The succession of early Japanese successes in the Pacific; island hopping and the Allies able to push back; kamikaze and the Atomic bomb.

1. The War in the
Pacific
1942-1945

3. Objectives
Compare goals and methods of warfare in the
European and Pacific theaters.
Identify major participants and elements of the
war.

5. Vocabulary
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere - Vision of a self-
sufficient bloc of East Asian countries free of Western
influence, led by Japan
Bataan Death March - forced march by Japanese of Allied
prisoners on the Bataan peninsula; highlighted by cruel
treatment
island hopping - strategy of hitting strategic targets in Pacific
kamikaze - suicide bombing by Japanese pilots into Navy
ships
Manhattan Project - US project to create Atomic weapons

7. Japan’s East Asia

8. Japan’s East Asia
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere - Vision of a
self-sufficient bloc of East Asian countries free of
Western influence, led by Japan

9. Japan’s East Asia
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere - Vision of a
self-sufficient bloc of East Asian countries free of
Western influence, led by Japan
Meant to win the hearts and minds of other Asian
nations rather than resist

10. Japan’s East Asia
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere - Vision of a
self-sufficient bloc of East Asian countries free of
Western influence, led by Japan
Meant to win the hearts and minds of other Asian
nations rather than resist
Not successful

11. Japan’s East Asia
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere - Vision of a
self-sufficient bloc of East Asian countries free of
Western influence, led by Japan
Meant to win the hearts and minds of other Asian
nations rather than resist
Not successful

13. Goals of the Axis
Powers

14. Goals of the Axis
Powers
Europe: lebensraum, following fascist doctrine
of unity to strength, systematic elimination of
undesirable elements

15. Goals of the Axis
Powers
Europe: lebensraum, following fascist doctrine
of unity to strength, systematic elimination of
undesirable elements
Asia: lead other nations to self-sufficiency,
dominate and be feared, provide resources to
nation not present

17. Japanese Expansion
After Pearl Harbor

18. Japanese Expansion
After Pearl Harbor
Japanese superior naval air power gets swift results in
Pacific ➙ Guam, Wake Islands, Philippines

19. Japanese Expansion
After Pearl Harbor
Japanese superior naval air power gets swift results in
Pacific ➙ Guam, Wake Islands, Philippines
Also expand territory from China ➙ Hong Kong,
Thailand, Malaysia, Burma (cut off supplies for
support of China), Indonesia

20. Japanese Expansion
After Pearl Harbor
Japanese superior naval air power gets swift results in
Pacific ➙ Guam, Wake Islands, Philippines
Also expand territory from China ➙ Hong Kong,
Thailand, Malaysia, Burma (cut off supplies for
support of China), Indonesia
Many examples of harsh treatment by the Japanese ➙
counter image of noble liberators

21. Japanese Expansion
After Pearl Harbor
Japanese superior naval air power gets swift results in
Pacific ➙ Guam, Wake Islands, Philippines
Also expand territory from China ➙ Hong Kong,
Thailand, Malaysia, Burma (cut off supplies for
support of China), Indonesia
Many examples of harsh treatment by the Japanese ➙
counter image of noble liberators
Example: Bataan Death March

23. Allies Respond

24. Allies Respond
US and Australia made up main force
of military attack in the Pacific; Navy
and Marine

25. Allies Respond
US and Australia made up main force
of military attack in the Pacific; Navy
and Marine
First arm of attack was naval response

26. Allies Respond
US and Australia made up main force
of military attack in the Pacific; Navy
and Marine
First arm of attack was naval response
‣ Battle of Coral Sea (5/1942); Japan
tactical victory/Allied strategic
victory

27. Allies Respond
US and Australia made up main force
of military attack in the Pacific; Navy
and Marine
First arm of attack was naval response
‣ Battle of Coral Sea (5/1942); Japan
tactical victory/Allied strategic
victory
‣ Battle of Midway (6/1942);
Yamamoto mistake

28. Allies Respond
US and Australia made up main force
of military attack in the Pacific; Navy
and Marine
First arm of attack was naval response
‣ Battle of Coral Sea (5/1942); Japan
tactical victory/Allied strategic
victory
‣ Battle of Midway (6/1942);
Yamamoto mistake
Continue pressure through the center
of the Pacific on target with Japan

29. Allies Respond
US and Australia made up main force
of military attack in the Pacific; Navy
and Marine
First arm of attack was naval response
‣ Battle of Coral Sea (5/1942); Japan
tactical victory/Allied strategic
victory
‣ Battle of Midway (6/1942);
Yamamoto mistake
Continue pressure through the center
of the Pacific on target with Japan

31. Island Hopping

32. Island Hopping
Second tactic involved targeting
specific strategic sites

33. Island Hopping
Second tactic involved targeting
specific strategic sites
Disrupt supply lines; set up bases

34. Island Hopping
Second tactic involved targeting
specific strategic sites
Disrupt supply lines; set up bases
Combined efforts of Adm. Chester
Nimitz and Gen. Douglas MacArthur

35. Island Hopping
Second tactic involved targeting
specific strategic sites
Disrupt supply lines; set up bases
Combined efforts of Adm. Chester
Nimitz and Gen. Douglas MacArthur
Started from New Zealand and
Australia; northward through Pacific
to Japan

36. Island Hopping
Second tactic involved targeting
specific strategic sites
Disrupt supply lines; set up bases
Combined efforts of Adm. Chester
Nimitz and Gen. Douglas MacArthur
Started from New Zealand and
Australia; northward through Pacific
to Japan
Battle of Guadalcanal (9/1942 -
2/1943)

37. Island Hopping
Second tactic involved targeting
specific strategic sites
Disrupt supply lines; set up bases
Combined efforts of Adm. Chester
Nimitz and Gen. Douglas MacArthur
Started from New Zealand and
Australia; northward through Pacific
to Japan
Battle of Guadalcanal (9/1942 -
2/1943)

39. Allied Success
Japanese Desperation

40. Allied Success
Japanese Desperation
Steady push by Allied forces heading West by Navy and
island hoping north 1943-1944

41. Allied Success
Japanese Desperation
Steady push by Allied forces heading West by Navy and
island hoping north 1943-1944
Forces meet in the Philippines

42. Allied Success
Japanese Desperation
Steady push by Allied forces heading West by Navy and
island hoping north 1943-1944
Forces meet in the Philippines
Japanese resistance on islands ➙ to the last man

43. Allied Success
Japanese Desperation
Steady push by Allied forces heading West by Navy and
island hoping north 1943-1944
Forces meet in the Philippines
Japanese resistance on islands ➙ to the last man
Desperation in Philippines leads
to new tactic - kamikaze

44. Allied Success
Japanese Desperation
Steady push by Allied forces heading West by Navy and
island hoping north 1943-1944
Forces meet in the Philippines
Japanese resistance on islands ➙ to the last man
Desperation in Philippines leads
to new tactic - kamikaze
Allied forces push through to
Iwo Jima and Okinawa by June
1945

45. Allied Success
Japanese Desperation
Steady push by Allied forces heading West by Navy and
island hoping north 1943-1944
Forces meet in the Philippines
Japanese resistance on islands ➙ to the last man
Desperation in Philippines leads
to new tactic - kamikaze
Allied forces push through to
Iwo Jima and Okinawa by June
1945

48. Ensign Kiyoshi
Ogawa,
May 11, 1945

49. Ensign Kiyoshi
Ogawa,
May 11, 1945
USS Bunker Hill, after being hit by kamikaze attack by
Ensign Kiyoshi Ogawa, May 11, 1945

50. Ensign Kiyoshi
Ogawa,
May 11, 1945
USS Bunker Hill, after being hit by kamikaze attack by
Ensign Kiyoshi Ogawa, May 11, 1945

52. The Manhattan Project

53. The Manhattan Project
Allied losses in Pacific were not as many as in European
theater; yet to land on Japan

54. The Manhattan Project
Allied losses in Pacific were not as many as in European
theater; yet to land on Japan
US working on secret project to harness atomic energy;
Manhattan Project

55. The Manhattan Project
Allied losses in Pacific were not as many as in European
theater; yet to land on Japan
US working on secret project to harness atomic energy;
Manhattan Project
Under Gen. Leslie R. Groves and scientist J. Robert
Oppenheimer; Total costs: $1.8 billion

56. The Manhattan Project
Allied losses in Pacific were not as many as in European
theater; yet to land on Japan
US working on secret project to harness atomic energy;
Manhattan Project
Under Gen. Leslie R. Groves and scientist J. Robert
Oppenheimer; Total costs: $1.8 billion
Roosevelt dies in April, 1945 ➙ Harry S. Truman

57. The Manhattan Project
Allied losses in Pacific were not as many as in European
theater; yet to land on Japan
US working on secret project to harness atomic energy;
Manhattan Project
Under Gen. Leslie R. Groves and scientist J. Robert
Oppenheimer; Total costs: $1.8 billion
Roosevelt dies in April, 1945 ➙ Harry S. Truman
It is decided to use Atomic Bombs over Hiroshima and
Nagasaki, August 6 & 8, 1945

59. Bombing

60. Bombing
Battle of Britain (Germany over England)

61. Bombing
Battle of Britain (Germany over England)
D-Day preparation

62. Bombing
Battle of Britain (Germany over England)
D-Day preparation
Dresden

63. Bombing
Battle of Britain (Germany over England)
D-Day preparation
Dresden
Tokyo

64. Bombing
Battle of Britain (Germany over England)
D-Day preparation
Dresden
Tokyo
Hiroshima & Nagasaki

71. End of the War

72. End of the War
Japan unconditionally
surrenders August 9, 1945;
Victory in Japan Day (VJ Day)

73. End of the War
Japan unconditionally
surrenders August 9, 1945;
Victory in Japan Day (VJ Day)
Hitler ➙ suicide; Mussolini ➙
shot & hung (by own people)

74. End of the War
Japan unconditionally
surrenders August 9, 1945;
Victory in Japan Day (VJ Day)
Hitler ➙ suicide; Mussolini ➙
shot & hung (by own people)
Hirohito ➙ left in power

75. End of the War
Japan unconditionally
surrenders August 9, 1945;
Victory in Japan Day (VJ Day)
Hitler ➙ suicide; Mussolini ➙
shot & hung (by own people)
Hirohito ➙ left in power
Series of war crimes trials in
Nuremberg, Germany and
Tokyo, Japan

76. End of the War
Japan unconditionally
surrenders August 9, 1945;
Victory in Japan Day (VJ Day)
Hitler ➙ suicide; Mussolini ➙
shot & hung (by own people)
Hirohito ➙ left in power
Series of war crimes trials in
Nuremberg, Germany and
Tokyo, Japan