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3.3: War in the Pacific

At the end of this lesson I know

How Japan started a war in South East Asia

What the effects were for the Dutch Indies

How World War 2 was ended in South East Asia by the Americans.

Japan's expansion

• Between December 1941 and June 1942, Japan was able to conquer most of Southeast Asia without much resistance from Western powers. 
• The Japanese were well trained in jungle warfare 

They conquered the British colonies Burma, Malaysia and Singapore and the American Philippines within six months after the attack on Pearl Harbour. 

Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies

Read in your TB and answer the questions:

1. Why did the Japanese invade the Dutch Indies?

2. How did they treat the western citizens and soldiers?

In 1945, the USA dropped 2 atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Look up how many people died.

Turningpoint

How did the allies fight back?

Reasons the USA used the atmomic bombs

1) Some Japanese soldiers would never surrender

2) The Soviet Union had declared war on Japan

3) ...

The atomic bombs were a brand new invention, never been used before. Think of another reason president Truman wanted to use these bombs.

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The atomic bombing

• The USA was unable to win the war. Firstly, they had learned that the Japanese would rather die fighting than surrender. 
• Germany had surrendered, the Soviet Union wanted to declare war on Japan as well. The Americans wanted to prevent this: They were afraid that the Soviet Union would spread communism in the Asian countries they liberated from Japan.

Sadako Sasiki

Nagasaki

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Get to work

1) Questions 3-12 (don't do 7 and 11) of 3.3

2) Bonus question on Lessonup

Name 3 things you've learned, 2 things you thought were interesting and 1 question you still have