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| reason why US entered WWII |
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| other US possessions attacked on Dec 7, 1941 |
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| Philippines, Guam, Midway, Wake Islands |
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| General in charge of defense of Philippines |
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| where Americans retreat to after attack of Philippines |
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| Australia 'I shall return' |
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| 76,000 American and Filipino soldiers take a grueling 60 mile walk |
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| 12 days, 6000 Americans killed |
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| leader of Doolittle's raid |
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| mission of Doolittle's raid |
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16 US bombers take off USS Hornet and bomb Tokyo
bring war to Japan |
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| carrier range predicament |
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| wanted to launch from 500 miles away, but did 650 miles away |
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| date of Battle of Coral Sea |
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| happenings of Battle of Coral Sea |
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first Japanese defeat
saved Australia from being invaded
all fighting took place from aircraft launched from carriers |
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| turning point of Pacific Theater |
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| Japan though Doolittle's raid came from Midway Island so they attacked it |
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| would serve as launching pad for Hawaii if invaded |
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| reason US successful at Midway |
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| knew it would be attacked via codebreakers |
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| 4 Japanese aircraft carriers sunk |
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Guadalcanal (90 mile by 25 mile)
25000 Japanese killed
1600 Americans killed (die for emperor) |
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5 brothers on same sunken boat killed
rule -> cannot be in same military unit |
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| November 1943 island invasion |
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Tarawa (8 square miles)
8000 Japanese defend it, 17 remain
1000 Americans die |
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Gen. MacArthur returns to Philippines
"People of the Philippines, I have returned" |
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660 miles from Japan
74 days of bombardment
Japan had elaborate caves, better positions
Marines land Feb 1945
21000 Japanese died
6821 Americans killed |
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| famous picture on Iwo Jima |
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taken by Joe Rosenthal
Mount Suribachi |
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Okinawa
Americans get 350 miles from Japan
110000 Japanese killed
8000 Americans killed |
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| where atomic bomb was delivered |
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| after USS Indianapolis delivers bomb |
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July 30th, 1945
boat sinks
most killed by drowning/sharks
not rescued quickly because classified mission |
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| chief scientist of Manhattan project |
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| military general in charge of Manhattan Project |
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| Leslie Groves management of Manhattan Project |
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built Pentagon
37 secret plants
constructed Los Alamos, NM
disagreed with scientists on morality |
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Trinity atomic bomb tested
Alamogordo, NM
Truman notified at Potsdam Conference
warning for Japanese surrender |
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| plane that dropped first atomic bomb |
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Enola Gay
named after pilot's mom |
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Little Boy bomb dropped at 8:15am 1900 feet above Hiroshima
66000 people killed right away |
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Fat Man dropped on Nagasaki
70000 killed
Japanese ask for peace the next day |
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| Japanese surrender on USS Missouri |
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| conditions of Japanese surrender |
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demilitarized Japan
made Japan a stable democracy with Hirohito still emperor
revived Japanese economy
kept 30000 US troops in Japan led by MacArthur |
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| happenings of Nuremberg trials |
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24 Nazis put on international trial
head judge British
chief prosecutor American Robert Jackson |
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murder of civilians
starting and waging war of aggression
destroying property
preparing for extermination of people for political, religious, racial reasons |
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| 2 main people at Nuremberg |
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| results of Nuremberg Trial |
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21 of 24 found guilty
12 sentenced to death by hanging
3 acquitted
others sentenced to prison |
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| Goals of Nazi Regime/Holocaust |
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create master race
get rid of impurities |
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| a purified Reich of Aryans free of Jews and the racially and mentally inferior |
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| Jewish treatment timeline |
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persecution until 1939
extermination post 1939 |
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Himmler
head of SS and Gestapo |
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| state sponsored systematic annihilation of European Jews by Nazi Germany |
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between 6 and 8 million
about 75% of EU Jewish population |
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ghettos to concentration/death camps
segregation |
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| Zyklon B (cyanide gas poison) |
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Pearl Harbor attacked (Dec 7, 1941)
Bataan Death March (April 1942)
Doolittle's Raid (April 1942)
Battle of Coral Sea (May 1942)
Battle of Midway (June 1942)
Guadalcanal (July 1942-Feb 1943)
Tarawa (November 1943)
Iwo Jima (Feb 1945)
Tokyo Firebombing (March 1945)
Okinawa (April-June 1945)
Atomic Test (July 16, 1945)
USS Indianapolis incident (July 30, 1945)
Bombing of Hiroshima (Aug 6, 1945)
Bombing of Nagasaki (Aug 9, 1945)
Japanese surrender (Sept 2, 1945)
Nuremberg Trials (November 1945) |
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