Josh+W+WWII

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Attack on Pearl Harbor The Japanese had attacked the U.S. Military base of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941. This is when the U.S. officially got involved in World War ll. They sided with the allies. The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor unespectedly in which case sunk 8 battleships and detroyed 188 aircrafts. It took the U.S. awhile to regroup and actually know whats going on. []

The battle of Stalingrad In the Battle of Stalingrad, Hitler wanted oil fields. But later, got trapped and was without food and supplies and suffered through a harsh winter. The Germans suffered with hyperthermia and frostbite during this winter and were unable to fight. People of the German troops wanted to surrender but Hitler didn’t want to. In 1943 Hitler finally did surrender and this was a huge turning point in World War ll. []

D-Day On June 6, 1944 was the day called D-Day which stands for Doomsday. This is when the United States of America invaded France and 160,000 allies went in to fight. Early in the morning we stormed beaches and sent paratroopers over to cut German communication off. This day was known as the largest land-sea battle in history. [] VE-Day On 1945, Germany retreated and surrendered. Which this date was known as VE-Day ( Victory in Europe). During this the big 3 met (FDR, Stalin, Mussolini) in Yalta conference to discuss war. Later, Russia wouls declared war on Japan once the Germany troops surrendered. []

Philippines Japan invaded the Philippines on December 8, 1941. A day after the attack on Pearl Harbor in which the U.S. did not have much time to react since we have just got the Philippines in the Spanish American War. Later General Macarthur went to Australia because he was afraid that Japan would attack and this is when he said his famous quote “ I shall return”. When the Japanese had taken over the Philippines they made 75,000 POW march to prisoner camps. The ones that were slow and were falling behind either got beheaded, raped, or cut throats. []

Battle of Coral Sea The battle of Coral Sea started in May of 1942. The Japanese would try to colonize small island nations to try to create a powerful empire. This was the first navel battle and also the first battle for aircraft carriers. This is when the U.S. tried to stop the attempt of Japan trying to get Australia. []

Island Hopping Island hopping is when the United States of America attacked small islands that the Japanese had and forced Japan out. After the U.S. would do this they would set up base there. The reason they did this was because than after getting all the islands they would force Japan back to there Mainland. Also, we would get even closer to the Mainland of Japan to prepare for our next attack. []

Battle of Midway In the battle of Midway in 1942, the Japanese wanted the U.S fleet to be destroyed. Also to retake back over some islands and the U.S bases. They did this so they could push the United States back further away from there Mainland. But, with one of the Japanese carriers getting destroyed we intercepted the message saying that they were going to bomb tthe fleet. since that happened U.S. was ready for the Japanese and than we pushed them back. [].

Hiroshima On August 6, 1945 Truman the new president had 2 goals. These goals were to end the war quick and to save American troops. Truman had decided on both and this is when they came up with 2 atomic bombs. These bombs were loaded up in the plane Enola Gay. The first bombed was dropped and crished the city of Hiroshima and we threatened them with another. []

Nagasaki On August 9, 1945 Truman had sent leaflets down which were warning signs saying "if you dont surrender we have more bombs". The city did not respond to this letters and on August 9th we dropped the second bomb which was called "fat man". This bombed destroyed the city and about 6 days later Japan had surrendered. This day was known as VJ-day ( Victory in Japan). []

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