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The Aftermath of Pearl Harbor • December 8, 1941, U.S. declares war on Japan • European first philosophy, PacificDefensive • First six months— Japan takes over Hong Kong, parts of China, various islands Philippines-Bataan Death March • General Douglas MacArthur leads U.S. troops in Philippines • Ordered to leave without troops • MacArthur vows, “I Shall Return.” • 60-80 miles march, At least 16,000 Americans and Filipino’s were killed U.S. Rebounds in the Pacific • James Doolittle & Doolittle’s Raid on Japan, April 1942 • Battle of the Coral SeaJapanese stopped in Australia effort View from plane of Doolittle’s Crew Turning Point - Pacific • The Battle of the Midway, in June of 1942, led by Admiral Chester Nimitz • 4 days-U.S. uses codebreakers to learn of attack • Now an offensive war Strategy – “Island Hopping” • Guadalcanal “The Island of Death” • Japanese “The fork in the road which leads to victory for them or for us.” • August 1942-February 1943 • Island Hopping successfully follows (Guam used as center hopper) Battle of Leyte Gulf • October 1944- Three days of battle… Japanese disaster (3 battleships, over 500 planes destroyed) • MacArthur “People of the Philippines, I have returned.” • No more Japanese Navy Iwo Jima • U.S. can reach Japan from Iwo Jima • Greatest number of casualties for U.S., most heavily defended spot on earth • Taken March 1945 • Only 200 Japanese survived Okinawa • Okinawa is worse, many Kamikaze attacks • June 1945, U.S. takes Island, can see Japanese fight to the death • 110,000 Japanese lives lost…next? World War II Ends • Manhattan Project – led by J. Robert Oppenheimer • August 6, 1945 – Atomic Bomb in Hiroshima (Little Boy) • August 9, 1945 – Atomic Bomb in Nagasaki (Fat Man) • Japan surrenders, World War II ends (officially September 2, 1945)