20. Navajo Code Talkers-code more important than native's life. wasn't till 2000 that the navajo code talkers got medals. and then gave families with dead navajo code talkers gold medals.
21. Doolittle's Raid-was mission to bomb tokyo japan. japan needed a humility slap, america needed a morale boost. stripped down planes so that they would be able to take off from the carriers.
coral sea-we stopped them from taking australia. a turning point in the war with japan month after-battle of midway-widely regarded japan aimed to eliminate the us as a strategic power in the pacific and believed a victory at midway island would do just that. us navy decisively the japanese navy attack against midway island. Japan's navy suffered heavy losses and never recovered from this battle. magic played a vital role in the allied victory. guadalcanal-exactly 9months after pearl harbor. significant strategic victory. marked transition from defensive to offensive. island hopping leyete gulf-we absolutely destroyed the japanese navy. there was no more navy for japan. Iwo jima-tiny little volcanic island. d-day type thing. not much resistance on beach. japanese were very much dug into the island.
22. Manhattan Project-
23. Hiroshima bombing
24. Nagasaki bombing
25. VJ Day
26. Yalta Conference
27. Nuremburg Trials
28. Japanese Internment Camps in US
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