Today we are continuing to present presentations. First Duy presented on the Pacific Front. The Philippines Campaign was from 1941 to 1942. It was between the Philippines and Japan. Japan invaded the Philippines. The United States was allies with the Philippines. The Japanese took control of Manila and started the Death March. They marched the Filipinos and US people around the camp and made them work. It was kind of like a concentration camp. A lot of people died during the Death March. On February 4, 1945 U.S. forces entered Manila and completely recoverd the city within 3 weeks. Douglas MacArthur was one of the leading general against Japan. He led the recovery of Manila. The Battle of Coral Sea was another big battle. The bombing of Nagasake was started on the morning of August 9,1945. Even years after the bombing people kept dieing because of the radiation sickness. The Japanese Generals did not accept defeat because thet thought that the United States would not risk a million people by invading the Japanese homeland.
Ben is presenting next. He continued talking about the Pacific Front. Australia played a big role in the New Quinea Campaing. New Quinea was a big island north of Australia. It provided a lot of land for air and naval bases. Japan was trying to isolate the U.S was capturing Port Moresby in New Quinea. They did not want the United States to be so involved. Most of the people that died from Australia were POW's that were killed by the Japanese. A Kamikaze Attacks were suicide attacks that killed and destroyed enemy ships. They were used by the Japanese. A person would fly intentionally into a ship causing it to sink. They were effective, but could not change the end result of the war. 56% of Japan's ships were destroyed by submarines. We then cut off all of Japans oil imports.
Zach is now going to finish up the Pacific Front. It was the Allied Powers vs. Japan. The four main areas were China, Central Pacific, Southeast Asia, and the Southwest Pacific. Pearl Harbor was attacked in two waves. Japan expected us to fold, but we declared war the next day. There was a lot of submarine warfare on the Pacific Front. The Battle of Iwo Jima had a lot of gruesome battles. A lot of grenades and flamethrowers were used. The people fighting were in bunkers which caused additional casualities. The US forces eventually ended up winning. The Japanese were creating tunnels and they could fight underground. The Japanese would fight to the death and not give up.
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