HISTORY NOTES
- Japan was fighting a defense 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 return. and was very successful. many islands in the Philippines would be attacked (island hopping)-skipping some islands mainly to get resources his 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 Philippians for the first part.
- battle of Philippians 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 - USA
- loses 340
- Aircraft Carrier USS Yorktown
- Destroyer USS hammann
- 145 aircraft
Imperial Japanese Navy Losses
- 3057 killed
- 4 carriers lost.
- Aircraft carrier akagi
- Kaha
- Soryu
- Hiryu
- Mikuma
Yalta Conference
- February, 1945
- Stalin, Churchill, FDR
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