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General Information:
Started December 8, 1941
We stopped selling iron ore, steel and oil to Japan, denying it the raw materials needed to continue its activities in China and French Indochina. We also wouldn’t agree to any of their attempts to get us to trade with them again. They saw this as an act of aggression.
We went to war with them because they attacked Pearl Harbor.
Major Generals:
Douglas MacArthur (US Army General)
He was ordered to exercise authority through the Japan government, including Emperor Hirohito.
His headquarters was located in the Dai Ichi Life Insurance Building in Tokyo.
Him and his staff helped Japan rebuild itself, institute democratic government, and chart a new course that made Japan one of the world’s leading industrial powers.
Chester Nimitz (Commander in Chief of The Navy)
Ten days after the attack on Pearl Harbor he was selected as Commander in Chief.
He took command in a ceremony on the top deck of the submarine USS Grayling. The change of command ceremony would normally have taken place aboard a battleship, but every battleship in Pearl Harbor had been either sunk or damaged during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
He successfully organized his forces to halt the Japanese advance despite the losses from the attack on Pearl Harbor and the shortage of ships, planes and supplies.
VJ-Day:
Victory over Japan Day is the name chosen for the day on which Japan surrendered.
The document was signed on September 2, 1945 officially ending WWII.
A formal surrender ceremony was performed in Tokyo Bay, Japan on the battleship USS Missouri.
August 15 is commemorated as Liberation Day in Korea.
Jake-
Major Battles:
Iwo Jima-
American victory, famous for the marines raising the flag
February 19th- March 26th
Goal was to capture the entire island including its 3 airfields and mountains
Okinawa-
82 day long battle
Largest amphibious assault
Was needed for a large air base due to it being so close to the japanese mainland
Midway- Major turning point, Japan was never the same after that
One of the most important naval battles
June 4th-7th
Only 6 months after pearl harbor and one month after Coral Sea
The japanese plan failed due to american codebreakers decrypting japanese codes and finding the location and time of japan's planned attack
Coral sea- Minor turning point in the war- Kind of a victory for us
May 4th-8th
Naval and Aerial Battles
First action in which Aircraft Carriers engaged each other
Japan won in terms of sinking ships but the allies won overall
5. Retaking the Philippians 2 years after we lost it
Atomic Bombs:
Hiroshima- Primary target for the first atomic bombing on august 6th
Nagasaka- The second target for the bombings on august 9th
Elias-
Navajo Code talkers:
The US needed a code that couldn't be decoded by the japanese so they recruited Navajo indians to use their language as part of the new code
US war plans (Island Hopping):
Island hopping (also called leapfrogging) was a strategy by which the american forces, instead of attacking heavily fortified japanese positions they instead focused on more strategically important positions that were not as well defended but still capable of being a launch point for the main island of japan.
Doolittle's Raid:
Planned by Lieutenant James “Jimmy” Doolittle the Doolittle raid (also called the Tokyo Raid) was the air raid of Tokyo, Japan that was intended to raise American moral while also decreasing enemy moral.The plan called for them to bomb military targets in Japan, and to continue westward to land in China. All but 3 of the crews survived.
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