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List three things that created
tension between the Allied powers
and Japan.
Who was Hideki Tojo?
By 1941, which areas in Asia were
under Japanese control?
THINKER: With no allies left, why
do you think Japan continued to
fight?
 Tuesday/Wednesday: Extra
Credit
assignment due
 Tuesday/Wednesday: Atomic bomb
debate
 Thursday: WWII short answer test
 Thursday: WWII Jeopardy Review
 Friday: Study Guide due
 Friday: All late work due
 Friday: Unit 6 test: WWII
 Friday: Mid-quarter grades due
Allies
start to liberate concentration
camps in early 1945.
For fear of persecution, Nazis began
destroying evidence, records, camps
Nuremburg Trials: Nazi officials are
tried for war crimes: against
humanity and civilians.
24 tried – 12 executed
 Japan
forced soldiers from Korea, Thailand, Burma
& India to fight for their army.
 By 1945, several countries were aiding US efforts in
the Pacific: Canada, Australia, China, Philippines,
New Zealand and the Netherlands (b/c of Dutch
East Indies)
 Between 1942 and 1945, the Pacific War was fought
in four main areas: China, Central Pacific, SE Asia &
SW Pacific
 SU declares war on Japan in August 1945, and fights
mostly inland battles in China against Japan
 Led by General Douglas MacArthur
 Japan
attacks American and British
military bases across the Western
Pacific.
 Rapid conquests of Hong Kong, Burma,
New Guinea, India
 Strong Japanese Navy sinks British
aircraft carriers
 Navy
used kamikazes, or suicide planes
 By
mid-1942 it became difficult for Japanese to
maintain control of vast empire.
 Codebreakers discovered several planned
attacks
 American forces began island hopping: a
military strategy of attacking specific enemyheld islands.
 Battle of the Coral Sea: (5/4/1942) mutual
bombing of navies
 Battle of Midway: (6/4/1942) U.S. wins its first
Pacific battle by fighting entirely from the air and
destroying the Japanese navy.
 Battle
of Guadalcanal: First Japanese-held
territory conquered by the U.S.
 Battle of Leyte Gulf: Greatest naval battle
in history; vital to stop oil production.
 Battle of Iwo Jima: Japan is outnumbered;
clear victory
 Battle of Okinawa: Last obstacle to an
Allied invasion of the Japanese home
islands.
 Began bombing campaign in Tokyo
A
1941 top secret plan to develop the
first atomic bomb.
Combination of scientists and
physicists
• Albert Einstein
• Robert Oppenheimer
Presidential
• FDR
• Truman
approval
 Truman
warned Japanese that if they
didn’t surrender, they could expect a
“rain of ruin from the air”
•Enola Gay dropped
the first atomic
bomb on Hiroshima
on August 6, 1945
•The second was
dropped on
Nagasaki on August
9, 1945
Ground Temperature
7000F
Force Winds
980mph
Energy Released
20,000 tons of TNT
Buildings Destroyed
62,000
Killed Immediately
80,000 people
Dead by end of 1945
140,000 people
Total Deaths
220,000 people
Japan surrendered to General Douglas
MacArthur on September 2, 1945
"Should We continue to fight, it would not
only result in an ultimate collapse and
obliteration of the Japanese nation, but also
it would lead to the total extinction of human
civilization." -Emperor Hirohito
Allied
occupation of Japan
Removal of Japanese troops in China
Territories are reclaimed: Taiwan,
Korea (divided), Pacific Islands
Maintained by United Nations
SU gets control of Sakhalin and Kuril
Islands
 Was
dropping the Atomic Bomb the right thing
to do?
 You and your partner will be given various
primary sources about the atomic bomb and its
ethical/moral/strategic repercussions.
• One will read the pro arguments (FOR the A-bomb)
• One will read the con arguments (AGAINST the A-bomb)
 After
reading, divide a paper into two columns.
One side for pro arguments, and the other side
for con arguments.
 Discuss your readings with your partner and fill
in your chart.
After
evaluating both sides of the
atomic bomb argument:
Write a 3-5 sentence personal
statement on your opinion of the
Atomic bomb’s usage.
Be sure to EXPLAIN your argument
and back it up with evidence.
After everyone is finished, we will
discuss as a class.