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Japan attacks Pearl Harbor. More than 2,000 American Soldiers killed
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Day which will live in infamy
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These camps hosted more than 120,00 Japanese for the course of the war. They lasted until the end of the war.
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Marching of POW. Beheadings, shooting of prisoners, and bayonette practice were popular forms of death during the march.
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Attacked symbolicaly and bombed tokya
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They decoded the JN25 code, a Japanese code, allowing the US to now naval plans of Japan
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Battle took to the sea. US destroyed 4 Japanese air craft careers. Japanses lost 2,500 flyers. This battle changed the course of the war
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Was the first stepping stone on the road to Japan. Marines lose 1,700 men. Japanese lost much more though: 23,000 men. this marked Japanese first loss in over 1,000 years
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Oppenheimer lead building the bomb. First production of plutonium 1/30,000,000 of an ounce of plutonium. Home of the Atomic bomb creation.
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Key Japanese airstrip taken. Bad planning caused major losses. The battle invented bomb crews.
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taking the island allowed us to bomb Japan mainland. In one day we shot down 345 Japanese planes. thousands of civilians committed suicide on the cliffs of Saipan. 40,000 on island when the battle began and only 100-300 prisoners were taken.
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Through comedy and ladies boosted moral of soldiers. Bob hope would continue to do this in every Americna War until the Gulf War
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another example of bad recon by US. Japanese had tunnel systems and pillboxes. Wasn't a necessary island to take
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Minila was a city which reulted in many civilian deaths and colateral damage. 100,000 philopeneans were killed
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Largest bomber and could fly further than any other bomber. This plane made bombing Tokyo easier.
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uS bombed it crazily. More use of tunnel by Japanese. The raising of the flag became the most famous image from the war. Important place for planes to land.
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invaded for a possble island if US were to stage an attack on mainland Japan
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12 years of presidency
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2 weeks after successful explosion a bomb is assembled.
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140,000 die
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70,00 die
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