Monday- No School
Tuesday- Continue Mr. Bruns
Japanese Invasion of Manchuria- The league of Nations condemned the action but could not enforce its authority as it had no military force. The message sent to the aggressive countries was that a major power could get away with using force because Great Britain and France didn't want war.. Japan dropped out of the league of Nations shortly after invasion.
Rape of Nanking- Late 1937- Early 1938- A mass killing of Chinese people (up to 300,000). Mass raping of Chinese women and girls. Mass looting and arson. Some in Japan have denied that the military killed civilaians for no reason. Still causes tension between the two countries today. There was a war crimes trail after the war to try Japanese soldiers for participation. Overall, throughout WWII, Japan killed almost 6,000,000 people- Chinese, Indonesians, Koreans, Pillions, Indochinese, Western prisoners of war, etc.
New Deal US economy we start spending a lot of money. It gets worse.
Panay Incident- December 1937- American gunboat attacked on river in China by Japan. 3 US troops killed, 45 wounded. Japan said it was an accident, apologized and paid US$$. Worsened US- Japan relations.
Why did Soviet Union and Japan go to War? (Japanese Neutrality Pact- The USSR and Japan signed and agreement to not fight one another in April, 1941. Soviet Union got invaded by Germany. Japan considered breaking this once Germany (their ally) invaded the USSR in June, 1941, but did not. The USSR broke this treaty when they declared war on Japan in August 9, 1945. Day before was the bombing. You might land grabs.
Japanese Leaders- Hideki Tojo, Emperor Hirohito. Chess match with the Soviet Union. WE helped Japan rise from the ashes. US saved him only to execute him.
Admiral Yamamoto- They didn't use ships they had to be completely silent.
Basics of Pearl Harbor Attack- December 7, 1941- Sunday- 7:40 AM and 8:50 AM
Location- Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory.
Battle results- Easy victory for the Japanese. US declared war on Japan. Germany and Italy Declare war on the US (Tripartite Pact). US Declares War on Germany and Italy.
Al 8 US navy battleships were damaged, with four being sunk. Three cruisers, three destroyers, and anti- aircraft sjip and one mine layer ship were sank and damaged. 188 US aircraft were destroyed (Pacific fleet)
Death Casualties-
(Aircraft carrier)
Pearl Harbor- December 7th, 1941.
Wednesday-
fighters- take out any airplanes
Didn't go after Honolulu this wasn't about killing innocent people.
Japanese people living in Hawaii.
Pearl Harbor Propaganda- Buy war bobs and enlist in the military. To get revenge.
This was one of the most patriotic songs during WWII. It was played at family and religious gathering throughout the country.
Cartoon- Bird The axis Dove Lays Its Rotten Egg. Vulture because they feed on the dead they are mad as they drop the bomb on us. #2 We are not happy we felt that we have been taken advantage of.
Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?- After Japan invaded French Indochina in 1940, Us stopped trading oil with japan. Japan singed the Soviet- Japanese Neutrality Pact in April 1941, guaranteed that Japan and USSR would not go to war. 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 the out to war. Japan knew that this plan was a huge risk, but thought it was the only way to defeat US. Plan backfired. Instead, Japan "woke a sleeping Giant".
zero year- shot and or killed, garrison.
FDR War Message- Pearl harbor was not the only area Japan attacked on December 7. "Yesterday the Japanese Government also launched an attack against Malaya". "Last night Japanese forces attacked Hong Kong". "Last night Japanese forces attacked Guam. "Last night Japanese forces attacked the Philippine Islands". Last night the Japanese attacked
Thursday-
Douglas MacArthur. - Was based in the Philippines. He had robe fired by president Truman. Truman was our base leader. He refused to be evacuated . He left to Australia was never bombed.
Baton Death March- USS Hornet launches b-25 Doolittle raid. The military saw no purpose of this mission. Roosevelt stands up "We cant aloud defeat to sink in, we have to get the winning attitude".
Battle of Coral Sea-By Australia important simi-victory for us.
Major turning point in the war we destroyed Japan- The battle of Midway- June 1942. Volcanic Island there isn't people on it. We won this battle. Airport runway. Fuel stops and place for airplanes. We destroyed so many of their ships they couldn't recover completely three months later they gave up.
Island hopping- We had one major push through Indonesian and the other where other little islands. Invade Japan. Hit one island passed one hit one too much time and casualties they will eventually surrender or die. Mop up people go back through the islands and take the others. Slow push sol-amen islands trying to take over Japan slowly. Mini D-day invasion. Some where tough to take some where just abandoned.
Kamikazes- He went on to say you didn't want to see but you wanted to see and kamikaze coming at you. You start seeing things but then they come in and you better hit them before they hit you. The gunner has the most important job. We really destroyed them. Did so well in the battle of midway- we won by magic broken their code we knew the attack was coming and we went after them before they could attack us.
IWO Jima- Famous sceces pushing up the flag. Volcanic mountain is called- mount sarabatchi. WE bombarded this for days and days. WE are getting close to Japan to start a bombing on them. They wanted to give us a false scene of security. The people who held the flag went back to America to sell war bonds. 6,821 US deaths at Iwo Jima. Two flag raising . First was marines climbing the hill during cross fire. Higher up Generals couldn't see so a bigger flag was set up.
Summer 1945-- Preparing fot the Invasion of Japan- Operation Downfall. Planned for October 1945- Estimated to have over 1 million casualties. Estimated to have 267,000 deaths. Why did this never take place?- The atomic bombs. Soviet Union.
Friday-
The Manhattan Project- Robin and Albert In stein. The making of the atomic bomb.
Trinity Test- Secrecy- they only new there little part of the project. Truman didn't know about the bomb until he was president. They didn't want the Soviet Union to know.
General Groves- Generals wanted to be on the front line. He was put in charge of a bunch of scientist. When he saw this test he knew he was going to be know because this is going to win the war.
Enola Gay- Pilot Pal Tibet - He named it after his mother.
Hiroshima Bombing- little Boy- not very powerful but back then it was huge. T- shape bridge in Hiroshima . The camera plane got lost.
The atomic Shadow- Ground zero you would be decentagrated. It was very hot. It burns their shadows into the ground.
Nagasaki Bombing- Fat man and bock-scar - These bombs were big. They were given orders do not drop the bomb unless you can see your target. When they get to two the first two cities and it was foggy and they couldn't see. Fuel and they realized they weren't gonna make it back so they needed to drop it and they did. They missed and it didn't expand much. They basically crash land. Japan surrendered.
VJ Day- August 14/15 1945 (Official UK). September 2, 1945 (Official for US). When Japan officially signed on USS Missouri.
Potsdam Conference- July 1945. Only July 26, the US, Great Britain, and china issued the Potsdam Declaration. Announced the terms for Japan's surrender. "We will not deviate from them. There are no alternatives".
Dismantle the current government of Japan. The allies will occupy Japan. Japan will consists only of the major islands. It will lose all territory gained in WWII and years leading up to it. Japanese military forces will be disarmed and allowed to return home. There will be war crimes trails for the atrocities committed by Japan throughout WWI.
Potsdam continued.
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