https://padlet.com/ryan_mcgie/TheWarInThePacific December 1941-September 1945 en-us 2016-06-07 23:26:23 UTC 2024-10-16 06:50:09 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Watchclock.png ryan_mcgie https://padlet.com/ryan_mcgie/TheWarInThePacific/wish/114009570 Japan signs a formal declaration of surrender on 2 September 1945]]> 2016-06-07 23:35:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ryan_mcgie/TheWarInThePacific/wish/114009570 ryan_mcgie https://padlet.com/ryan_mcgie/TheWarInThePacific/wish/114009727 US planes drop atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with devastating effect. The Japanese Emperor Hirohito broadcasts his surrender speech on Japanese radio on 15 August 1945]]> 2016-06-07 23:38:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ryan_mcgie/TheWarInThePacific/wish/114009727 ryan_mcgie https://padlet.com/ryan_mcgie/TheWarInThePacific/wish/114009989 The US and Allied forces, including Australians, retake key islands from the Japanese. This strategy is known as 'inland hoping'; the aim is to position US forces close enough to Japanese territory to launch bombing raids. In March and June 1945, US forces take the islands of Iwo Jima and Okinawa after major land battles. American planes bomb Tokyo and other Japanese cities in the hope of forcing a surrender. However, as USE forces close in, the Japanese defence becomes stronger and more desperate, including suicide missions (kamikaze) of Japanese pilots who crash their planes intentionally into US ships.]]> 2016-06-07 23:41:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ryan_mcgie/TheWarInThePacific/wish/114009989 ryan_mcgie https://padlet.com/ryan_mcgie/TheWarInThePacific/wish/114010341 The US and Allied forces, including support from the Royal Australian Navy, launch a surprise attack on the Japanese in the Solomon Islands. Both sides suffer severe casualties in the land, sea and air battles, but eventually Japan is forced to withdraw from the islands.]]> 2016-06-07 23:47:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ryan_mcgie/TheWarInThePacific/wish/114010341 ryan_mcgie https://padlet.com/ryan_mcgie/TheWarInThePacific/wish/114010595 Members of the AIF and CMF (Citizen Military Forces) hold off a Japanese attack at the battle of of Milne Bay, New Guinea. It is the first decisive defeat of Japan in the Pacific War. And the Australians are the first army to halt Japan's relentless drive through the pacific.]]> 2016-06-07 23:50:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ryan_mcgie/TheWarInThePacific/wish/114010595 ryan_mcgie https://padlet.com/ryan_mcgie/TheWarInThePacific/wish/114010892 As the Japanese navy was halted at the Battle of the Coral Sea, Japan's only option to seize Port Moresby is an overland assault along the Kokoda Trail. Australian troops stall their advance until reinforcements arrive.]]> 2016-06-07 23:54:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ryan_mcgie/TheWarInThePacific/wish/114010892 ryan_mcgie https://padlet.com/ryan_mcgie/TheWarInThePacific/wish/114011296 In the Battle of Midway, Japanese naval forces attempt to capture the strategically important Midway Islands (near Hawaii). US code-breakers intercepted Japanese communications of an ambush, which lead to a historic victory by the US navy in which four Japanese aircraft carriers with over 200 aircraft are destroyed. It is said to be a turning point in the Pacific War.]]> 2016-06-08 00:00:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ryan_mcgie/TheWarInThePacific/wish/114011296 ryan_mcgie https://padlet.com/ryan_mcgie/TheWarInThePacific/wish/114011459 The Battle of the Coral Sea is fought off the north-east coast of Queensland and south of New Guinea; The US and Australian navies prevail, which stops the Japanese launching a sea-based attack on Port Moresby.]]> 2016-06-08 00:02:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ryan_mcgie/TheWarInThePacific/wish/114011459 ryan_mcgie https://padlet.com/ryan_mcgie/TheWarInThePacific/wish/114011545 Japanese forces establish bases on mainland New Guinea, with plans to advance to Port Moresby - a location from which bombing raids could be launched against northern Australia. By this time, Japanese forces have also defeated Allied forces and occupied the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia).]]> 2016-06-08 00:04:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ryan_mcgie/TheWarInThePacific/wish/114011545 ryan_mcgie https://padlet.com/ryan_mcgie/TheWarInThePacific/wish/114011659 Japanese air raids target Darwin and towns in the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia. In May 1942, Japanese midget submarines carry out an attack in Sydney Harbour before being sunk.]]> 2016-06-08 00:06:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ryan_mcgie/TheWarInThePacific/wish/114011659 ryan_mcgie https://padlet.com/ryan_mcgie/TheWarInThePacific/wish/114011784 The Fall of Singapore to the Japanese follows battles in Malaya (low Malaysia) between the Japanese army and the Allied forces. The vast majority of Allied soldiers cannot escape the island and are taken prisoner, including thousands of Australian soldiers. One third of them do not survive the Japanese prisoner of war (POW) camps.]]> 2016-06-08 00:08:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ryan_mcgie/TheWarInThePacific/wish/114011784 ryan_mcgie https://padlet.com/ryan_mcgie/TheWarInThePacific/wish/114011941 The Japanese attack the US naval base at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, on 7 December 1941, hoping to destroy the USA's Pacific fleet. The USA declares war on Japan and Germany declares war on the USA, drawing them into the European war. Australia also declare war on Japan. Soon after the attack on Pearl Harbour, Japan also begin attacks on the Malay peninsula and invades Hong Kong, the Philippines, Guam and other islands in the Pacific.]]> 2016-06-08 00:10:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ryan_mcgie/TheWarInThePacific/wish/114011941 ryan_mcgie https://padlet.com/ryan_mcgie/TheWarInThePacific/wish/114013517 1. Identify the two main geographic regions where World War II was fought.
2. List the regions mentioned in this timeline which Australian troops fought during World War II.
3. Why was the Battle of Singapore important for Australia?
4. Explain why the Battle of Midway and the Battle of the Coral Sea were significant for Australia.
5. What was the strategy of seizing key Japanese-held islands in the Pacific called?
6. What single event put an end to World War II
7. Select one of the battles involving Australia, and research and explain:
a) what was at stake?
b) Australia's involvement?
c) the involvement of other nations?
d) the outcome?
e) the significance of the outcome?]]> 2016-06-08 00:33:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ryan_mcgie/TheWarInThePacific/wish/114013517