Today we did topics about Atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Japanese are going to fight to the death. That was a tough thing for USA soldiers.
Battle of the Coral sea.
-Battle of Coral Sea
- U.S. vs. Japan
- May 1942
- Battle was between Australia and Papa Nugini
- It was an aircraft/airplanes fighting; air battle; first battle in history where the battle was stricly air fighting
- Result = Japan did not significantly win this battle; this was a turning point because Japan did not clearly win because they did not overtake us. This was considered a moral victory for America. We stopped their advance
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-Battle of Midway
- June 1942; we won
- After midway, Japan couldnt keep up with us resource, weapons, etc wise with us
- We knew this attack was coming because of the use of "magic" so their ambush wasn't a surprise like Japan was hoping for
- Magic was a key reason why we won this battlehttps://mrbruns.ning.com/profiles/blog/new
-Battle of Iwo Jima
- Februrary 1945; month long most bloodiest battle in pacific wars
- Japan lost about 90% of their men
- We had no issues getting on the shore (unlike D-Day)
- Japan was underground
-Battle of the Philippines
- Fought on the Aruki islands
- Lasted 82 days in 1945; started in April
- Japan lost SO many more men and ships compared to America
- Okinawa was important to take over because it was very close to Japan so if we could take it over, we could have a base close enough to bomb them more easily.
- Kamikaze means Devine wind = Japan packed their plane full of explosives (with people on their willing to risk their lives) and they would directly just attack ships etc. They tried to change the tide of the war but they didn't, although America did suffer from this.
- Navajo co-talkers = Navajo native Americans that translated our information over the communications system so that
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