WW2 #10: Pacific Theater of

War 1. What event brings

the US into WW2?

2. Who attacked the US at that event?

3. What was the date of this event?

Japan• Attacks US

territories in the Pacific:– Guam, Wake

Island & Philippines

• Attack British territories in Pacific

• Conquer Singapore, Indonesia, Burma & more

• Claimed it was creating an “Asia for Asians”

• But were very brutal towards the ppl they conquered

It looked like the

Japanese couldn’t

lose!

Battle of Midway: June 3 – 6, 1942• Island w/American airfield• J wanted to destroy US planes & planned

a surprise attack BUT US decoded the plan – knew what was coming

• J attacks! But US planes are waiting in the distance

• US surprises J – destroy planes & aircraft carriers

• J loses! Shows that they can be defeated!

Battle of Guadalcanal: Aug 7, 1942 – Feb 1943

• J building air base on Guadalcanal (island)• US attacks• J loses calling it “the Island of Death”

– 23,000 / 36,000 J soldiers will die• American journalist said this, “Hell was furry

red spiders as big as your fist, giant lizards as long as your leg, leeches falling from trees to suck blood…Hell was the sour, foul smell of the squishy jungle, humidity that rotted a body within hours…Hell was an enemy…”

• These 2 battles in the Pacific give Allies 2 major victories

Folding Timeline Rough Draft - Keep this!

Invasion of Poland (notes #2 or Ch 16, S1)DATE:

Summary: Who invaded who? Military strategy? Who wins?

Significance: Why does this matter? What does it lead to?

Invasion of France (notes #4 or Ch 16, S1)May – June 1941

Summary: Who invaded who? Military strategy? Who wins?

Significance: Why does this matter? What does it lead to?

Invasion of USSR (notes #6 or Ch 16, S1)DATE:

Summary: Who invaded who? Military strategy? Who wins?

Significance: Why does this matter? What does it lead to?

Munich Conference (Ch 15, S4)DATE:

Summary: Who meets with who? What do they discuss? What is decided at this meeting?

Significance: Why does this matter? What does it lead to?