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After Pearl Habor
- Japan attacked Clark field in the Philippines
- Japan invaded the Philippine Islands and take them from the U.S.
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Fall of the Philippines
- Japan attacked after Pearl Harbor
- U.S. and Filipino troops held out for 4 months
- FDR orders Mac Arthur to escape to Australia
- 76,000 forced to surrender
- 2,000 escaped to Corrigidor and fought for another month
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Bataan Death March
- 76,000 POW's were forced to march 60 miles(6-12 days)
- POW's were already sick and weak from malnutrition
- At least 10,000 died
- The slow POW's were executed
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Battle of Coral Sea
- May 1942
- Aircraft carrier battle
- Both sides lose Carrier
- U.S. halted the Japanese
- Prevented Japanese takeover of Australia
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Battle of Midway
- June 4, 1942
- Fought entirely in the air
- U.S. caught Japanese loading bombs onto planes
- U.S. destroyed 4 carriers
- Ended Japanese ability too launch offensive operations
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Island Hopping
- In 1943, the U.S, began driving the Japanese back
- Attacked going from island to island
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Battle of Leyte Gulf
- 1944
- U.S. retakes the Philippines
- Greatest naval battle in history
- Mac Arthur's dramatic return
- Over 200 warships
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Okinawa
- Last obstacle between the U.S. forces and Japan
- April 1945 completed in June
- 110,000 Japanese killed, 11,000 captured
- 325 miles from Japan
- U.S. used the island for bombing missions against Japan
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Manhattan Project
- The scientific effort to build an atomic bomb
- July 16, 1945 first atomic bomb was tested
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- August 6, 1945
- 140,000 died in the explosion or within months from the burns or radiation
- 90% of the buildings were damaged or totally destroyed
- Nagasaki was bombed 3 days later
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Why we used a-bomb?
- To force Japanese surrender without invasion of Japan
- Would have been millions of Japanese civilian deaths
- Maybe a many as 1 million U.S. soldier deaths
- Truman said "you should do your weeping at Pearl Habor"
- It did end the war! August 14 V-J Day
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