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The Bombing of Pearl Harbor
The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor which claimed nearly 2,400 americans. Many ships and aircraft were destroyed, It will go down in history as one of the worst tragedies in WWII. It will go down as a day of infamy. Today, One of the sunken ships the "USS Arizona" is an memorial for those who lost there lives that day. -
War Propaganda
Every country that was involved in WWII used Propaganda. The U.S used films, photos, and advertisements. War popaganda played a big role in WWII -
Executive Order 9066
An executive order issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, which granted that all people be removed from military areas. Most of the Military areas were home to Japanese Americans, or descent.By June, more than 110,000 Japanese Americans were relocated to remote internment camps built by the U.S. military in scattered locations around the country. The next two years would make the Japanese Americans go throgh harsh conditions -
The Manhattan Project
The Manhattan Project played a big role in WWII. In December 194, The U.S Goverment authorized a Top Secret Project called "The Manhattan Project". The goal of this project was to develop the world's first atomic bomb. -
Milestones* Douglas MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur was the General Of the Pacific fleet Navy during WWII. He led an attack on Japan , in which he captured every Japanese occupied island except the mainland. MAcarthur played a significant role in WWII -
The Battle of Saipan
The Saipan battle began on June 13th 1944. The battle 15 battleships with 16,500 shells being fired.Total casualties for the Marines and soldiers who fought on Saipan amounted to 786 officers and 13,438 enlisted men killed, wounded or missing in action. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima took place on February 19 1945. The capture of Iwo Jima was part of a three point plan the Americans had for winning the war in the Far east. On the first day of the battle the Marines took heavy fire because the American bombings were not effective. The tiny island took America over a month to take the Marines lost 6,891 soldiers and 18,070 were wounded.What the battle did show the Americans was how far the Japanese would go to defend their country -
*Milestones Enola Gay
The Enola Gay played a significant role in WWII. The Enola Gay is a B-29 superfortress bomber used in WWII. It would soon be used as the first aircraft to carry a n atomic bomb. -
Bombing of Hiroshima
On August 6,1945 during WWII, the Enola gay dropped the world's first atomic bomb over the Japanese city Hiroshima. It wiped 90 percent of the ceity and killed immediatly 80,000 people. tens of thousands would later die due to radiation -
Bombing of Nagasaki
Three days later, a second B-29 dropped another A-bomb on Nagasaki, killing an estimated 40,000 people. Japan's Emperor Hirohito announced his country's unconditional surrender in World War II in a radio address on August 15, citing the devastating power of "a new and most cruel bomb."
