HITLER’S FINAL MOMENTS • http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYyWDcpPPKc
HITLER’S FINAL MOMENTS• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYyWDcpPPKc
FIGHTING IN PACIFIC• Island Hopping- U.S. military used a strategy of
capturing some Japanese-held islands but going around others.
• First- American ships would bombard the island
• Next- Soldiers would wade ashore under heavy gunfire
• Last- Soldiers would fight hand-to-hand against Japanese soldiers.
FIGHTING IN THE PACIFIC• Navajo Code Talkers- Navajo soldiers were used to
communicate.
• Spoke in native language so Japanese could not translate messages.
BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF• This was the last, largest, and most decisive naval engagement in the
Pacific.
• Battle was a disaster for the Japanese
• After this battle, the Japanese Navy would no longer seriously threaten the Allies
KAMIKAZE• Japanese leaders taught an ancient code known as bushido, or
way of the warrior.
• Emphasized loyalty, honor, and sacrifice…Never surrender!
• Kamikazes- Japanese pilots, would fly directly into U.S. ships and sacrifice themselves for the cause.
ATTACK ON JAPAN• U.S. was now ready to move on to the Japanese mainland.
• Truman, Churchill, and Stalin met at Potsdam, Germany.
• At this meeting they discussed dropping the Atomic bomb, the Potsdam Declaration.
• Japan did not realize the power the A-Bomb would have.
Crew that dropped bomb over Hiroshima
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKFsZ-2Z21c http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-WnLNLe3sk