1 / 43

Retaking the Pacific

Explore the critical campaigns of the Pacific Theater during World War II, including the pivotal events following Pearl Harbor. Discover the fall of colonies, the Bataan Death March, and the strategic battles of Midway, Coral Sea, and Guadalcanal. Examine the significance of technology, the infamous island-hopping strategy, and the implementation of kamikaze attacks. Learn about the challenges faced by both the Allies and Japan, culminating in the use of the atomic bomb and the eventual surrender of Japan. Analyze the human cost of this global conflict with millions lost.

natala
Télécharger la présentation

Retaking the Pacific

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Retaking the Pacific

  2. Post Pearl Harbor • Pearl Harbor + • Philippines • Wake Island • Guam • Midway • Bataan

  3. Advance in the Pacific • Colonies Fall = • Burma • Malaya • Singapore • Dutch East Indies • Thailand • Finish off U.S. …

  4. Bataan Death Match • Surrender • Bushido • Death March

  5. Early Strategy • Allies Weakened • Active Defense

  6. Raid on Tokyo • U.SS. Hornet • Secret Mission • One-Way • Success?

  7. Battle of the Coral Sea • Australia • Active Defense • Technology Rules • Outcome

  8. Battle of Midway – Part I • Strategic • Isoruku Yamamoto • Chester Nimitz • Showdown! • Advantage #1

  9. Battle of Midway – Part II • Technology Rules! • Advantage #2 • Victory! • Balance of power

  10. Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands) • Why? • Operation Shoestring • Jungle Warfare • Significance • Island hopping

  11. Battle of Leyte Gulf • Obligation • Leyte island • Japanese Response • Kamikaze! • Significance #1 • Significance #2

  12. Iwo Jima • Stepping Stone • Deadly Fighting • Banzai! • Mt. Surabachi • Signal

  13. Okinawa • We arrive! • Bloodiest Battle • Question

  14. The Atom Bomb – Part I • Scientists flee • Albert Einstein • Enrico Fermi • Manhattan Project • Trinity

  15. The Atom Bomb – Part II • Difficult Decision • Rationale • Warning • Enola Gay + Little Boy • Destruction • Bockscar + Fat Man • VJ Day

  16. Final Tallies • U.S. = 300,000 • U.S.S.R. = 27 million • Germany = 4 million • Japan = 6 million • China = 22 million • Jews = 6 million • TOTAL = 60 million

More Related