Name: ______________________________________ Level 2 NotesDue Date___________________

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World War II- War in the Pacific

The Japanese in the Pacific

• By 1942 the _________________ controlled much of the Pacific

• US Navy (aircraft carriers) started to turn the tide at the ___________________________

Bataan Death March: April, 1942

April 9, 1942 Japan captures the ________________

76,000 prisoners [12,000 Americans] Marched ________ miles in the blazing heat to POW camps in

the Philippines.

Allied Counter-Offensive:

“_____________________________” invade Japan by capturing islands in the Pacific along the way

______________ code-talkers help US forces communicate without Japanese ________________

Battle of Midway Island:

June 4-6, 1942

American _______________________- Sink 4 Japanese Carriers

________________________ in the Naval war, U.S. now has control of the Skies

Japanese Kamikaze Planes:

The Scourge of the South Pacific

Kamikaze pilots

_______________ bombers

Battle of Iwo Jima

US Marines on Mt. _______________, Iwo Jima [Feb. 19, 1945]

The Beginning of the Atomic Age

Developed by the top-secret _________________ Project

Hiroshima – August 6, 1945

“______________” - dropped

by the _________________ on

Hiroshima

_________________ killed

immediately.

48,000 buildings destroyed.

100,000s died of radiation

poisoning & cancer later.

Nagasaki – August 9, 1945

“___________________”

Dropped on Nagasaki

________________ killed

immediately.

60,000 injured.

100,000s died of radiation poisoning

& cancer later.

V-J Day

V(ictory)-J(apan) Day (September 2, 1945)

Post War Yalta Conference – February 1945

Leaders of the three allied nations agreed to divide Germany into

zones of occupation controlled by the __________________

Poland and the Soviets in the East

The US and Britain in the West

The Division of Germany:

1945 – 1990

After World War II Germany was broken into four “zones of ______________________” Each of the major Allies, was given one piece _____________, the capital, was also split into four pieces

Creation of the United Nations

Currently 193 nations

What is the Purpose of the United Nations?

The Marshal Plan.

• channeled over ___________ billion to finance the ________________ recovery of Europe

• The Plan successfully sparked economic recovery

Nuremberg War Trials:

Members of the Nazi Party were charged with __________________________________