Attack on Pearl Harbor
The Attack on Pearl harbor was the morning of December 7,1941 and it was one of the biggest American military disasters. It was the Japanese who had attacked the U.S navy and more that 2,000 military and civilians were killed. It then made U.S declare war on the empire of japan, But japan had attacked U.S within a surprise causing the Americans to be unprepared and scrambling to protect themselves. On December 8th, the U.S officially entered war. Japan desperately wanted U.S oil but Americans refused to give them any and demanded they leave china. Japan refused to leave china causing them to approve war against the U.S, Great Britain and Holland. Of course United States defeated Japan.
The Battle of MidwayThe Battle of Midway started on June 3, 1942 and ended on June 7, 1942. The importance of this battle was for U.S to get back at the Japanese for surprising them with a surprising attack that took place at pearl harbor. However the Japanese thought they had power over U.S and thought they were going to defeat U.S again but little did they know that the U.S intelligence broke the Japanese naval code causing the Americans to anticipate the surprising attack. Of course Untied States won this battle.
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The Use of the Atomic BombThe Manhattan Project was the development of the first nuclear weapons during World War 2.It was then that the atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese the city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 around 8:15am leading it to kill 80,000 people. The second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki 3 days later killing 40,000 more people. The use of the atomic bomb was because U.S president Harry S. Truman temperament interplayed several other factors including the way he viewed the war and the expectations of the American public.
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This videos talks about the use of the atomic bomb