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JAPAN ATTACK PEARL HARBOR
The U.S. had broken the Japanese diplomatic code and knew an attack was imminent. A warning had been sent from Washington, but it arrived too late. -
The atomic Bomb
The Japanese began the war from the air at Pearl Harbor. They have been repaid many fold." "Public Papers of the Presidents: Harry S Truman, 1945On Aug. 9, after Nagasaki was a-bombed, Truman made another public statement on why the atomic bombs were Having found the bomb we have used it. We have used it against those who attacked us without warning at Pearl Harbor, against those who have starved and beaten and executed American prisoners of war, against those who have attack U.S. -
THE UNITED STATES DECLARE WAR ON JAPAN
for what japan had cause the bombing of the pearl harbor on december 7 1941 President Roosevelt signed the declaration at 4:10 pm the same day. The power to declare war is assigned exclusively to Congress in the United States Constitution, and it was therefore an open question at the time whether his signature was technically necessary. However, his signature was symbolically powerful and resolved any doubts. -
MacArthur
General Douglas MacArthur, Commander of the united states army forces Far East to initiate these and other actions directly led to the defeat of the American-Filipino forces in the Philippines during the initial phases of the Second World War, causing thousands of American and Filipino military and civilian personnel to suffer through years of brutal captivity at the hands of the Japanese. -
The executive order 9066
On February 19th 1942 Roosevelt signed Executive order 9066. Under the terms of the order of some 120,000 people of japanese decent living in the U.S. were removed from their homes and placed in internment camps. -
the war in the pacfic
The turning point in the Pacific war came with the American naval victory in the Battle of Midway in June 1942. The Japanese had fleet with heavy sustained losses and was turn back. -
Battle of Saipain
The Saipan battle began on the 13th of June 1944. The battle had 15 battleships with 165,00 shells being fired. A total of 7 modern battleships supplied 2,400 sixteen inch shells. Firing of shells was done at a distance of 10 yards (9,100 m) away from the shore to avoid minefields. On the second day 8 pre-Pearl harbor battleships were sent to replace the firing battleships but they lacked speed and ammunition. -
Iwo Jima
The American amphibious invasion of Iwo Jima, a key island in the Bonin chain roughly 575 miles from the Japanese coast, was sparked by the desire for a place where B-29 bombers damaged over Japan could land without returning all the way to the Marianas, and for a base for escort fighters that would assist in the bombing campaign. Iwo Jima was defended by roughly 23,000 Japanese army and navy troops, and it was attacked by three marine divisions after elaborate preparatory air and Bombardment -
Enola Gray
the Enola Gay, took off from Tinian, a North Pacific island in the Marianas, 1,500 miles south of Japan. The twelve-man crew were on board to make sure this secret mission went smoothly.
