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The Manhattan Project
The Manhattan Project was project to get the worlds best scientists together and build an atomic bomb. Albert Einstein signed a letter to the President to alert him about the need to proceed with this atomic development. The governments top priority was to build these atomic bombs. -
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15.2 Victory in Europe and the Pacific
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The Battle of the Coral Sea
The Battle of the Coral Sea was a four day battle that took place at New Guinea. Was the first air-sea battle in history. Americans hit the Japanese Shoho carrier sinking it. Japanese sank the carrier Lexington. The Japanese were forced to turn back leaving the Americans with the win. -
Battle of midway
One of the most important naval battles of WW2. The Japanese navy planned to ambush the American navy but the Americans new the ambush was coming and planned for it. Americans won the battle and did permanent damage to the Japanese navy. -
D-Day
D-Day was a pretty big turning point for WW2. During this battle Allies planned to invade Normandy and to destroy German communication and transportation networks. Allie forces eventually got victory but at the cost of great causalities. -
The Liberation of Paris
Allies liberated Paris. Hitler ordered his generals to destroy the french capital , but they disobeyed him. -
Battle of the Bulge
Hitler ordered a counterattack known as the Battle of the Bulge. Germans surprised the allies and overtook several cities. Allied bombers took flight and attacked the German positions. Reinforcements arrived pushing the Germans out of France. -
American force pushed toward Japan
American forces used an island-hoping strategy. Making a steady path toward Japan. They took Saipan, Tinian , and Guam in the Mariana Islands. General Douglas MacArthur would retake the Philippines, and the U.S Navy sank Japanese ships. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
23,000 Japanese troops tried to defend the island of Iwo Jima. American marines wiped out the remaining troops taking the island of Iwo Jima. Americans needed Iwo Jima for a base. -
Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima
The Manhattan project was completed. President Truman had a difficult decision to make, the decision was he could dropped the bomb or not. At the end of the day he didn't know how close the Axis' nuclear scientists were to making an atomic bomb , so he decided to dropped it to end the war and save American lives -
Second Atomic Bomb is dropped on Nagasaki
The Second bomb was dropped because the first bomb wasn't enough to convince the Japanese War Council to surrender
