The Path to Victory in the Pacific

Who was Douglas MacArthur?

was in charge of defenses on the philippines, ordered out and vowed to return

What was Bataan?

where the philippine defenders retreated too, ended up losing to starvation and illness as well as the japanese, results in a death march

When was the Doolittle Raid?

april 18th, 1942

What was the Doolittle Raid?

16 b-25’s take off from hornet and bomb tokyo

When was the Battle of the Coral Sea?

may 4th-8th, 1942

Why is the Battle of the Coral Sea historically significant?

first time in naval history where the ships never saw each other

Who won the Battle of the Coral Sea? Why was this important?

the us gave japan a strategic defeat, they called of the landings for port moresby and went to northern new guinea

Which Japanese leader wanted to attack Midway all along?

yamamoto

Why did Japan want Midway?

would seal the keyhole to their empire

Who was in command of the Japanese force at Midway?

nagumo

What was a mistake that the Japanese made that was supposed to be a diversionary attack?

attacking the aleutians

What happened at Midway?

japanese attack and shred midway, decide they need another wave, while rearming the us dive bombers show up and obliterate them

Why was Midway significant for the war in the Pacific?

it was the turning point

When does the 1st Marine Division land on Guadalcanal?

august 7th, 1942

Why did the US take Guadalcanal?

airstrip

What gave the Americans the advantage in the Solomons?

henderson field

What did Japan lose at Guadalcanal?

22k men, 15 ships, and 860 aircraft

Why were the Marianas an important target for the US?

gave them an airstrip withing bomber range of tokyo

What did the US capture in the summer of 1944

guam, tinian, and saipan

What is the Saipan Ratio?

the 2:1 ratio of casualties

What was the Marianas “Turkey Shoot”

japan sends aircraft carriers to fight, lose 450 planes with americans only losing 29

How many Japanese ships and planes were used in the Marianas? How many for the US? How many did Japan lose? The US?

9 carriers with 450 planes, 15 carriers with 1000 planes, lose 450 and three carriers with four more damaged, lost 29

When did MacArthur finally return to the Philippines?

october 1944

What force has to go up against the Japanese center force at Leyte Gulf?

taffy 3

How many Japanese defend Leyte? How many Americans attack it?

45K, 200K

When do the Americans move into Luzon?

january 1945

What was Executive Order 9066

ordered internment of japanese-americans