Turning the Tide War in the Pacific 1941-1942 Halting the Tide of the Rising Sun Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal.

Presentation on theme: "Turning the Tide War in the Pacific 1941-1942 Halting the Tide of the Rising Sun Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal."— Presentation transcript:

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2 Turning the Tide War in the Pacific 1941-1942

3 Halting the Tide of the Rising Sun Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal

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6 The Rising Sun Strikes Uncle Sam

7 December 7 th, 1941, a date which will live in infamy.

8 Japanese Carrier Fleet strikes American Pacific Fleet

9 Japanese Strike From the North of Oahu

10 Japanese Air Assault on Battleship Row

11 Commander of the United States Pacific Fleet Admiral Chester A. Nimitz named as CINC PACFLEET. Replaces Admiral Husband Kimmel after the destruction of the naval forces at Pearl Harbor.

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13 The Battle of the Philippines December 1941-May 1942 Japanese objective to seize the Philippines from U.S. –U.S. not be able to use as base of operations against Japanese in the Pacific

14 United States Surrender U.S. forces commanded by General Douglass MacArthur Americans cut off from any assistance Largest military surrender in United States History

15 Bataan Death March

16 “I SHALL RETURN MacArthur ordered to evacuate MacArthur opposes the order because he has to leave thousands of troops in the Philippines to be captured by the Japanese Vows to return

17 AMERICA STRIKES BACK

18 Doolittle Raid

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21 Battle of the Coral Sea

22 May 7 & 8, 1942 Japanese Operation MO Seize Tulagi in the Solomons and Port Moresby in New Guinea in order to cut off and eventually invade Australia. Japanese Carrier task force to protect invasion force from American carriers

23 Task Force 17 Naval intelligence cracked Japanese naval codes & informed Nimitz of Japanese operation. Nimitz orders American carriers Yorktown and Lexington to intercept and engage Japanese forces in Coral Sea

24 ‘Scratch One Flattop’ The Battle of the Coral Sea Begins American carrier aircraft engage the Japanese light carrier Shoho

25 The Battle of the Coral Sea

26 Battle of the Coral Sea

27 American planes sink Japanese carrier Shoho

28 The sinking of “the Lady Lex.”

29 Yorktown, heavily damaged returns to Pearl Harbor for repairs

30 Battle of Midway Battle of Midway, June 2-4, 1942

31 Operation MI Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto devises an operation to lure American carriers into a trap and destroy them. This would be followed by invasion force to capture Midway Island which used to subjugate the Hawaiian islands.

32 Where was Doolittle Raid launched? Midway?

33 Japanese Operation

34 AF American Naval intelligence aware of major Japanese operation to attack and seize ‘AF’ What was ‘AF?’ Intelligence determines ‘AF’ is Midway. Nimitz plans to launch surprise on Japanese fleet.

35 American Carrier Task Force Sent North of Midway Islands

36 Japanese Attack Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Islands

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38 ‘Strawberry 5’ scout plane detects Japanese Carrier Task Force

39 The Battle of Midway ‘Carrier Duel to the Death’

40 Death blow to the Japanese Carrier Fleet

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43 The Battle of Midway

44 Battle of Guadalcanal

45 Naval Battle Around Guadalcanal