WWII Part 2

An air sea, and land invasion of the island of Japan

goal of island hopping

Admiral Chester Nimitz

commander of US Pacific Fleet

General Douglas MacArthur

commander of Allied land forces

Emperor Hirohito

emperor of Japan

Hideki Tojo

minister of war in Japan, prime minister

Isoroku Yamamoto

commander of the Japanese naval forces

death before dishonor

How did the Japanese view surrender?

Saipan/Suicide Cliff

cliff that 8,000 civilians jumped off rather than surrender to the US

the Battle of Midway

Japan's first major defeat in the Pacific , important airbase between Japan and US

Guadalcanal

the first territory that Japan lost

USS Yorktown

the only US aircraft sunk in the Battle of Midway

4

How many aircrafts did Japan lose in the BAttle of Midway?

Admiral Yamaguchi

admiral who chose to die with his ship the Hiryu

"I shall return."

What did MacArthur swear after being called to retreat from the Phillipines?

Corregidor

the Allied forces surrendered here in the Phillipines

Bataan Death March

death march in which POWS were sent on 65 miles, 1-1.5 week march, 10,000 POWS died, remaining were taken to concentration camps

The Battle of Leyte Gulf

battle that began the liberation of the Phillipines, the largest naval battle in history

Battle of Iwo Jima

battle that showed that island hopping was successful, but costly, involved tunnels and people digging into rock

Kill 10 Americans before you die

Because the Japanese couldn't win the fight at Iwo Jima they were told to do this

Mt. Suribachi

mountain where they took a famous photo at Iwo Jima upon capturing it, American flag

22,000

amount of Japanese people killed in Iwo Jima

6,800

amount of Americans killed in Iwo Jima

The Battle of Okinawa

the last battle in the "island hopping strategy"

Operation Iceberg

codename for the Battle of Okinawa

Desmond Doss

this religious pacifist/conscientious objector saved at least 75 men, chose to be a medic and refused to bear arms, he lifted injured people down with ropes, the first conscientious objector to earn the Medal of Honor"

12,500 killed

amount of US soldiers killed at Okinawa

120,000

amount of Japanese soldiers killed at Okinawa

42,000

amount of Okinawans killed at Okinawa

kamikaze

suicide pilots, called pilots of the divine wind

samurai

these types of soldiers were part of Japanese history and used as propaganda to get people to be loyal to the country to the point of death

Firebombs

Before bombing Japan with atomic bombs, they used this type of bombs, killed more people than the atomic bombs

napalm

gasoline mixed with jelly

August 6, 1945

Hiroshima was bombed on this day

August 9, 1945

Nagasaki was bombed on this day

V2

first ballistic missile

Berlin

What city were the atomic bombs originally meant for?

The Manhattan Project

project to create the atomic bomb

The Yalta Conference

conference in which Churchill, Roosevelt, and STalin met, Stalin agreed to help in the Pacific after the war in Europe was over

The Potsdam conference

during this conference the US tested the atomic bomb

Trinity

the first atomic bomb test was called this

Little Boy

Hiroshima bomb nicknamed this

Fat Man

Nagasaki bomb nicknamed this

The Hiroshima Peace Museum

this museum was made to remember the atomic bombings of Hiroshima

1. Carry out the invsaion of Japan without Russia

2. Carry out the invasion of Japan with Russia

3. Use the bombs

4. Demonstrate

5. accept conditional surrender

Truman's five options to end the war.