Last day of March in School...HELLO WARM APRIL WEATHER!! :D
17. FDR Dies-Truman takes over: FDR died April 2nd...which is coming up in 4 days. Harry S. Truman, the vice president, took his place as president. Truman was from Missouri. He was very blunt in what he said, and he never sugarcoated anything, and he said that he would take responsibilty for his actions and would not blame it on someone else. He followed through on his word. He fired McArthur because McArthur wanted to use the atomic bomb where it could start a nuclear war, and Truman didn't want that. And as people look back in history, Truman was right. Truman fired McArthur because he didn't want a major general bad mouthing him and going against him. When Truman's years of president were over, he was known as one of the most unpopular presidents ever, but people nowadays think differently.
18. VE Day: occurred on May 8th, 1945. When Germany surrenders and there was a great victory in Europe.
19. Battle in the Pacific-Island Hopping, Philippines, Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Okinawa:Island hopping was the overlapping of islands so supplies couldn't be given to Japan. The Battle of Coral Sea was to keep Japan from invading Australia, which would've left the US and the other Allied powers would be in a very tough spot. Coral Sea is located right off the coast of Australia. The Battle of Midway happened one month after the Battle of Coral Sea. The plan of the Japanese were going to lure us into a trap, but we somewhat knew what was going on. We ended up winning it, and after the Battle of Midway, Japan wasn't so much of a powerhouse anymore, and the US didn't lose a heck of a lot of battles after that. The Battle of Midway was far off the coast of Japan, which was about the "midway" point between Japan and Hawaii...no pun intended :) The Philippines were attacked on December 7th, 1941, in which Pearl Harbor was also attacked. MacArthur refused to evacuate the Philippines to Australia because he said that he would "fight to the end", but FDR has to send him a personal message telling him to leave, and when he finally agrees, he says that "he will return". He does, and he ends up succeeding in taking the Philippines.
American and Filipinos walk as POW's in the Bataan Death March. A 60 mile forcible transfer of 75,000 POW's both from America and the Philippines go to a POW camp. The Japanese succeed in taking the Philippines.
Guadalcanal was nicknamed as Operation Watch Tower, and the battle started on August 7, 1942 and ended February 9, 1943. The Guadalcanal Campaign was a significant strategic victory by Allied forces over the Japanese in the Pacific theater. Guadalcanal marked the transfer from the defensive tactics to the offensive tactics for the Americans.
Iwo Gima:occurred on February 19, 1945, when the American dropped the bomb and really completely destroyed the island and any Japanese forces that were on the island. There was one flag raising, but the flag was too small. There was a bigger flag raised, and it is a very famous picture to this day.
Okinawa: Started in April of 1945 and ended in June of 1945. An invasion was to be expected, and the battle ended up being the biggest battle of all the Pacific Islands. Japan ended up using Kamikaze planes, in which it was an honor in their country to use their plane as a bomb, flying directly into a ship.
20. Navajo Code Talkers:
21. Doolittle's Raid:
22. Manhattan Project:
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24. Nagasaki bombing:
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27. Nuremburg Trials:
28. Japanese Internment Camps in US:
29. Why did the Allies win WWII:
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