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http://www.dipity.com/NMB1993/personal/fs Pearl Harbor On December 7, 1941 the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor a naval base in the Hawaiian Islands. The attack started around 6:00 A.M. The death toll reached 2,335 servicemen and 68 civilians. The Japanese suffered just small losses while the US fleet suffered great losses. During the attack the USS Arizona sank and the result of that 1,100 men aboard the ship died.

anderson, Erik. "Pearl Harbor Facts." __erikanderson.net.__ 10 May. 2010. . []

The start of the War World War 2 started September 1, 1939 when Germany invaded Poland. Germany then invaded and captured 6 other countries in 3 months. The countries were Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, and France. The US came into war December 8, 1941 a day after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The US wasn’t prepared for the war, they weren’t militarizing like other countries. "World War II." __United States HISTORY.__ 10 May. 2010. .

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D-Day On June 6, 1944 the Allied troops invaded Normandy France in an effort to free France from Nazi control. Another name for the invasion was “Operation Overlord”. Until the last minutes before the attack the location of the attack was a heavily guarded secret. An estimated 2 million troops were involved in the attack including airmen, sailors, and soldiers. There are 9,386 graves at the American cemetery in France. [] "Normandy Invasion." //Awesome Stories//. Web. 11 May 2010. .

The Battle of Stalingrad The Battle of Stalingrad was fought in the winter of 1942-1943 in Stalingrad Russia. This fight was caused when Germany tried to invade the town so they could control the oil fields. Russia pushed the Germans back and did not let them take another country. Germany was pushed back to their capitol city of Berlin, this was a turning point of the war. The Germans suffered great losses and a total of 91,000 Germans were captured. Trueman, Chris. "The Battle of Stalingrad." //Histoy Learning Site//. Web. 11 May 2010. []

Germany Surrenders The Russians pushed the Germans so far back into Germany that neither of the Nazis army could do anything. Germany had no where to go, so they surrendered. The date was May 7 1945 when they officially surrendered. The next day the Nazis signed an armistice with the Soviet Union. That day was known as V-E Day. This stands for victory in Europe day.

[] The German Surrender April 25 - May 8, 1945." //WWII Multimedia Database//. Web. 11 May 2010. .

Life of a Soldier Audie Murphy was the most decorated soldier of World War 2. He earned the Medal of Honor the highest award for gallantry in action. He earned an astonishing 28 medals, and the war in Europe ended before he even turned 21. On January 26 1945 he and his army faced a heavy onslaught of Germans. This included 6 Panzer tanks and around 250 infantrymen. He and the army fell back and defended the town of Holtzwihr. He alone killed 50+ Germans even after he was wounded in the leg during the fight. He later became an actor after the war. He also suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome. He died in 1971 when a private plane crashed into a mountain, he is burried in Arlington National Cemetary. "Historical Information." //Arlington National Cemetary//. Web. 12 May 2010. .

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The Battle of Midway The Battle of Midway took place in June 4 1942.The Japanese navy outnumbered the American fleet by a large number. The Japanese used dive bombers to drop bombs onto the American ships. But half of the 15 enemy torpedo bombers were shot don before they could complete their mission successfully.The American ship Yorktown was sunk from an air attack from the Japanese. Americans fighter pilots bombed the Japanese ship Hiryu damaging severely. This caused the Japanese to retreat. From now on Japan was on the defensive side for once. [] "The Battle of Midway, 1942." //Eye Witness History//. 2001. Web. 12 May 2010. [].

The Battle of Guadalcanal The Battle of Guadalcanal started on August 7, 1942. The island was important because if the Japanese captured the island they could cut off the trade route between The US and Australia. The Americans captured a runway after they bombed it, they then repaired it and used it.The Japanese tried to regain the area but lost 1,200 out of 2,000 and the Marines lost 446 out of 1,000 men. The Americans won the battle and kept the trade route from the US to Australia. [] "The Battle of Guadalcanal." //History Learning Site//. Web. 16 May 2010. [].

Iwo Jima is a small Pacific island but is imortant for tactical issues. It is located in between the mainland of Japan and US island of Saipan. If the US could capture this island it could set up air fields to us when bombing the mainland. The fighting started in Febuary of 1944 when the US invaded the island. The first day of fighting the US had many casualties and the Japanese did not. The next two days the US fought up Mt.Surabachi and rose the American flag. They then captured the island. "The Battle of Iwo Jima." //History Learning Site//. Web. 16 May 2010. . There is no link for the picture because I took it on the field trip.

Dropping The Bomb On August 6, 1945the B-29 bomber Enola Gay took of from and airfield. Its cargo would devostate the city of Hiroshima. They arrived at the city 26,000 feet above it at 7:25 a.m. The crew released the bomb at 8:20. The crew looked down when the bomb exploded and saw a bright light followed by a mushroom clod rising into the atmosphere. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/Nagasaki_1945_-_Before_and_after_(adjusted).jpg "Dropping the A-Bomb on Hiroshima." //EyeWitness to History - History through the Eyes of Those Who Lived It//. Web. 16 May 2010. .

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Prior to the United States of America entering World War II, the country was divided. Many in the U.S. believed that the war was a “European conflict” and did not, and should not affect us. They looked away as Germany invade countries such as Poland, Holland, Norway, Denmark and France, and preferred to remain isolated and impartial. Others, however feared that the aggressive Nazi party, led by Adolf Hitler, would not be satisfied until they conquered the world. Dr. Seuss was among those who feared the far-reaching arm of Germany. He was dismayed at what he viewed as the cowardice of many in the U.S. to stand up to the tyranny of Hitler. In 1941, Dr. Seuss turned his creative comic talents towards inspiring (or perhaps humiliating) that segment of the population into action. Through a series of cartoons he warned of the imposing threat by Nazi Germany and the wisdom of entering the conflict abroad before it came to our shores. In this particular cartoon published in October of 1941, Dr. Seuss depicts the U.S as a bald-eagle in an Uncle Sam hat both before and after joining the war. In the “before” sketch it is obvious that the strategy of appeasement has taken its toll on the American psyches. As a nation we are tired and demoralized by having turned our backs on the brutality of Hitler’s actions. This is not, in Seuss’ opinion, the values upon which this country was founded. Seuss hoped to project the feeling of strength and pride that we would feel as a nation once we were to enter the war. It is almost like Popeye eating the can of spinach - the United States would be ready to take on Hitler with its unstoppable might. It is difficult to say what factors lead to the decision being made for the U.S to enter WW II, but Seuss’s portrayal of the country as being weak and sickly may have inspired some to step off the sidelines.

Dr. Seuss used his popularity as a cartoonist to further his opinions during World War II. Some may have classified his tactics as being propaganda, but there has been a place for political cartoons in the U.S. from the time of the Revolution. In this cartoon, Dr. Seuss is illustrating the growing fear that some had in the U.S. during World War II of Japanese-Americans. The Fifth Column that he depicts in the cartoon is a reference to the Battle of Madrid during the Spanish Civil War. In this battle, the attacking General warned the citizens of the fortified city under attack that in addition to the four columns of troops outside of the city walls, there were people within the city who were ready to attack from within. As it turned out this Fifth Column was totally fictitious and there was no contingent of disloyal citizens. Dr. Seuss knew that there were many in the US that were terribly suspicious of the Japanese-American population and thought that they were secretly banding together to help over through the U.S. from within during the war. This went to the extreme when Roosevelt ordered 120,000 Japanese-Americans into internment camps in 1942. For the next two years they lived in poor conditions - suffering from over-crowding and malnutrition. Dr. Seuss was spoofing those who feared this “threat from within” and showed the round-up of these people from the western states happily accepting a package of dynamite while waiting for the signal from the motherland to attack.