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Week of March 27-31

Posted by 1Kara on March 28, 2017 at 8:51am

Monday: no school

Tuesday: notes

USS Arizona Memorial

  1. The names of the Arizona's dead are engraved on a white marble wall at the memorial 

Remember Pearl Harbor

  1. This was one of the most patriotic songs during WWII
  2. It was played at family and religious gatherings throughout the country 

Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?

  1. After Japan invaded French Indochina in 1940, US stopped trading oil with Japan
  2. Japan signed the Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact in April, 1941 guaranteeing that Japan and USSR would not go to war
  3. Japan realized they needed US trade to be successful in war
  4. Only way to force US' hand was to hit them hard in a surprise attack forcing them out of the war
  5. Japan knew that this plan was a huge risk, but thought it was the only way to defeat US
  6. Plan backfired
    1. Instead, Japan "awoke a sleeping giant" 

Backdoor to War Conspiracy

  1. We took a hard line stance to Japan
  2. Conspiracy theorists believed we did not have to do this
  3. People believed FDR wanted to get Japan to attack to unite our country behind the war effort 

Wednesday: notes

Vocab

Atomic Bomb dropping on Hiroshima 

Francis Mitsuo Tomosawa

Thursday: notes

December 8, 1941--US declares war on Japan 

FDR's War Message

  1. Pearl Harbor was not the only area Japan attacked on December 7
  2. "Yesterday the Japanese Government also launched an attack against Malaya"
  3. "Last night Japanese forces attacked Hong Kong"
  4. "Last night Japanese forces attacked Guam"
  5. "Last night Japanese forces attacked the Philippine Islands"
  6. "Last night the Japanese attacked Wake Island"
  7. "This morning the Japanese attacked Midway Island"

Bataan Death March-Philippines (1942)

  1. Up to 10,000 Filipino and 650 American prisoners-of-war died during the march

Doolittle's Raid (April, 1942)

  1. Air raid by the US on Japan's capital, Tokyo. 
  2. Revenge on Japan to show that we were still in the war 

Battle of Coral Sea

  1. 1st turning point in Pacific 
  2. Battle between aircraft carriers and airplanes 
  3. Ended in stalemate--neither side won
  4. Both sides lost a considerable amount of aircraft carriers and airplanes 

Battle of Midway

  1. June 1942
  2. Major turning point in Pacific 
  3. Midway had airport runways
  4. Helped get us closer to Japan

Island-hopping

  1. Going from island to island
  2. We skipped over some islands and would eventually come back 
  3. Eventually people on islands will surrender 
  4. Focus on more strategically important islands 

Guadalcanal

  1. August, 1942--February, 1943
  2. Most famous battle of Solomon Island chain

Kamikazes

  1. Japanese aircraft loaded with explosives and making a deliberate suicidal crash on an enemy target

Battle of Leyte Gulf (Philippines)

  1. Largest naval battle of WW2

MacArthur's Return to the Philippines

Iwo Jima

  1. Where US raised flag on Mount Suribachi 
  2. February-March, 1945
  3. 6,821 US deaths at Iwo Jima

Friday: notes

Battle of Okinawa

  1. April-June, 1945
  2. Tough fighting 
  3. US wins

Preparing for the Invasion of Japan

  1. Operation Downfall
  2. Planned for October 1945
  3. Estimated to have over 1 million casualties
  4. Estimated to have 267,000 deaths

The Manhattan Project

  1. Code name for process of developing the atomic bomb
  2. 1939-1945
  3. July 16, 1945
    1. Trinity Test
    2. In New Mexico
    3. Thought it was good spot to test bomb

Enola Gay

  1. B29 Superfortress Bomber
  2. Best bomber of WW2

Hiroshima Bombing

  1. Bomb was made with uranium
  2. Called "Little Boy"

Nagasaki Bombing

  1. Bomb was called "Fat Man"
  2. Bockscar--name of bomber plane 

VJ Day

  1. Victory in Japan day
  2. August 14/15, 1945 (Official UK)
  3. September 2, 1945 (Official for US)
    1. When Japan officially signed surrender on USS Missouri 

Potsdam Conference

  1. July, 1945
  2. On July 26, the US, Great Britain, Soviet Union and China issued the Potsdam Declaration
  3. Announced the terms for Japan's surrender
  4. "We will not deviate from them. There are no alternatives."

Potsdam Declaration

  1. July, 1945
  2. Dismantle the current government of Japan
    1. Excluding Emperor Hirohito
  3. The Allies (US) will occupy Japan
  4. Japan will consist only of the major islands. It will lose all terrritory gained in WWII and years leading up to it
    1. Honshu
    2. Hokkaido
    3. Kyushu
    4. Shikoku
  5. Japanese military forces will be disarmed and allowed to return home
  6. There will be war crimes trials for the atrocities committed by Japan throughout WWII
  7. Democracy will be promoted as well as Freedom of speech, religion and of thought, as well as respect for fundamental human rights
    1. Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
  8. Japan will be allowed to have industry so they can make money to pay for reparation
    1. World trade will also be enabled at some point
  9. Allied(US) occupation of Japan (1945-1952) will end once Japan accomplishes all the above points
  10. "We call upon the government of Japan to proclaim now the unconditional surrender of all Japanese armed forces, and to provide proper and adequate assurances of their good faith in such action. The alternative for Japan is prompt and utter destruction."  -President Harry Truman
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