Monday-
December 8th 1941
-FDR's message, will have ultimate victory and declare war
-Hong Kong, Guam, Malaya, Phillipine Islands, Wake and Midway Islands
- Pearl Harbor Propaganda
-Buy war bonds and realize what happened
- WHY did Japan attack pearl Harbor?
- US stopped trading oil with Japan
- Japan realized they needed US trade to be successful in war
- Only way to force US hand was to hit them hard in a surprise attack forcing them out of war
- Japan knew this was a huge risk, but thought it was the only way to defeat US
- Plan backfired Instead japan awoke a sleeping giant
- Backdoor to War Conspiracy
- Stopped trading oil
- Japan decided to back out if we give them Oil
- Japan had two plans listen to United States and they did plan B and decided to attack the United States
- Abandon everything or attack us
- Beleived that Roosevelt knew and he didn't have air craft carriers there "one day"
- December 7th Japan attacked the Phillipines
- General MacAruthur, he made serious errors at the outset of the Phillipines campaign
- Called him personally and told him to leave, finally left and went to Australia
- Bataan Death March- Phillipnes 1942
- Up to 10,000 Filipino and 650 American POW's died during march due to disease
- Marched about 65 miles and took about 5 days
- Doolittle's Raid- April 18, 1942
- 16 American B-25 bombers launched from the USS Hornet 650 miles east of Japan attack the Japanese mainland, spefically Toyko
- After bombing they were to fly to china
- Militarly, this attack made little sense and did little damage
- Bombers ran out of gas so had to crash land or bail out
- All but three pilots survived but were captured by the Japanese and were tortured
-Island Hopping- US stragery against Japan and and hopping certain islands and not going to some
- Battle of Coral Sea
- The battle ended in a stalemate
- Considered to a more a US victory as it was the first time Japan's advance had been stopped
- Us on left, Japan on right
-Battle of Midway- June 1942 Major turning point in war
- We had broken their code so we know the attack was coming
-Guadacanal, US wins
-Tuesday
-Native Americans- Navajo Code Talkers
-Japan attempted to capture the code talker
-Kamikazes, sucide bombers and Japan used them, did a lot of damage to US ships, but didn't change the war
-Battle of Leyte Gulf- Philippines
- US had 3,000 casualties, Japan had 12,500 casualties, also had way more ships sunk, and losses of carriers
-MacArthur's return to the Philippines
- He knew it would be historic, he made them reshoot the scene, huge ego and confident, wanted to go down and history and make it perfect
- Iwo Jima- Feburary-March 1945
- Launched several bombs days before invasion
- Kill as many as possible and make sure their weak
- Biggest Battles in WW2, very important, smoke in background
- 6,821 US Deaths, 18,000 dead, they did not surrender
-Battle of Okinawa April-June 1945
- US would shell islands for a day or so before they invaded
- US 14,000-20,000 dead Japan 77,166- 110,000 Killed
- Japanese were fighting hard, but US is knocking on Japan's door
- Summer 1945- Preparing for the Invasion of Japan
- Operation Downfall, Planned for October 1945, Estimated to have over one million casualties, estimated 267,000 deaths and why did this never take place?
- Never had to invade Japan, they surrendered and the atomic bomb droppings
- Potsdam Confrence July 1945
- On July 26, the United States, Great Britain, and Soviet Union met
- Announced the terms for Japan's surrender, We will not deviate from them. There are no alternatives, no deals
- Potsdam Declaration July 1945
- Dismantle the current government, the allies will occupy Japan, Japan will consist only of the major islands, It will lose all territory gained in war and years leading up to it, Military will be disarmed, war crime trials, for acts made in war
- Democracy will be promoted as well as Freedom of Speech, religon and of thought as well as respect for Human Rights
- Japan will be allowed to have industry so they can make money to pay for repairing, world trade will also be enabled
- Allied occupation will end once accomplishes all above points
-The Manhattan Project 1939-1945 Led by J Robert Oppenheimer
- Scientist in charge of the research of Atomic Bombs
- One bomb and one day a bomb killed 74,000
- Trinity Test- July 16th 1945
- Done in New Mexico, put on a tower and dropped
- Paul Tibbets takes picture and waves before he throws the bomb
-Hiroshima Bombing, "little boy" Uranium 235 bomb
-Wednesday
-Nagasaki Bombing, "Fat Man" Plutonium Bomb
-Cause of death Burns, falling debris, and flying glass
-VJ Day- August 14-15 1945 Official UK
- September 2, 1945 Official for US
- When Japan officialy signed on the USS Missouri
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