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By the time you finish this playlist, you should be able to:
1. Identify the major turning points that led to the end of war in the Pacific
2. Describe the major roles of Japanese and American political and military leaders during the War in the Pacific
3. Analyze the causes and effects of the use of atomic bombs against Japan.
4. Discuss the human costs of the war in the Pacific for the United States and Japan.
By the time you finish this playlist, you should be able to describe the significance and historical context of the following terms:
- Battle of Midway
- Battle of Iwo Jima
- Battle of Okinawa
- island-hopping
- Emperor Hirohito
- Tojo Hideki
- Admiral Chester Nimitz
- General Douglas MacArthur
- President Harry Truman
- Manhattan Project
- atomic bomb
- Hiroshima
- Nagasaki
- nuclear proliferation
- Axis Powers
- Allied Powers
