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The attack of pearl harbor
On the morning of December 7, 1941, the Japanese launched a surprise air attack on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. After just two hours of bombing, more than 2,400 Americans were dead, 21 ships* had either been sunk or damaged, and more than 188 U.S. aircraft destroyed.The attack at Pearl Harbor so outraged Americans that the U.S. abandoned its policy of isolationism and declared war on Japan the following day -- officially bringing the United States into World War -
General Macarthur
Commander of U.S in pacific. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt
FDR 'Day of infamy speech. -
Battle of Midway
U.S attack japanese in pacific. -
Manhattan Project
Development of Atomic bomb. -
GvadaIcanal
U.S Forces defeat japanese. -
Guam
US forces capetured Guam -
the Atomic Bmb
After Japanese leaders flatly rejected the Potsdam Declaration, President Truman authorized use of the atomic bomb anytime after August 3, 1945. On the clear morning of August 6, the first atomic bomb, nicknamed Little Boy, was dropped on the city of Hiroshima. Leveling over 60 percent of the city, 70,000 residents died instantaneously in a searing flash of heat. -
The 2nd Atomic Bomb Was Dropped
Three days later, on August 9, a second bomb, Fat Man, was dropped on Nagasaki. Over 20,000 people died instantly. In the successive weeks, thousands more Japanese died from the after effects of the radiation exposure of the blast.