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Battles of the Pacific
Libertyville HS
WWII In China
Initial Japanese Victories
Mistreatment of POWs
• “Bataan Death March”– Philippines: 75k POWs
marched 90 miles– 54k reached prison
camps– Casual beheadings,
shootings, gutting, bayoneting, rifle butt beatings along the way
– Minimal food / water
POWs During the March
Burial Detail, POW Camp
Battle of Coral Sea
Large explosion aboard USS Lexington
Battle of Midway
USS Yorktown, Hit by Torpedo
Douglas TBD-1 Devastator
Battle of Guadacanal
Guadalcanal Landings
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Kamikaze
Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle for Okinawa
Hiroshima / Nagasaki
Hiroshima
Hiroshima / Nagasaki