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WW2 in the Pacific. Unit 4 Lesson 8 (Section 25.4). Objectives. Review key victories in Europe leading to VE Day. Evaluate US strategy for victory in the Pacific and identify key turning points. Analyze Truman’s decision to drop the Atomic Bomb. Warm Up. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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WW2 in the Pacific
Unit 4
Lesson 8
(Section 25.4)
Objectives
Review key victories in Europe leading to VE Day.
Evaluate US strategy for victory in the Pacific and identify key turning points.
Analyze Truman’s decision to drop the Atomic Bomb.
Warm Up
Explain how the Allies closed in on Hitler.
Holding Off The Enemy- BataanJan-Apr 1942
70K American POW’s forced on “Death Marches”
Holding Off The Enemy- Coral SeaMay 1942
USS Lexington Flight Deck- Carriers save Australia from invasion.
Holding Off The Enemy- MidwayJune 1942
Adm Chester Nimitz surprises Japanese navy, “avenge” P.H.
Island HoppingMacArthur’s strategy to leapfrog thru islands- skip strongholds, isolate/cut off others- to close in on
mainland. Begins Aug 1942.
Defeating The Enemy- GuadalcanalAug 1942
Defeating The Enemy-Leyte GulfOct 1944
MacArthur retakes the Philippines; JPN intro kamikaze tactics
Defeating The Enemy- Iwo JimaFeb-Mar 1945
Costly Battle:
6K US dead
20K JPN dead
Defeating The Enemy- OkinawaApr-June 1945
Think-Pair-Share
What would happen if we were to invade the main island of Japan?
Simulation Day 3
Day 3 Warm up
What were the battles of the Pacific?
Map Activity- Japanese Aggression
To Drop or Not to Drop…Options:
Blockade/Air Raids, Invade Mainland, Demo, Wait for RUS, Negotiate Peace, Keep Emperor
August 6, 1945
Enola GayLittle BoyHiroshima
Hiroshima
August 9, 1945
Fat ManNagasaki
Nagasaki
Atomic Bomb Video
VJ Day
America Celebrates End of War
Simulation Day 4
Closure
How did the events play out in the simulation?
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