miral chester nimitz- navy admiral against japan19. Battle in the Pacific-Island Hopping, Philippines, Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Okinawa,■island hopping- policy where the US hops over less important islands and hit the important islands, soon the small islands would be surrounded and their supply lines would have been cut off. saves time money and lives■philippines-◦december 7th 1941- day of pearl harbor... also attacked the philippines (US territory at the time)◦US surrenders to japan◦bataan death march-◦60 mile stretch that japs forced american and filipino pow's to march to a new camp◦lots of physical abuse and death◦worst atrocity in wwii for us soldiers◦Battle of Leyte Gulf◦october 1944◦completely destroyed japanese navy■Coral Sea-◦naval battle between japan and allied airforces◦1st action in which aircraft carriers engaged in each other◦japanese sunk more ships but we stopped their advancement toward australia■Battle of Midway-◦thought of as the most important naval battle against japann◦japanese was trying to eliminate US as a power in the specific◦US defeated them big time◦destroyed the japanese navy◦magic played a big role in our victory◦june 6th 1942■Guadalcanal-◦island in the solomon archipelago◦Allies against Japan◦we started pushing back- changed tatics to offensive◦japanese started to fall back■Iwo Jima◦US bombed it◦japanese were dug in- whatever that means◦december 5th 1945◦US lost about 7,000 people (worst than D Day)■Okinawa-◦kept bombing japan◦still weren't surrendering◦invaded okinawa◦shelled island first21. Doolittle's Raid■mission when the us bombed japan■bombers took off from aircraft carriers◦didn't have a base◦had to take off extra weight■did it to throw the japanese people off◦thought they were invulnerable■americans needed a moral boost22. Manhattan Project-codename for the developement of the atomic bomb-general leslie groves= general of the atomic bomb-J Robert Oppenheimer- communist scientist in charge of atomic bomb-los alamos- place were we made a bomb-alamogordo-where we tested the a bombs July 1945-code name for the testing was called Trinity-US decides to bomb japs with A bomb-Enola Gay- had to develope a plane that could withstand the weight of the A bomb-Paul Tibbits- pilot23. Hiroshima bombing-bomb nicknamed "Little Boy"-main area they were trying to target was a t shaped bridge- many civilians died- started questioning whether this was right or not-radiation sickness-japan still doesnt surrender24. Nagasaki bombing-used plutonium bomb-bockscar was the plane that held it- bomb nicknamed "Fat Boy"25. VJ Day-japan finally surrenders-victory in japan-august 24 1945-marked the end of the entire war26. Yalta Conference-Churchill, FDR and Stalin all together-dealt with post war Europe- Europe still at war-Germany broken up into four zones-each major country had a zone (US, GB, France, USSR- Stalin promised free elections in eastern europe (lied and took it over)- Stalin promised to join the war against Japan after war with Germany was over (did do the day after we dropped the first A bomb)-Were going to have a conference in San Francisco to set up United Nation (stengthen league of nations)27. Nuremburg Trials-war crime trials in Germany-Herman Goerring was the leader of the luftwafe-killed himself during the trials28. GI Bill of Rights- helped wwii veterans transition back into normal life-gave them educational opportunities28. Japanese Internment Camps-forced japanese americans to pack up and moved to these camps around the country-didn't trust them- thought they might be spies- people went on with regular life pretty much except they were isolated-were given jobs and paid-kids were still educated
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