War Strategies

1. War Strategies

3. CORAL SEA/MIDWAY May and June of 1942 Stopped the Japanese advance West and began the American push back toward the mainland Four carriers and 300 planes destroyed

4. CORAL SEA/MIDWAY • May and June of 1942 • Stopped the Japanese advance West and began the American push back toward the mainland • Four carriers and 300 planes destroyed

5. MIDWAY

6. ISLAND HOPPING Developed by Admiral Chester Nimitz Allowed U.S. to bypass heavily fortified islands to those closer to Japan. Essentially worked to cut off supply lines to those islands held by Japanese

7. LEYTE GULF One of the largest naval battles of all time Introduced kamikaze pilots

8. IWO JIMA

9. OKINAWA Kamikazes inflict major damage 50,000 American casualties and 100,000 Japanese killed U.S. can reach mainland Japan

10. ATOMIC BOMB Dropped on Hiroshima August 6 & Nagasaki August 9 1945 Unconditional, formal surrender September 2, 1945

11. ATLANTIC THEATER

13. BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC Convey system used to protect allied ships from U-boats

14. NORTHERN AFRICA/ITALY Battle for Northern Africa begins in 1942 led by Eisenhower and Montgomery. Germans driven off Africa and retreat to Italy by May of 1943 Mussolini falls from power in 1943 and allies invade Italy in September of 1943 and stay there fighting until end of war May 1945

15. D-DAY June 6, 1944 Largest invasion by sea in history British Canadian, and French forces all contribute Paris falls by August By September German border crossed Battle of Bulge was last German offensive War ends with invasion of Berlin by the Soviets from the East and Americans from the West

16. Holocaust Rumors persisted since 1942 with the final solution actually decided in late 1941 Pictures of camp 6 million jews killed 12-13 million total