The Pacific Theater Overview

WWII The Pacific Theater. This map shows where the fighting was.

















Allies that were fighting in the Pacific were the United States, China, United Kingdom,Australia, Canada,
Netherlands, New Zealand and the Soviet Union.The Axis powers that were fighting were the Empire Of Japan, and Thailand.The main leaders in the war were General MacArthur for the United States and Allies. While Hideki Tojo and Hirohito for the Axis powers. The Pacific theater was different than the European theater. The Pacific theater was a lot more naval battles and the two sides fighting for little islands in the Pacific ocean. The War in the Pacific began on December 7 1939. When Japan invaded Thailand and British Malaya and the big one the attack on Pearl Harbor in the United States in Hawaii. Japan was already in China but the war official started on December 7 1939. December 8th is when Britain and the United States declared war on Japan. After this WWII had two theaters. The European and Pacific. The United States had to go into war mode and fight in both of these theaters. This war had propaganda, technology, many battles, and many people had to go into war mode.

Essential Question:

Summarize the the beginning of the WWII pacific theater.

Battles of WWII

This video is a good summary of WWII. It shows what happened at the start of fighting and the end. Also its very easy to understand also.

 The battles in the Pacific theater were very bloody.
Here's a chart to see how deadly the Pacific theater was.
Essential Question:
Imagine how bloody the battles were. What could you have to done to prevent this.

Propaganda of WWII Pacific

Propaganda in the Pacific Theater in WWII was used greatly. It was used to recruit soldiers, spread ideas, motivate the homefront to help the war effort and to sell war bonds. Now for examples of both sides

          

                                            

This is an example of Propaganda made by Americans. Motivating Americans to invest in war bonds. This is saying if you don't invest in war bonds the Japanese will take over the United States 

This is an example of Japanese propaganda. This is showing  Japan joining with Germany and the Axis powers to become a world power. This picture shows Japan as a Titan. Showing that no one stands in the way of Japan. This motivates the Japanese citizens to work harder because they want to be part of success. Also the government is trying to show that Japan is a super power and they have no threat even though they did.

This is an example of American propaganda. This piece of Propaganda is trying to motivate American workers/citizens to work harder for the war effort. It also is competition between Japan and the U.S. because were competing against each other and really whoever works harder wins. Its making fun of the Japanese because they work a lot better than Americans did













This is another example of American Propaganda. This is showing that American will end WW2 by beating Japan. This was probably made after Germany was defeated because it seems that Japan is the only one left. It's motivating America to finish WWII and that we have to get tough and do it. Uncle Sam is resembling America.

Essential Question:

Justify the use of propaganda even though it is offensive.

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Propaganda:

Social:
Propaganda was more social than anything else. It was made to be shown in public. Its showing that the Enemy is bad and that the people are the ones that can do something about it. It also tries to tell you to buy war bonds. Or to work as hard as you can to help the war effort. Also to ration and limit your use on resources and send them to the troops.

Economic:
Economically the propaganda boosted economy. It motivated the workers to work harder and faster. It made them work for a reason. The economy during the war would be very different if there wasn't any propaganda. Also the war bonds that were bought boosted the economy greatly.

Political;
Propaganda was politically also. It made certain nations and people look bad during WWII. America made all Japanese people look evil even though not all of them are. Also it made many leaders look different to the public.

Essential Question:
Imagine how different WWII would be without Propaganda.

Battles:

Social:
When a battle took place many lives were lost and the world would never be the same. At home family's would find out about a death and be affected.

Economic:
After every battle more resources would need to be produced. So this boosted the economy.

Essential Questions:
Predict what would of happened if the United States didn't defeat Japan in a key battle.

Bibliography

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1937, and Japan controlled Manchuria. "Pacific War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Dec. 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_War>.

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