December 7, 1941

December 7, 1941

4 Battleship Sunk 4 Battleships Incapacitated

3 Cruisers Damaged

2 Destroyers Sunk 1 Damaged

2,459 Dead 1282 Wounded

343 Aircraft Destroyed or Damaged

How Many Aircraft Carriers? None – All 7 Active Aircraft Carriers Still in Commission

“We won a great tactical victory at Pearl Harbor and thereby lost the war.” ----Admiral Tadachai

Japanese Moved Quickly to Capitalize on Advantage

Strategy Then turned Defensive

Concentric Ring Defense

BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA MAY 4-8, 1942 Japanese Invasion of Port Morseby Thwarted First Battle in Which Two Fleets Fought Without Ever Seeing Each Other

BATTLE OF MIDWAY JUNE 4-7, 1942DECISIVE US VICTORY TURNING POINT OF WAR IN THE PACIFIC

•4 JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIERS

•1 HEAVY JAPANESE CRUISER

•1 AMERICAN AIRCRAFT CARRIER

•1 US DESTROYER

•3057 JAPANESE DEAD

•307 US DEAD

GUADALCANAL AND ISLAND HOPPING STRATEGYNOVEMBER 1942- FEBRUARY 1943Escalating Battle of Attrition

Transition To Offensive Operations By Allies

Casualties:US

7100 Killed29 Ships

615 AircraftJapan

31,000 Killed1000 Captured

38 Ships 880 Aircraft

1943 Island Hopping Toward Japan – Tarawa Island November 20-23, 1943

Casualties:US

1000 Killed2296 Wounded

Japan4,854 of 5,000 Killed

17 Captured

BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF, PHILLIPINES23 -26 October, 1944 LARGEST NAVAL BATTLE IN HISTORY

•Last time Battleships Ever Engaged in Battle With Each Other

•First Time Kamikaze Pilots used in Battle

FIRST KAMIKAZE ATTACK : ST LOUIS

JAPANESE LOSSES : 4 Aircraft Carriers

3 Battleships 9 Cruisers

12 Destroyers Many 100s of Planes

IWO JIMA February March 1945

Casualties:US

6822 Killed19,217 Wounded

Japan18,375 Killed34 Captured

OKINAWA April – June, 1945

Casualties:US

12,513 Killed38,916 Wounded

33,096 Non Combat Casualties

Japan110,000 Killed

7,400 CapturedCivilians

42,000-150,000Killed

WHAT COST TO INVADE WHAT COST TO INVADE JAPAN?JAPAN?

Joint Chiefs of Staff Estimated Us Casualties Would Be 268,000 US Dead From An Invasion Force of 766,000. They Recommended Relaxing the Unconditional Surrender Policy of the United States in Hopes the Japanese Would Sue For Peace.

Country Population

Military Deaths

Civilian Deaths

Total Deaths

% of Population

Italy 44,394,000

416,800 145,100 457,000 1.0%

Britain 47,760,000

383,600 67,100 450,700 1.0 %

Germany 69,310,000

4,456,000 700,000 5,316,000 9.9%

USSR 168,524,000

10,700,000

14,154,000

23,954,000

14%

USA 131,028,000

416,800 1,700 418,500 .32%

TOTAL DEATHS WWII

1939 BEGINS