PPT-Wartime Japan, 1931-1945

Meiji Restoration 1868 Emperor restored to power Creation of a modern nation state Getting to Empire Victory in SinoJapanese War 1895 Getting to Empire Victory in SinoJapanese War 1895. . [48]Barrow,letter,Feb.2,1931.[49]W.L.Barrow,lettertoD.C.Jackson,May23,1931,FilesofDepartmentofElectricalEngineeringandComputerScience,M.I.T.,Cambridge,MA.[50]Barrow,letter,May23,1931.[51]W.L.Barrow, Week 15, February 3. German destruction of Murmansk, 1943 . (. Yevgeny. . Khaldei. ). Germans losing the war. Battle of Kursk, summer 1943, last German offensive in the East . . Jews and other victims locked in the continent . Section 5: The War Ends . Warm-Up. Name all the times war on two fronts was used during WWII. What is the point?. Be complete. The Third Reich Collapses. The Battle of the Bulge. Allies advance towards German border . On December 7, 1941, Japan also attacked the islands of Wake, Guam and the Philippine Islands. .. The . Battle of Midway. was a major naval battle, widely regarded . as the most important of the Pacific Campaign of World War II. Winning WWII. The Allies, made up of . 26. nations including . America. , decided to crush Germany, then Italy and . Japan. .. On . June 6, 1944. , the Allies launched a massive invasion on . Nazi. occupied Europe, known as . The Battle of the Bulge. December 1944. Hitler’s desperate response to the advance of the Allied forces after D-Day. Attack came through the Ardennes Forest, intended target was Antwerp, Belgium. Splitting the Allied forces in half- forcing the British and Americans to ask for peace separate from the Soviets. From 1942 on, Germany could only hang on and try to exhaust its enemies, but their superior resources and increasingly skilled armies made the outcome first predictable and then inevitable. . This was a situation that Hitler created. Where the Allies had a clear strategic concept, he had none. . Ch. 17 Sec. 4. 2. Nazi’s Defeat. March 1945: Allies crossed Rhine from West, Soviets closed in on Berlin from East- met and shook hands at the Elbe River. In Italy- Guerrillas captured/executed Mussolini. The War in Europe. The War in Europe. The Big Three. FDR, Churchill, and Stalin. decided to defeat the . Nazis. before turning to the . Japanese. Stalin . wanted the Allies to open a . second front. Week 5. 1859 Arrival. . of. 黒船（. Kurofune. ): U.S. naval diplomatic expedition to Japan. Why the US?. Why Japan?. Commodore Matthew. . Calbraith. . Perry. Ryomaden. 10:38. 1859-1868 . 尊王攘夷 . Pacific offensives. After successfully conquering Guadalcanal the U.S. went on offensive. Island hopping strategy. Air and sea power were keys to victory in Pacific. U.S. adopted strategy of island hopping—seize only strategic Japanese held islands. II. 17-3. Terms and People. D-Day. − . June 6, 1944, the day Allied forces invaded France. Battle of the Bulge . −. German counterattack that failed, resulting in an Allied victory. Harry S. Truman . WWII. 1933-1945. Important Terms. Dictator-a leader who gains complete control of a country’s government. Fascism-a form of government in which individual freedoms are denied and complete power is given to the government. committed suicide. What was the code-name for the atomic bomb dropped on the city of Nagasaki. “Fat Man”. How much of Hiroshima was destroyed by “Little Boy” ?. 63 % of city. After the War, 22 .