Bellringer
D-Day invasion is significance because
A.The Axis Powers gained a powerful navy
and fortified positions.
B.The United States lost many aircraft
carriers and aircraft.
C.It was when the allied powers were put on
the defensive end of the war.
D.It was a were turning points that shifted
WWII in favor of the Allied Powers
Which action best illustrates the policy of isolationism
followed by the United States before it entered World War II?
A. signing of a collective security pact with Latin American
nations
B. passage of neutrality legislation forbidding arms sales to
warring nations
C. embargo on the sale of gasoline and steel to Japan
D. President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s exchange of American
destroyers for British naval and air bases
Bellringer
Use this time very wisely to finish your
map activity and 50D on the back of the
map
 Raise your hand if you have questions.
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Finish Map Activity- 20 minutes
TOTAL!
Day 3 – Pacific Front
Standards
 E.1.b. Identify the significant military and
political aspects of World War II
 E.1.e. Identify and evaluate the scientific and
technological developments in America during
and after World War II
Learning Targets
 U8T7- I can describe major strategies used
on the Pacific Front, including “island
hopping.”
 U8T8- I can discuss the importance of new
inventions on the Pacific Front during WWII
 U8T9- I can discuss the use of the Atomic
Bombs to end the war.
Imperial Japan
Japan saw the US
and others as a
threat to its
influence in Asia and
in 1940 the
Japanese began
developing plans to
destroy the US Navy
in Hawaii
 On Dec 7, 1941, the
Japanese attacked
Pearl Harbor
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In May 1940, the main part
of the US fleet was
transferred to Pearl Harbor
from the west coast
The Pacific Front

Island-hopping was the strategy the US adopted
for fighting in the Pacific.
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The idea was that through naval superiority,
the US forces could “hop” from island to
island across the pacific to create a chain of
supply bases to aid the war effort.
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You have all been divided into groups and will be
“hopping” from island to island (tables), reading
about significant events on the pacific front.
Island-Hopping Activity
What you need to do at
each table…
◦ Match one of your pictures
with the battle for that
table. (glue it down)
◦ Name of the Island
◦ Name and date of the
battle
◦ Why did we need this
island?
◦ What made this battle
different than others?
Create a scrapbook of the Pacific
Front You will have 10 minutes with each reading, at
which point you will ‘hop’ to the next island for
battle.
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During the war in the Pacific, what war
machine took over the battleship as the
most feared offensive tool?
◦ AirCraft Carrier
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Does this continue today?
◦ Yes, the United States has about 70
aircraft carriers in use today
A new kind of war…
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Japan was the first nation to begin centering its Naval
forces around Aircraft Carriers.
Aircraft Carriers are mobile command centers with
the ability to strike targets at a great distance
through air raids.
The most recent US Carrier cost $6.2 billion
5000-6000+ sailors on each, set for 70 day
deployments (standard)
Carriers
The US had been working on
the Manhattan project.
The project was creating an
atomic bomb.
This clock shows the time
the first
Atomic bomb was dropped
on
Hiroshima, Japan
The end of a War, the beginning
of a new age..
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Why did some officials object to dropping
the Bomb?
Before the bomb was dropped, what did
Truman ask for from Japan?
What was the damage of the two bombs on
Japan and its people?
When did Japan surrender? What is the
popular name for this day?
Which country lost the most lives in WWII?
How did Americans feel about the soldiers
of WWII?
Reading questions:
Answer in complete sentences on
the back of handout 8C
According to President Truman’s military
advisors, a full scale land invasion of
Japan would result in massive casualties.
 Truman knew the Atomic Weapons Project
Codename: Manhattan was a success and
the US was capable of using atomic
weaponry.

“The most terrible weapon ever
known in human history"
Instead of risking the lives
of American Soldiers,
Truman decided to use the
Atomic weapons on two
civilian targets, Hiroshima
and Nagasaki, to scare the
Japanese into
surrendering.
Hiroshima Nagasaki
Pre-raid
population
255,000
195,000
Dead
66,000
39,000
Injured
69,000
25,000
135,000
64,000
Total
Casualties
Dropping the Bomb