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SETTING THE STAGESETTING THE STAGE
Two Fronts – ◦European Theater ◦Pacific Theater
Pacific, The Battle of Midway – June 1942,
Europe, Battle of the Atlantic 1941-1945
Philippine ColonyPhilippine Colony
Day after Pearl Harbor Japanese take the
Philippines. No hope of reinforcements for U.S. troops there.
Bataan Death March
THE FALL OF THE PHILIPPINESTHE FALL OF THE PHILIPPINES
Eventually, troops were forced to surrender. Horrible conditions.
Troops were forced to march 65 miles to a Japanese POW Camp. Over 10,000 men perish.
THE DOOLITTLE RAID ON TOKYOTHE DOOLITTLE RAID ON TOKYO
Early1942, U.S. want to do something.
FDR orders LT. COL James Doolittle to undertake a suicide mission.
Plan to bomb Tokyo – little actual damage but big psychological blow to Japanese
Huge moral lift for U.S.A
THE BATTLE OF CORAL SEATHE BATTLE OF CORAL SEAAfter Doolittle Raid, Japan
realizes it must crush American fleet.
Thanks to code breakers, US is able to keep supple lines open to Australia.
Fleets meet in the Battle of Coral Sea. 1st naval battle fought completely with air power.
THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY: THE TURNING THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY: THE TURNING POINT IN POINT IN PACIFIC THEATERPACIFIC THEATER
Code breakers lure Japanese into trap at Midway.
The Japanese end up losing 4 carriers, 100s of planes = Never recover.
Now Japanese on defensive – US on offensive.
STOPPING THE GERMANSSTOPPING THE GERMANS
In 1942, Nazi invasion of USSR devastating – Stalin demands action by US
Operation Torch – US invades North Africa Success will mean moving on to “soft underbelly” Sicily and Italy.
THE STRUGGLE FOR N. AFRICATHE STRUGGLE FOR N. AFRICAGeneral Patton leads US forces in
Morocco. Capture Casablanca. German General Erwin Rommel (Desert
Fox) stops US advance in Tunisia.Finally, combined British and American
forces defeat Germans at El Alamein in 1943.