Pearl Harbor and the Causes/Effects of WWII
Notes HERE
Japan Casualties
- Japan lost 29 aircrafts
- 5 midget submarines
- 65 servicemen killed or wounded
- 1 Japanese soldier captured
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor
Was Japan Successful?
- 21 ships in US Pacific fleet sunk or damaged
- 188 aircrafts destroyed and 159 damaged
- 2,403 total American deaths
- 68 civilians most killed by improperly fused
Causes and effects of WWII:
Causes prior to WWII: Jordyn
- great depression started 10 years before which lead people unemployed and desperate nationalism was going through germany
- emperor of china and Japan have been fighting since Japan invaded manchuria Japanese expansion
- Germany, Italy, and Japan were testing the League of Nations by invading smaller countries
- Treaty of Versailles Invasion of Poland Policy of Appeasement
- In Asia Great depression Japanese invade manchuria and china in US quit trading oil w/ japan in the summer of 1941
- Tough policies towards japan in Fall 1941
Peal Harbor attack Effects short term: Kenzie
Effects long term: Clare
- German Nazi party was completely destroyed and Germany was broken up into 4 zones
- Japanese cities were destroyed from bombing and Japan was placed under military rule
- Most deaths ever in a war Major Powers of the world were discovered
- Communism took the place of Nazism
http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/westn/effectww2.html
Admiral Yamamoto- came up with the plan to attack Pearl Harbor Surprise attack was hugely needed so we couldn't do anything about it Japan did not get the Aircraft carriers because they were out to sea that day Back Door to War Conspiracy North African Campaign Took place in North Africa from June, 1940 to May, 1943 Took place in the Libyan and Egyptian deserts also in Morocco, Algeria and ended in Tunisia The campaign was fought between the Allies(GB, France, US) and Axis Powers(Germany-Afrika Corps-, Italy, Vichy French) The area was in conflict due to colonial interests dating back to the late 1800's The united States began directing military assistance to GB and France in those areas. Operation Torch- US GB and Free French invasion of Northern Africa Bernard Montgomery-Monty-British General George Patton- US General Erwin Rommel- German General In 1942, conference held in Casablanca, Morocco one month after Pearl Harbor. Operation Husky- Invasion of Sicily- July/ August 1943 Operation Avalanche-Invasion of Italy Mussolini lost power
US War in the Pacific notes HERE
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