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Pearl Harbor
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor. More than 2,000 American Soldiers killed -
Us Declares War
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Internment Camps
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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Bataan Death March
Marching of POW. Beheadings, shooting of prisoners, and bayonette practice were popular forms of death during the march. -
Doolittles Raiders
Attacked symbolicaly and bombed tokya -
JN25 Code Broken
They decoded the JN25 code, a Japanese code, allowing the US to now naval plans of Japan -
Japanese attacked Midway
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 -
Guadalcanal
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 -
Los Alamos
Oppenheimer lead building the bomb. First production of plutonium 1/30,000,000 of an ounce of plutonium. Home of the Atomic bomb creation. -
Bloody Tarawa
Key Japanese airstrip taken. Bad planning caused major losses. The battle invented bomb crews. -
Saipan
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. -
USO and Bob Hope
Through comedy and ladies boosted moral of soldiers. Bob hope would continue to do this in every Americna War until the Gulf War -
Pelelieu
another example of bad recon by US. Japanese had tunnel systems and pillboxes. Wasn't a necessary island to take -
Macarthur''s landing at Leyte Gulf
Minila was a city which reulted in many civilian deaths and colateral damage. 100,000 philopeneans were killed -
B29 Flying Super Fortress
Largest bomber and could fly further than any other bomber. This plane made bombing Tokyo easier. -
Iwo Jima
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. -
okinawa
invaded for a possble island if US were to stage an attack on mainland Japan -
FDR dies
12 years of presidency -
Test the A-Bomb (trinity)
2 weeks after successful explosion a bomb is assembled. -
Hiroshima
140,000 die -
Nagasaki
70,00 die -
Japan Surrenders