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World War II Sides Battles
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Axis Powers (Communism, Dictatorship) VS
Axis Powers (Communism, Dictatorship) VS. Allied Powers (Democracy, Free Enterprise)
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The Main Allied Powers United States United Kingdom Soviet Union
France
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The main Axis Powers were?
Germany Italy Japan Nazi Germany Fascist Italy Japan
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Hitler
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Germany
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Italy
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Hitler (right) Mussolini (left)
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Japan
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Hideki Tojo Forced Konoye’ to resign Became Japan’s Prime Minister
Approved the attack on Pearl Harbor
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USA
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Winston Churchill Prime Minister Of the United Kingdom
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United Kingdom Map
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France
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Charles De Gaulle France’s President
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Soviet Union
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Joseph Stalin General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Soviet Union
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Reason the War Started Germany wants the Sudetenland (rich in resources) to fuel his war machine. Sudetenland located in Austria/Hungary/Czechoslovakia Anschluss unification of Austria and Germany Great Britain and France appease Nazi Party to prevent war Czechoslovakia upset democracy Germany demand the Danzig port back to Germany (strong ties with Germany) Nazi sign Non-aggression Act with Russia
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World War II (Length) Sept 1st, Officially starts when Germany invades Poland December 8th, US declares War on Japan (day after Pearl Harbor) 2300 servicemen,18 ships and 150 planes lost Congress voted; Senate 82-0 and House to declare war on Japan June 6th, 1944 – D-Day February of Germany surrenders at Yalta in August 6th, First A-bomb dropped (Hiroshima - killed 80,00 Japan says 200,00? –90% of city) August 9th, Second A-bomb dropped (Nagasaki – killed 45,000) September 2nd, 1945 Japan surrenders (War over)
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War and Battles Key Dates Germany invades Soviet Union
German troops invade Balkan countries Pearl Harbor Battle of Alamein Battle of Stahlingrad Bataan Death March Battle of Atlantic D-Day Invasion (Normandy) Battle of the Bulge Battle of the Coral Sea Battle of Midway Guadalcanal Battle of Leyte Gulf Battle of Iwo Jima Battle of Okinawa Manhattan Project
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Leningrad Now called St. Petersburg
Germany surrounds Leningrad and 600,000 civilians starve and die ,000 Soviets a day starve
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Balkan Invasion German drive British forces from Greece
take control of Caspian Sea (oil) Suez Canal trade. Germany forces British and other soldiers to work in labor camps
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Caspian Sea Suez Canal
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Battle of Alamein Italy and Germany have control of Northern Africa and are headed towards Cairo/Suez Canal US decides to start here because the Axis forces are less powerful and stop German forces from Tunisia to Libya. The Battle of Alamein forces Germany out Northern Africa
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Battle of Stalingrad Some of the fiercest fighting of war
Germany halted at Stalingrad in 1943 after 3 months of fighting 300,000 Germans and 500,000 Soviets dead
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Remember Stalingrad "We think of the great battle on the Volga without hatred or malice. However, we consider Stalingrad to be a lesson from the past which, unfortunately, must be remembered. Should that war be recalled? Some think not, but I don't agree. That war must be recalled until the time when mankind will say: "we don't want war and will do everything possible to prevent it so that never again will there be war on this earth". There will be a day when we shall stop recalling the war and say: it was the last - not because we should like to believe it is so, but because we shall know it is so. Text by the Soviet writer Konstantin Simonov.
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Bataan Death March General Douglas MacArthur put in charge of the Philippines, but could do little to stop Japan Japan takes American base at the Philippines by seizing the Capital at Manilla Japan target British Naval base at Singapore Japan takes British, American and Filipino prisoners and were put on a Death March of over 65 miles were they are clubbed, shot and starved. Around 7,000-10,000 Filipino’s were killed MacArthur ordered to flee to Australia, stated “I shall return!”
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Bataan Peninsula The Bataan Penninsula is Located 28 miles west of
Minila
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Bombing of Tokyo While MacArthur was leaving the Philippines, Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle was put in command of the mission that bombed Japan on April 18. In early 1942, B-25 bombers replaced the aircraft carriers’ short-range bombers because they could attack from farther away. Tokyo was the key target.
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Battle at Coral Sea American Navy despite being half the size of Japans stop Japan’s movement towards Australia Battle fought by Warplanes Beginning of Japanese decline
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Battle of Midway Japan send 100 ships to Midway to take the Base to continue towards Hawaii US intercepted and decoded message to help. War fought mostly by planes, shot down 38 Zero’s US sank 4 Japanese Warships in a period of minutes to send Japan retreating. Turning point of war with Japan
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Guadalcanal City in Solomon Islands controlled by Japan
First US offensive. Marine stormed the shores to root out Japan. Many causalities but finally succeeded
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Solomon Islands
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Guadalcanal Map
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Europe an N. Africa
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Midway in Oceania Hawaii
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Map of Southeast Asia
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Battle of the Atlantic At first US could do little to stop Japan in the Pacific. Admiral Charles Nimitz used convoys to prevent Japan from sinking our “Liberty Ships” US forces takes control of the Atlantic for the 1st time. German U-boats lose their effectiveness at sea.
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Battle of the Bulge (cont.)
Germany last ditch effort to take back France and regain some power Germany made some ground but not enough This is were the phrase “Bend but not Break” was used
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D-Day Invasion Normandy (North Shore of France)
Code Name “Operation Overlord” Largest single invasion in military history Elaborate plan that included Mulberry Harbor British and US main designers of the plan Total estimated dead: 2500 Allies 4,000 to 9,000 Axis (mostly Germans) Higgins Boats
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Normandy
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Invasion
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Mulberry Harbor
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Leyte Gulf Largest Naval engagement in History
US wiped out Japan’s Navy for good.
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Map of Leyte Gulf (in Philippians)
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Iwo Jima Small island in the Pacific
Part of Island hopping technique in Pacific US victory took control of airbase
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Iwo Jima (Memorial in DC)
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Map of Iwo Jima
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Okinawa Another major Island hopping victory in the Pacific US Victory
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Battle of the Bulge
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Manhattan Project
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Hiroshima A city of military and industrial significance in Japan 7th Largest city in Japan First A-bomb was dropped Bomb dropped August 6 by Paul Tibbets Name of the airplane was the “Anola Gay” Tibbets mother Instantly killed 80,00 people, Japan claimed 200,00 Nagasaki Nagasaki was picked as a result of Military and Industrial importance also It was the largest port in south Japan Instantly killed 45,000 people
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Paul Tibbets and the Anola Gay
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Little Boy
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After Little Boy
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Fat Man
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After Fat Man
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September 2nd, 1945 Japan surrenders (Pearl Cont.)
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Effects On July 26th, 1945, China, UK and the US called for a Japanese surrender at the Potsdam Declaration. Japan ignored the ultimatum. 10 days later Truman gave the order. Within the first 4 months of the drop, 90 to 166,000 est. dead at Hiroshima and 60 to 80,000 dead at Nagasaki. It is believed that 60% of the deaths died instantly from flash, flame or falling debris. 6 day later Japan surrendered 60 to 70 million died 40 to 50 million civilians Divide by 4
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On Sunday, December 7th, 1941 the Japanese launched a surprise attack against the U.S. Forces stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. By planning his attack on a Sunday, the Japanese commander Admiral Nagumo, hoped to catch the entire fleet in port. As luck would have it, the Aircraft Carriers and one of the Battleships were not in port. (The USS Enterprise was returning from Wake Island, where it had just delivered some aircraft. The USS Lexington was ferrying aircraft to Midway, and the USS Saratoga and USS Colorado were undergoing repairs in the United States.) In spite of the latest intelligence reports about the missing aircraft carriers (his most important targets), Admiral Nagumo decided to continue the attack with his force of six carriers and 423 aircraft. At a range of 230 miles north of Oahu, he launched the first wave of a two-wave attack. Beginning at 0600 hours his first wave consisted of 183 fighters and torpedo bombers which struck at the fleet in Pearl Harbor and the airfields in Hickam, Kaneohe and Ewa. The second strike, launched at 0715 hours, consisted of 167 aircraft, which again struck at the same targets. At 0753 hours the first wave consisting of 40 Nakajima B5N2 "Kate" torpedo bombers, 51 Aichi D3A1 "Val" dive bombers, 50 high altitude bombers and 43 Zeros struck airfields and Pearl Harbor Within the next hour, the second wave arrived and continued the attack.
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Pearl Harbor Casualties
USArmy : 218 KIA, 364 WIA. USNavy: 2,008 KIA, 710 WIA. USMarineCorp: 109 KIA, 69 WIA. Civilians: 68 KIA, 35 WIA. TOTAL: 2,403 KIA, 1,178 WIA. Battleships USS Arizona (BB-39) - total loss when a bomb hit magazine. USS Oklahoma (BB-37) - Total loss when she capsized and sunk in the harbor. USS California (BB-44) - Sunk at her berth. Later raised and repaired. USS West Virginia (BB-48) - Sunk at her berth. Later raised and repaired. USS Nevada - (BB-36) Beached to prevent sinking. Later repaired. USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) - Light damage. USS Maryland (BB-46) - Light damage. USS Tennessee (BB-43) Light damage. Destroyers USS Downes (DD-375) - Destroyed. Parts salvaged. USS Cassin - (DD-37 2) Destroyed. Parts salvaged. USS Shaw (DD-373) - Very heavy damage. USS Helm (DD-388) - Light Damage. Cruisers USS New Orleans (CA-32) - Light Damage.. USS San Francisco (CA38) - Light Damage. USS Detroit (CL-8) - Light Damage. USS Raleigh (CL-7) - Damaged but repaired. USS Helena (CL-50) - Light Damage. USS Honolulu (CL-48) - Light Damage.. Minelayer USS Ogala (CM-4) – Sunk, later raised and repaired. Seaplane Tender USS Curtiss (AV-4) - Severely damaged but later repaired. Repair Ship USS Vestal (AR-4) - Sever ely damaged but later repaired. Harbor Tug USS Sotoyomo (YT-9) - Sunk but later raised and repaired. Aircraft 188 Aircraft destroyed (92 USN and 92 U.S. Army Air Corps.)
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Pearl Harbor Photos Photos found in an old Brownie stored in a foot locker from a sailor who, was on the USS QUAPAW ATF-11O.
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Pearl Harbor 1
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Pearl Harbor 2
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Pearl Harbor 3
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Pearl Harbor 4
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Pearl Harbor 5
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Pearl Harbor 6
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Pearl Harbor 7
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Pearl Harbor 8
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Pearl Harbor 14
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Pearl Harbor 15
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WW I Fatalities
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WW II Fatalities Country Military Civilian Total Soviet Union*
Country Military Civilian Total Soviet Union* 8,668,000 16,900,000 25,568,000 China 1,324,000 10,000,000 11,324,000 Germany 3,250,000 3,810,000 7,060,000 Poland 850,000 6,000,000 6,850,000 Japan 1,506,000 300,000 1,806,000 Yugoslavia 1,400,000 1,700,000 Rumania* 520,000 465,000 985,000 France* 340,000 470,000 810,000 Hungary* 750,000 Austria 380,000 145,000 525,000 Greece* Italy 330,000 80,000 410,000 Czechoslovakia 400,000 Great Britain 326,000 62,000 388,000 USA 295,000 Holland 14,000 236,000 250,000 Belgium 10,000 75,000 85,000 Finland 79,000 Canada 42,000 India 36,000 *** Australia 39,000 Spain** 12,000 22,000 Bulgaria 19,000 2,000 21,000 New Zealand South Africa 9,000 Norway 5,000 Denmark 4,000
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The End
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Pearl Harbor December 7th, 1941
2300 soldiers, 150 planes and 18 ships lost Congress voted 82-0 (Senate) and (House) to declare war on Japan. FDR “This day will live in infamy” Tojo “I feel we have woke a sleeping giant!”
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Strategy Pearl Harbor had two characteristics that made it susceptible to attack. The harbor was shallow and a bottleneck. (2) Oahu is shaped like a bowl (high on the edges and low in the middle)
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Oahu
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Pearl Harbor
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Torpedo Technology
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Kate Torpedo
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