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Assignment:
1. Summarize Japanese strategy early in WWII. Be sure to include the following information in your answer:
-Reasons as to why the Japanese wanted to establish an empire in Southeast Asia.
-Why the Japanese meet with initial success?
2. Explain how the Battles of Midway and the Coral Sea changed the momentum of WWII.
3. What strategy did the USA use when advancing through the Pacific?
-Why was it not important to capture every Japanese-held island?
4. How did the Battles of the Philippine Sea and Leyte further change the course of the war in the Pacific?
5. As the Japanese began losing the war in the Pacific, they began relying on desperate tactics. Give two examples of these tactics and explain them.
6. What was the purpose of the firebombing of Japanese cities by the US Air Force? What negative side effects did the firebombing have?
7. The United States of America is the only country in the world to use an atomic bomb in the course of war.
-What cities did the USA drop atomic bombs on at the end of WWII? When did these two bombings occur?
-What reasons did the USA have for using the atomic bomb?
-In your opinion, was the use of the atomic bomb justified? Why or why not?
8. In regards to the Soviet Union, what other reasons might the USA have had for using the atomic bomb?
Hint: You won't find this in the background reading, but you should be able to reason it out.
9. What happened to Japan after WWII?
-What consequences did Japan face?
-How did the status of the emperor change?