Fighting World War II in the Pacific: 1941-1945 I. While the war was coming to an end in Europe, the Allies continued to fight the Japanese in the Pacific

Date ___________________ Pd ________

A. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the USA ________________________________ to the Pacific theater

B. The Battle of Midway, 1942

1. The Pacific war revealed a new kind of fighting by using ______________________________________________

2. The __________________________________ in the war in the Pacific came at the Battle of _____________________

3. After Midway, the Allies began to ___________________________________________ controlled by Japan

C. Japan did not play by traditional rules in war

1. “_____________________________” pilots flew planes into _______________________________ & aircraft carriers

2. Japanese soldiers refused to _______________________ & __________________________ Allied prisoners of war

D. Island Hopping Strategy

1. The problem for the Allies was the __________________ & _____________________ it would cost to retake the thousands of islands the Japanese controlled in the Pacific

2. The fight for ____________________________ took _______________________ & cost 25,000 Japanese & 2,000 U.S. lives

3. The U.S. developed an ___________________________________________ strategy to skip the heavily defended islands & seize islands close to Japan

4. From 1943 to 1945, the Allies took back the _________________________________ & were moving in on _____________

E. In 1945, the Allies won the islands of ________________________________ & Okinawa

1. From these islands, the U.S. began _______________________________________ Japanese cities

2. Despite losing control of the Pacific & withstanding firebomb attacks, Japan __________________ to __________________

3. By May 1945, the war in Europe was over & U.S. began preparing for a ___________________________________ of Japan