FDR’Ss War Message
- Pearl Harbor was not only area Japan attacked on December 7th
- Lost the Philippians so our new base was Australia
- “Last night Japanese forces attacked Hong Kong”
- Guam
- Philippine Islands
- Wake Island
- Midway Island
- Maylaya
Coral Sea
- May 42
- Naval and Aerial Battles
- First action in which Aircraft Carriers engaged each other
- Japan won in terms of sinking ships but the allies won over all
- Massive blow out for them
It was a minor turning in the war
Midway
- June 1942
- Sunk a lot of Japanese ships
- Japanese were not the same after that
- Not a whole lot of victories after midway
- We retook Philippines 2 years later
Atomic Bombs:
Hiroshima- Primary target for the first atomic bombing on august 6th
Nagasaka- The second target for the bombings on august 9th
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