Monday- USS Arizona Memorial: the names of the Arizona's crew... December 8, 1941 FDR's speech. Pearl Harbor was not the only area Japan attacked on December 7th. "Yesterday the Japanese Government also launched the attack on..." Japan realized they needed the US trade to be successful war, so they hit us hard to keep us out of the war, knowing it would be a huge risk. But their plan backfired, Japan "Awoke a sleeping giant." Up 10,000 Filipino and 650 American POW's died during March. Operation Downfall Planned for October, 1945. Estimated to over 1 million casualties, and 267,000 deaths.
Tuesday- The Manhattan Project(1939-1945), Trinity Test(July 16th, 1945), Enola Gay, Nagasaki Bombing "Fat Man" and Bockscar. VJ Day August 14th/15th, 1945 (official UK.) September 2nd, 1945 (official US), Potsdam Declaration(July, 1945) Japan had to dismantle a bunch of things that would keep us safe. Battle of the Atlantic(41-45), Operation Torch (42), Operation Overlord, we fought back by making more ships, we also used to Convoy System. Radar and Huff duff. They used the code names "ULTRA" and "MAGIC". Dwight Eisenhower. D-Day Operation Overlord (June 6th,1941),
Wednesday- Met Chris Norton. Yalta Conference- February, 1945 1. The establishment of the United Nations. 2. Germany to be divided into four zones. 3. Free elections allowed in the states of eastern Europe. 4. USSR promised to join the war against Japan. FDR dies Harry Truman is sworn in- April 12th, 1945. Women in WW2. WASP- Women's Army Service Pilots "Tokyo Rose" Iva Toguri was forced to broadcast propaganda to the Allied troops. She had to taunt the troops, and was convicted of treason.
Thursday- (Do notes Later)
Friday- Test
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