Japan Strikes in the Pacific

Japan Strikes in the Pacific By Sean and Matt

Manchuria Caused economic strain in Japan Japan looked to increase their resources SouthEast Asia Japan Seeks a Pacific Empire

1940 Japanese secret code U.S. government sent troops to help Chinese resistance 1941 Roosevelt cut off oil shipments to Japan Japan planned massive attacks in Southeast Asia and in the Pacific at the same time Isoroku Yamamoto Pearl Harbor Within 2 hours, 18 ships were sunk and 2,400 Americans were killed Japan only lost about a 100 men The congress declared war on Japan The Surprise Attack on Pearl Harbor

Japanese planned attacks against the U.S. Attack on the Philippines and Guam British, seized Hong Kong,and invaded Malaysia took over Berma The Tide of Japanese Victories

16 B-25 bombers were sent out In April 1942, James H. Doolittle, the United States’ Lieutenant Colonel sent air planes to Japan for the revenge of Pearl Harbor - It did a little damage however, it made an important psychological point: the Japanese could be attacked Japan Decides to invade Australia. However, America sent fleet to help Australia. In this battle, the planes were used on the sea, it was first time when the planes were actually used to fight on water. It is called Battle of Coral Sea. The Allies Strike Back

The “Turning Point” of the war in the Pacific against the Japanese. Broke another Japanese code, US knew Japanese largest fleet was coming US fleet was outnumbered 4:1 Japan had over 150 ships, Admiral Chester Nimitz, chief of the U.S. Pacific fleet knew about it, and had an ambush attack. Nimitz sent out carrier planes to attack Japanese ships. It was a success. American Pilots destroyed 332 Japanese planes, all four aircraft carriers, and one support ship. United States’ first victory The Battle of Midway

After The Battle of Midway, the Allies took the offensive. Because the Pacific war was one of vast distances, Japanese troops had dug in on a lot of islands across the ocean. General Douglas MacArthur, commander of the Allied land forces in the Pacific, decides to “island-hop,” crossing an ocean by a series of shorter journeys between islands, then he would seize islands that are closer to Japan. After taking the islands, he used air power to cut supply lines and starve enemy troops. The Allies Go on the Offensive

Corpse in the island, Guadalcanal after the bloody war. Total of 36,000 soldiers died, mostly Japanese. The U.S. government found out that the Japanese were building a huge air base on the island of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. The Allies sent 19,000 U.S. Marines, with Australian support, before the base was completed. The Japanese were caught unprepared. Both Sides poured in fresh troops. Japanese abandoned the island after losing 23,000 men out of 36,000 Battle of Guadalcanal

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Japan Strikes in the Pacific