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Bataan Death March
After Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, Japan attacked American airfields in the
Philippines
and landed their troops in the islands.
The commander of the Americans and Filipinos defending the Philippines, General Douglas
mac Acthur
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He surrendered 15.000
march to the prison camp 9
retreated to the Bahan
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Peninsula.
men. The surrendered troops were forced to
miles away
Thousands died on the way
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starvation
Doolittle Raid
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Disease, murder
organized a
In response to the attack on Pearl Harbor, James Doolittic
bombing
The Doolittle Raid had two major goals: 4. Boost
Pearl Harbor. 2. Expose the Japanese vulnerabil
mission on Johyo Japan called the Doolittle Raid.
Turning Point in the Pacific
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June 1942- Battle of mid
Pacific
ormidway
vulnerability
American morale after
to attack.
was the
•Turning
to capture
This stopped the Japanese advance into the Pacific.
- General Douglas MacArthur's troops used island happing
in the
lightly-defended islands throughout the Pacific, one by one, until they had "HOPPED" their way
towards
•
an
This would get the U.S. within
MacArthur Returns
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Striking
distance of Japan.
In Oct. of 1944 PHILLIPINES, the U.S. retook the philippines
Battle of Leyte Gulf.-largest naval battle in history and the first time the Japanese used
Kam haze attacks - Douglas MacArthur returns and
liberates the Allied POWS
wo
Jima & Okinawa The U.S. fought Japan on numerous islands
including Okinawa and Iwo Jima
.
These islands were used to launch aerial assaults
on Japan. This was the first time an
over Japanese cila
invaders
nag


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