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The Cause of Pearl Harbor
Japan and the U.S. were rivals already. Japan wanted to take over China and we knew about it and watned to stop them. they were sure the USA would become involved with there claims in Asia. They thought they would attack us to scare us off. -
Declare war on Japan( U.S. and Britain )
President Franklin Roosevelt requested and received a declaration to go to war with Japan. He gave a 10 minute speech ending with "Oh help us God". Everyone thinks the Japanese people are spies because they went to Washington D.C. but many of them declared there loyalty. -
China declares war on Japan
China was against Japan in the beginning because they were taking there land. China appreciated us helping out by having an embargo against Japan. When we were bombed they(China) agreed to help us get back at Japan. -
America sank first Japanese Merchant Ship
This is the first day that the U.S. got reports back from the war that we were ahead. The president gave the first national address since the bombing has occurred. -
First Japanese war ship sunk by U-boat
A month into the war and it is getting shady up in here! -
Another bombing on Pearl Harbor
Two Japanese flying boats bomb Marcus Island, a thousand miles away from Japan. It was the Pearl Harbor enterprise. -
Japanese first Defeat
Japan suffers there first defeat of the war during the battle of Coral Sea off New Guinea. First time in history that two opposing carrier ships saw each other but just the air crafts. -
Japan denies Red Cross
Japan refuses safe passage from the Red Cross for medical supplies for U.S. prisoners. -
U.S. victory
We won over Japanese of Bismarck Sea. -
America won War
America won the War against Japan on May 8, 1945. -
Atomic Bomb
American B-29 Bomber dropped the worlds first deployed atomic bomb over the city of Hiroshima. It wiped out 90 percent of the city and killed 80,000 people immediately, later on killed thousands of more do to radiation.
