United States Notes
- Pearl Harbor
- Japan had three attacks plan
- Followed through with 2 they thought they did enough so they stopped the third wave
- Destroy weapons and ships and gas
- Their goal was to knock us out before we got in which was not what happened
- Many Americans didn't want to get in the war that it wasn't out problem but Pearl Harbor made people want to enlist and lie about their age or buy war bonds
- December 8,1941 FDR declared war
Why did Japan attack us?
- US stopped trading with Japan after they attacked the French in 1940
- Japan signed the Soviet- Japanese Neutrality Pact in April, 1941 guaranteeing that Japan and USSR would not go to war
- Japan realized they needed to trade with US to be successful in war
- Only way to force US hand was to hit them hard in a surprise attack forcing them out of war
- Japan knew that this plan was a huge risk but they thought it was the only way
Backdoor to War Conspiracy
- We gave Japan no other chance so we stopped trading with them and took away trade with them
- We wanted to get to Germany
Philippines
- United states soldiers were forced to travel with lack of needs
- Several people died
- Bataan Death March
- Were forced by Japanese
- 10,000 Filipinos died
- 650 Americans died
Doolittle Raids April 1942
- Dropped bombs on Tokyo
- Dripped the bombers before they took off aircraft carriers
Turning point for the United States and Japan
- Stalemate
- Corral Sea 1942
Battle of Midway June 1942
- 7 months after Pearl Harbor
- Islands were landing strips to refuel
- We broke their codes
Island Hopping
- Not to hit every island
- Hit one island skip some hit the next until they reach Japan
Battle of Guadalcanal
- First time the Untied States
- We went on the offensive
Kamikazes
- Load planes with bombs and drive them right into ships
- Loosing strategies
- Destroying their own planes and they couldn't rebuild fast enough
Summer 1945 Preparing for the Invasion of Japan
- Operation Downfall
- Planned for October, 1945
- Estimated to have over 1 million casualties
- Estimated to have 267,000 deaths
- Why did this never take place
Manhattan Project
- Einstein wrote a letter to FDR
- Manhattan Projects
- 1939-1945
- People building the bombs had know idea what was happening
- 6 years in the making
- Trinity Test July 16, 1945
- First atomic bomb testing
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