Philippines
December 7th, 1941.
Clark field on fire- was an Allie field.
Japan landed there and occupied parts of the Philippine.
Japan was there fighting a defensive and was moving things in the Philippines.
General MacArthur of US.
Caused US soldiers to die.
FDR told him to leave because he was doing so bad.
Before he left he said is famous 3 words that he will return.
American POW's sort equipment for the Japanese before the death march.
American troops surrender in May of 1942.
Bataan Death March- Americans and Filipinos on the death march.
Around 100,000 POW's had to march to one of Japan's biggest naval bases where they received low rations, moved constantly, and never were treated or wounded.
Island Hopping- Instead of trying to hit every island they would go from island to island sometimes skipping one just to get better and more resources.
1944- America won the battle.
Japan won the battle in 1942 which is why we had a second one.
Battle of the Midway
America and Japan fought for control of the Pacific.
Happened in June of 1942.
Found out the next plans on the Japanese militaries attack.
The codes name was magic.
Midway was right between Japan and Hawaii.
Same machines and men that bombed Pearl Harbor.
7:00 A.M. was when it started.
8:20 is when they are shocked to see an American carrier.
18 out of 28 men were killed from the Torpedo Crew.
21 out of 24 of Yorktown were killed.
Only 1 man survived from Hornet.
The Japanese decks were bombed.
The eruption came up every 4.5 seconds as a bomb hit it.
Many Japanese died in the waters.
The US lost 340 men, Aircraft carrier, 145 aircraft's, and a destroyer of USS Hammann.
The Japanese lost 3,057 people, 4 carriers, a heavy cruiser and 228 aircraft's.
Turning point on the war in the Pacific against Japan. Japan is no longer on the aggressive, they are just on the defensive.
Yalta Confrence
Churchill, FDR, and Stalin (The big 3).
February of 1945.
Germany would be broken up into 4 occupational zones (US, Great Britain, France, USSR).
Stalin promised to join the war against Japan.
Stalin promised free elections in Eastern Europe.
Have a conference at San Fransisco to set up the United Nations.
Potsdam Conference
July of 1945 is when it happened.
Indochina- Temporarily divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel.
Japan would surrender to Great Britain in the south and China in the north.
Germany Goals- Tried getting rid of the Nazis and wanted them to be known as war criminals. They also wanted to get rid of everything that Germany called their own. Reduce Germany in size by approximately 25% compared to its 1937 borders. Removal of the German populations remaining beyond the new eastern borders of Germany.
3 days after the Potsdam Conference was over, the US and dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
Poland was recognized as being a communist controlled gov't.
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