Japan In WWII

1. JapanIn WWII By: Brent, Arwin, Derek, Wade, Peter & Jacob H World History 3rd period

2. Military of Japan • Imperial Japan was a Militaristic Empire. • Unlike Germany they didn’t bluff their way into an empire, they attacked in force. • All of Japan was controlled by the military directly through Emperor Hirohito. • Most major official positions were held by military officers. • Before and during World War Two the Japanese launched many invasions throughout the pacific theatre. • In the early 1930s Japan opened hostilities with Chinese controlled Manchuria. • In 1937 the Japanese invaded mainland China. • The Chinese forces were pushed back throughout the war but continued to fight even after the Nanking (the capital of China) fell.

3. Battle at Midway • Japanese Defeat • Destruction by American aircraft destroyed 322 Japanese planes, all four aircraft carriers destroyed along with one support ship. • Huge defeat for the Japanese, massive loss of morale, men and supplies.

4. Iwo Jima • Iwo Jima-Japanese Defeat :Without it, the Allies would keep losing war planes as they fell into the Pacific. With it, they would have a base from which to launch attacks on the Japanese home islands. Bloodiest assault by the U.S Marines

5. The Philippines • Philippines- Japanese Victory :1941-1942. Important target for Japan, who bombed it. Allowed for more military bases to be built along with more resources to support the war efforts

6. Bataan Death March • Bataan Death March [April 9, 1942]- Philippine and American soldiers were worn down, low on food, ammo, and morale, men were dying from either malnutrition or enemy gunfire. On the morning of the 9th they surrendered to the Japanese, not able to transport all of the men, the Japanese made the soldiers march 55 miles to the POW camp. More than 11,700 men died from lack of food or water or beatings by the Japanese .

7. Wake Island • Outnumbered at least 2 to 1 with no hope of victory, the US • surrendered. Wake Island was held by Japan till the end of the war. • Marines played a key roll in this battle for the US but no match for the Japanese who already set up base camp there

8. Guadalcanal • Victory on Guadalcanal brought important strategic gains to the Americans and their Pacific allies but at high cost • Marines played again a key roll for the US in this battle. • Loss of this battle caused Japan many resources, men and potential airbases

9. Pearl Harbor • The attack on Pearl Harbor (known by the Japanese as Operation Z) was a surprise military attack on the U.S. navel base of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii December 7, 1941. • The Japanese attacked on a Sunday morning. Nobody was expecting it. • The next day, the United States declared war on Japan, officially entering WWII • 188 U.S aircraft destroyed, 2,402 people killed, 1292 wounded

10. Pearl harbor (cont.) •  The Japanese had developed the technology, attack strategy and skill to successfully accomplish the “mission.” The idea to attack Pearl Harbor had been planned six months before. • The American fleet was perceived as an obstacle to access the oil fields in Java, so the plan was created to be a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor to destroy America's Pacific Fleet. Additional targets included warehouses, docks, airfields and aircraft.

11. Japanese War Strategies • Many battles were either navel or aerial assaults. • Island were carved into to create trenches, tunnels and bunkers. • Kamikazes- suicide soldiers who died in order to kill the enemy. Airplanes were packed with explosives and flown into ships and bases. Kamikaze in Japanese means divine wind. • Large machine guns were used to crush enemy infantry emerging from the shore. • Bayonets were used in close combat

12. Kamikazes : The divine wind • The aim of the Kamikaze was to sink the American Aircraft Carriers. It was a last ditch effort to snatch victory from defeat. The Japanese knew that as long as the American aircraft carriers patrolled the Pacific they were doomed to ultimate defeat. • They thought if they died while trying to defeat America they would bring honor to them and their family.

13. Japanese Reasons for war • President Roosevelt had banned all exports of scrap iron, steel and oil to Japan. • This crippled their economy and military. • The belief that Western powers were hostile to Japan. • The Japanese were keen on expanding their empire and had to make a decision between surrendering or going to war with the United States. • The belief that Japan could defeat the United States. They convinced themselves that a devastating attack would dishearten the Americans and lead to cracks in the fabric of the American society that would threaten its stability.

14. Impact of war on Japan • Japan basically lost all the territory acquired . In addition, the Kurile islands were occupied by the Soviet Union, and the Ryukyu Islands, including Okinawa, were controlled by the USA. Okinawa was returned to Japan in 1972, however a territorial dispute with Russia concerning the Kurile Islands has not been resolved yet. • Casualties- 1,555,308 from 1941-45 in the Pacific War. • Deformations from the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

15. New Weapons of WWII • Tanks, automobiles, air crafts, different variety of guns and rifles, U-boats, destroyers, cruisers, convoys, air craft carriers, radar, grenades, flamethrowers, chemical gas, swords and knives, V1 and V2 missiles, cannons, mines, atomic bombs

16. The Atomic Bomb • On August 6, 1945, a fifteen-kiloton atomic bomb ignited the center of Hiroshima, Japan, instantly killing more than 100,000 people, and injuring hundreds more.  Three days later, a second atomic bomb exploded over Nagasaki, resulting in 70,000 additional deaths .  Not only did the atomic bombs dropped by the United States kill thousands of Japanese and demolish two major cities, but they created serious medical implications on both the survivors and future generations. 1.) Little Boy 2.) Fat Man

17. The Enola Gay • Enola Gay is the name of the modified B-29 Super fortress (plane) that dropped the Bomb on Japan. It has a place in history as being the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb upon a hostile country. • Named after Enola GayTibbets, mother of pilot Paul Tibbets.

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19. Quiz: Multiple Choice

20. Quiz: Short Answer • What are three new weapons of WWII? • Briefly explain why Japan attacked the US. • What was the Bataan Death March?

21. Quiz: Answers

22. Answers: Continued • Tanks, automobiles, air crafts, different variety of guns and rifles, U-boats, destroyers, cruisers, convoys, air craft carriers, radar, grenades, flamethrowers, chemical gas, swords and knives, V1 and V2 missiles, cannons, mines, atomic bombs • Economy, hostility towards the west, and attempt to destroy the us • Philippine and American soldiers were worn down, low on food, ammo, and morale, men were dying from either malnutrition or enemy gunfire. On the morning of the 9th they surrendered to the Japanese, not able to transport all of the men, the Japanese made the soldiers march 55 miles to the POW camp. More than 11,700 men died from lack of food or water or beatings by the Japanese .