17.3 Overview

War in the Pacific

1.  The attack at ________________ missed American subs and _______________.

2.  Our first wartime goal was to defeat _____________ and then __________.

3.  March 1942, Japan captured: ____________________ and

4. _______________ was ordered to retreat.

5. Thousands left behind were forced on a death march to __________________.

6.  ____________________ flew raids over Tokyo.

7.  The battle of _________________ stopped Japan's drive toward _________________.

8.  The battle of ________________________ was the turning point in the Pacific.

9. We arrived first thanks to _____________________ identifying the site of the next attack.

10. Japan lost much of their _________________.

11. ___________________ in the Solomon Islands was a bloody _____________ month long battle.

12. The battle of _______________liberated the Philippines.

13.  _______________, a volcanic island, was close enough to serve as a _______________ for invation of Japan.

14.  ___________________, the outer island, fierce fighting cost 7,000 US and _________________ Japanese lives.

15. _______________________ dropped the atom bomb over __________________.

16.  Truman decided to use the atom bomb to __________________________________.

17. A second bomb was dropped on __________________ 3 days later.

18. At the _______________ conference, Stalin promised to help the US _______________ and to hold free _____________ in East Europe.

19. 24 Nazis put on trial at ___________________ for war crimes all said they were just ________________. __________ # were sentenced to death.

20.  __________________________ led the occupation of Japan for ____________ years.

21. Make a timeline for the following events:
Okinawa, Guadalcanal, Yalta Conference, Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Death of Tojo, Nuremberg Trials,
Midway, Coral Sea, Leyte Gulf, Surrender of Japan, Mac Arthur's return, Japan's capture of the Philippines, Doolittle Raids, Iwo Jima.

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