World War IIWorld War IIPart IIPart II

For 2,000 years Japan had never been defeated. There was no word for "surrender" in the Japanese dictionary.

And although the Japanese government never believed it could defeat the United States, it did intend to negotiate an end to the

war on favorable terms

War in the PacificWar in the Pacific

Rape of NankingRape of NankingThe Nanking Massacre, also known as the Rape of Nanking, was an episode of

mass murder and mass rape committed by Japanese troops against Nanking (China) 1937

Historians and witnesses have estimated that 250,000 to 300,000 people were killed.

War in the PacificWar in the PacificJapanese Empire – Japanese Empire – 19421942

War in the PacificWar in the Pacific

Battle of Battle of MidwayMidway

The Japanese fleet was taken by surprise

by the American planes

Forced the Japanese to Forced the Japanese to assume a defensive assume a defensive

strategystrategyMidway is roughly equidistant between North

America and Asia

““Island Hopping”Island Hopping”winning territory from Japan

Nearing JapanNearing Japan

•Iwo JimaIwo Jima (March 1945)

•OkinawaOkinawa (April 1945)

– Crucial for invading Japan– 75,000 American casualties

The Manhattan ProjectAtomic bombAtomic bomb

Albert EinsteinAlbert Einstein prompted FDR to build the weapon

J. Robert OppenheimerJ. Robert Oppenheimer scientist in charge of the project

What would you do?

1.Soviet Union approaching from the West

2.Japan would not surrender

3.Fighting on Mainland Japan might cost One Million American lives.

• In order to save American lives,

Harry Truman decided to drop an atomic

bomb on HiroshimaHiroshima– More than 60,000 dead from blast

NagasakiNagasaki– More than 35,000 dead from blast

Emperor HirohitoEmperor Hirohitosurrendered to the Allies in August 1945

V-J DayV-J Day

http://www.history.com/videos/atomic-bomb-ends-wwII#atomic-bomb-ends-wwII

WW IIWW IIOnly two “Winners”Only two “Winners”

United StatesUnited States:

A – Bomb meant U.S. stood alone in Power

Soviet UnionSoviet Union:

Emerged as a great power

Helped found the United NationsUnited Nations