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- War In The Pacific
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Battle Of Midway
-U.S. Navy defeated Japanese. <br/>-Major turning point for U.S.<br/>-Americans broke Japanese radio code & surprised them. <br/>-U.S. adopted island hopping strategy & slowly worked their way to Japan.
Guadalcanal
-1st major Japanese target in U.S.<br/>-island hopping strategy.<br/>-Fought Japanese for over 6 months. <br/>-Eventually, Japanese gave up the islands. <br/>-U.S. (Allied) forces used this as a base to attack other imported Japanese target in the Pacific
Navajo Code Talkers
-U.S. military used Navajo Indians to send coded radio messages.<br/>-Japanese never able to break the coded messages.
Battles of Iwo Jima & Okinawa
-U.S. military able to take these 2 islands at a high cost.<br/>-Provided air bases for the U.S. to bomb Japan.
Atomic Bomb
-Manhattan Project was the U.S.'s secret program to build an atomic bomb.<br/>-J. Robert Oppenheimer- Lead scientist.<br/>-Took 3 years to develop a working bomb.
A-bomb Decision
-Invasion of Japan would be too costly.<br/>-President Truman- Warned to surrender.<br/>-1st bomb dropped on Hiroshima.<br/>-2nd bomb dropped on Nagasaki 3 days later.
VJ Day
-Aug. 14, 1945, Japan accepts U.S.'s terms for surrender.<br/>-Supreme Allied Commander in the Pacific, Douglas MacArthur accepted the surrender.