We invaded Italy because we thought it was the weakest place in Europe to take over the Nazi's
Invading Japan
- Island Hopping (strategy used for Japn attack) = invading the more important/significant islands; eventually they would surrender because they would have very minimal resources. Island hop our way toward Japan.
- Eisenhower, Nimitz (Navy), McArthur(Army and Leader at Phillipeans)- argueably most famous general in WW2
- Japan, throughout all these battles, was told to fight to death or we would torture them to death
- Manhatten Project = started in early war and Einstein wrote a letter to FDR to tell him the importance to push toward atomic bombs.
-US bombing of Germany
-VE Day and the story of Germany surrendering
-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
-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 battle
-Battle of Iwo Jima- we won
- 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
-Battle of Okinawa
- 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 other countries couldn't figure out our plan/code.
-Hiroshima bombing
-Nagasaki bombing
-VJ Day and the story of Japan surrendering
-Yalta Conference
-Potsdam Conference
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