14. US Generals-Marshall, Eisenhower, Patton, MacArthur, Nimitz, Bradley
George C. Marshall- cheif of staff of the US Military during WWII. Only person above Marshall was the president.
Henry Kaiser- owner of a ship building company.
George Patton- one of the best US generals ever. was full of himself, carried an ivory pistol.
Bradley- us general. involved in D-Day operations
Admiral Chester Nimitz- dead of the navy
16. Battle of the Bulge
17. FDR Dies-Truman takes over
18. VE Day
19. Battle in the Pacific-Island Hopping, Philippines, Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Okinawa,
island hopping- military strategy where you hit an island, skip a few and hit the main ones on the way toward japan
BATTLE OF CORAL SEA- naval battle only. major battle between japan navy and allied naval forces from US and Australia. Victory of the US, stopped the japanese from advancing
BATTLE OF MIDWAY- most important naval battle against Japan
fought between June 4-7, 1942
japanesed aimed to eliminate the US as a strategic power in the pacific
US navy decisively defeated the japanese Navy attack
Japanese suffered heavy loss and never recovered from this battle
magic played vital role in Allied victory
Guadalcanal
first offensive battle the US fought
major changing point for the japanese empire
kamikazes- japanese suicide bombers
Dec. 7, 1941- in the philippines.
-under US control
-taken over by japan
-battle of Leyte Gulf
-MacArthur returns to the philippines
Iwo Jima-
6821 US deaths at iwo jima
flag raising
famous flag raising on Mt. Suribachi
Okinawa- really close to japan and lots of bombs being dropped on japan already
bataan death march- took place in march 1942. american and pgilippino soldiers forced to march 60 miles. 6,000-11,000 deaths. japenese officials faced war crimes trials after the war. May 30, 2009 officially apologized
21. Doolittle's Raid-- april 1942
attack on Japan
had to strip the planes down so they were light enough to take off from the ships
22. Manhattan Project
code name for the project of the atomic bomb
General Leslie Grooves- in charge of the scientist working on the atomic bomb
J Robert Oppenheimer- scientist in charge of making the atomic bomb
alamogordo, New Mexico- place where they tested out an atomic bomb
Enola Gay- plane built specifically to be strong enough to carry the atomic bomb. plane flown and atomic bomb dropped by paul tibbits in hiroshima. Bomb known as "little boy" it was a uranium bomb.
lots of burns and radiation sickness
Nagasaki bombing "fat man" bombing went wrong. missed target, didn't do enough damage.
23. Hiroshima bombing
24. Nagasaki bombing
25. VJ Day
Aug. 14, 1945
japan surrenders ending the war
26. Yalta Conference feb. 1945
deciding what would happen to germany after WWII
Germany would be broken into four zones each controlled by the major countries (US, GB, France, USSR)
stalin promised free elections in eastern europe
stalin promised to join the war against Japan after the war with Germany was over.
have a conference at San Fransisco to set up the United Nations.
27. Nuremburg Trials
Nazi war crimes trials held in Nuremburg, Germany.
GI Bill of Rights
-to help the members of the armed forces adjust to civilian life after seperation from the service
-to give those who cannot afford a higher education the chance to get one
28. Japanese Internment Camps in US
place the japanese americans were forced to live during WWII because we didn't trust them. We thought they might be spies so we forced them to pack up everything and live in these camps.
bill clinton apologies for how they were treated during WWII
29. Why we won WWII.
henry kaiser- owner of a ship company. Made it possible for the US to make more ships than all other countries combined.
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