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Aerial battle between planes launched from carriers
No clear winner in the battle – but the U.S. did block the invasion of Australia -
Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle led 16 bombers in an attack on Tokyo and other cities
Attack did little damage, but boosted American morale by showing Japan U.S. would fight back Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle -
Naval battle around Midway Island in the Central Pacific
U.S. destroyed 4 Japanese carriers and 250 planes
First time code-talkers used.
Turning point in the Pacific war -
Japan controlled Pacific and attacked Philippines
Pushed U.S./Filipino troops from Manila to Bataan Peninsula
FDR ordered Gen. Douglas MacArthur to Australia
American/Filipino POW’s forced to march 60 miles without food or water
Thousands die -
Battle of Guadalcanal, series of World War II land and sea clashes between Allied and Japanese forces on and around Guadalcanal, one of the southern Solomon Islands, in the South Pacific. Along with the naval Battle of Midway (June 3–6, 1942), the fighting on Guadalcanal marked a turning point in favor of the Allies in the Pacific War. -
Battle of Leyte Gulf, decisive air and sea battle of World War II that crippled the Japanese Combined Fleet, permitted U.S. invasion of the Philippines, and reinforced the Allies’ control of the Pacific. In the end, the United States won. -
Strategic location- bombers could reach Japan
February 1945- 6,000+ U.S. troops killed at Iwo Jima
(worst in the Pacific at that time)
Victory marked by the raising of the U.S. flag atop Mt. Suribachi -
Delegates of fifty nations met in San Francisco, California, USA, between 25 April and 26 June 1945 at the United Nations Conference on International Organization. Working on the Dumbarton Oaks proposals, the Yalta Agreement, and amendments proposed by various governments, the Conference agreed upon the Charter of the United Nations and the Statute of the new International Court of Justice. -
After the war, Allied powers—United States, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union—came together to form the International Military Tribunal (IMT). From 1945 to 1946, Nazi Germany leaders stood trial for crimes against peace, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and conspiracy to commit any of the foregoing crimes. -
WWII still going on when the Conference meets
Divide Germany and Berlin between England, France, USA, USSR
Stalin promises FREE ELECTIONS in eastern Europe and help w/ Japan after European war is over -
Every aspect of the Japanese surrender on board the USS Missouri was carefully choreographed, with one eye on the past and another on the future. -
Hiroshima: 70,000 killed immediately
• 48,000 buildings destroyed
• 100,000s died of radiation
poisoning cancer later Nagasaki: 40,000 killed immediately
• 60,000 Japanese injured
• 100,000s died of radiation
poisoning cancer later. -
Occupation of Japan, military occupation of Japan by the Allied Powers after its defeat in World War II. Theoretically an international occupation, in fact it was carried out almost entirely by U.S. forces under Gen. Douglas MacArthur. -
U.S. attacks
Okinawa
• Japanese defend island
fiercely- 1,900+
Kamikazes
• Last hurdle before U.S.
would invade Japan
• Fighting lasts until June
21, 1945
• 7,600+ Americans died
• 110,00 Japanese died