- Japan was fighting a defensive war, moving a lot of resources into the territory
- MacArthur made a lot of errors- he was a US general, he was told by FDR to leave because he put a lot of lives on the line. He said "I will Return" eventually he did, and was very successful. Many islands in the Philipeans would be attacked (island hopping)-skipping some islands mainly to get resources. This was MacArthur tactic
- POW's sort equipment for the Japanese before the death march
- Baton death march..Americans surrendered in the Baton area. the Japanese general said everyone needed to surrender or they would continue to fight. POW- prisoners of war.
- Baton Death March. a lot of POW's had to march to a naval bases for japan ( kind of like the trail of tears) The people were not taken care of at all.
- The Japanese. was winning the battle of philipeans for the first part.
- battle of philipeans: united states was defeated, we won in 1944 when we pulled ourselves together.
Battle of midway:
- They knew the Japanese attack was coming because they decoded a message: magic. Midway was fought over because it was right in the middle of our naval base, and japan's.
- most men in the battle died, and not one torpedo successfully hit a target.
- the US lost 340 men. Many of the men were torpedo bombers
- Japan lost 3,057 men.
- The Japanese lost all 4 carriers
- this was the turning point in the war against japan, after this they were not aggressive, just defennsive
Yalta Conference-with FDR, Churchill, Stalin (the big 3) 1945
- Germany would be broken up into 4 occupation zones (US, GB, France, USSR), Stalin promised free elections in eastern Europe, and to join the war against japan after the war with Germany was over. They would have a conference at San Francisco to set up united nations
Potsdam conference-July 1945
- temporarily divide Vietnam at the 17th parallel, Japan would surrender to GB in the South and China in the North
- Germany wanted to demilitarization, denazification, democratization
- Germany would divide into 4 occupation zones
- prosecution of Nazi war criminals
- reverse all German annexations
- Reduce Germany by 25%
- remove German populations beyond eastern borders of Germany
- destruct German industries that made war materials
- Poland was recognized as being communistic
- If japan did not surrender they would face prompt and utter destruction, 3 days later bombs were dropped. (Hiroshima)
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