircraft Carriers engaged each other. It was al ...
... Battle of the Coral Sea May 4-8, 1942 Was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War 2 between the Imperial Japanese Navy and allied naval and air forces from the United States and Australia. The battle was the first fleet action in which Aircraft Carriers engaged each other. It was al ...
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... •Approximately 80,000 US and Filipino troops [12,000 Americans] surrendered to the Japanese and were forced to march 60 miles to Camp O’Donnell. •Several thousand died along the way from atrocities committed by the Japanese soldiers. ...
... •Approximately 80,000 US and Filipino troops [12,000 Americans] surrendered to the Japanese and were forced to march 60 miles to Camp O’Donnell. •Several thousand died along the way from atrocities committed by the Japanese soldiers. ...
Pacific Theater - Class Notes
... b. U.S. took after one month of fighting and heavy losses c. Japanese used caves and concrete bunkers d. 200 of the 20,000 Japanese left at end of battle ...
... b. U.S. took after one month of fighting and heavy losses c. Japanese used caves and concrete bunkers d. 200 of the 20,000 Japanese left at end of battle ...
CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING – End of War in the Pacific
... After the Battle of Midway, the United States began a strategy of "island-hopping," capturing certain key islands, one after another, getting closer and closer to Japan. General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester Nimitz had the goal of attacking Japanese weak points while avoiding the locations i ...
... After the Battle of Midway, the United States began a strategy of "island-hopping," capturing certain key islands, one after another, getting closer and closer to Japan. General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester Nimitz had the goal of attacking Japanese weak points while avoiding the locations i ...
The War in the Pacific - Year10-Hist
... Range - a steep, rugged series of mountains crossed only by a few foot tracks, the most important of which was the Kokoda Track. Initially at the end of June, 600 Militiamen later growing to around 1000, (‘Maroubra’ force) were ordered to hold Kokoda and its airfield against any possible Japanese at ...
... Range - a steep, rugged series of mountains crossed only by a few foot tracks, the most important of which was the Kokoda Track. Initially at the end of June, 600 Militiamen later growing to around 1000, (‘Maroubra’ force) were ordered to hold Kokoda and its airfield against any possible Japanese at ...
1933: Inauguration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
... The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the first prolonged campaigns in the Pacific ...
... The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the first prolonged campaigns in the Pacific ...
Aleutian Islands Campaign
The Aleutian Islands Campaign was a struggle over the Aleutian Islands, part of the Alaska Territory, in the American theater and the Pacific theater of World War II starting on 3 June 1942. A small Japanese force occupied the islands of Attu and Kiska, but the remoteness of the islands and the difficulties of weather and terrain meant that it took nearly a year for a far larger U.S./Canadian force to eject them. The islands' strategic value was their ability to control Pacific Great Circle routes. This control of the Pacific transportation routes is why U.S. General Billy Mitchell stated to the U.S. Congress in 1935, ""I believe that in the future, whoever holds Alaska will hold the world. I think it is the most important strategic place in the world."" The Japanese reasoned that control of the Aleutians would prevent a possible U.S. attack across the Northern Pacific. Similarly, the U.S. feared that the islands would be used as bases from which to launch aerial assaults against the West Coast.A battle to reclaim Attu was launched on May 11, 1943 and completed following a final Japanese banzai charge on May 29. On 15 August 1943, an invasion force landed on Kiska in the wake of a sustained three-week barrage, only to discover the Japanese had abandoned the island on July 29.The battle is known as the ""Forgotten Battle"", due to being overshadowed by the simultaneous Guadalcanal Campaign. In the past, many western military historians believed it was a diversionary or feint attack during the Battle of Midway meant to draw out the U.S. Pacific Fleet from Midway Atoll, and was in fact launched simultaneously under the same overall commander, Isoroku Yamamoto. However, historians Jonathan Parshall and Anthony Tully have made an argument against this interpretation, stating that the Japanese invaded the Aleutians to protect the northern flank of their empire and did not intend it as a diversion.