SECOND PART

JAPAN SEIZES MANCHURIA

• September 18, 1931
• The Japanese believe that Manchuria was rich in minerals and agricultural.
• Japan was becoming very crowded and Japan needed more land.

JAPAN INVADES CHINA

• September 19,1931
• Japan forced fled into the northern China and prepared to attack.
• The Chinese soldiers were vastly equipped with men, they were no match for the Japanese.

RAPE OF NAKING

• December 13, 1937
• This was an event which occurred during the sink-Japanese war.
• This event was horrific.

EISENHOWER 1935 TO 1939

• Eisenhower was promoted to brigadier general in September 1941. After the attack on Pearl Harbor eisenhowers was called back into the us to worl

GERMANY IN NORTH AFRICA

• June 10, 1940 to May 13, 1943
• It was called the North Africa campaign from operation torch British and American forces came across the battle

GERNAL DOUGLAS MAC ARTHUR

• July 26,1941to September 2, 1945
• Mac Arthur was An American General who commanded the southwest pacific.
• He led American forces into Korean war

JAPANESE ATTACKED PEARL HARBOR

• December 7, 1941
• The attack lasted for two hours, but the Japanese were able to do lots of damage.
• 20 navel vessels were hit, 8 battle ships were destroyed and 200 airplanes.

BATTLE OF CORAL SEA

• May 1942
• It was the first air-navel battle in history. The United States broke the Japanese codes for war tried went to incept the battle.

MIDWAY BATTLE

• June 7, 1942
• This battle was six months after Pearl Harbor. Japanese wanted to destroy what they did not get a chance to at Pearl Harbor.

BATTLE OF GUADALCANAL

• August 7, 1942 to February 9, 1943
• The us marines launched a surprised attack.
• They took control of an air bases. Both sides endured losses

AMERICANA TAKE IWO JIMA AND OKINAWA

• February- March, 1945 and April- June, 1945
• Iwo Jima was invaded first. America came to Japan with three marine divisions
• Okinawa was the bloodiest battle of the pacific.

HARRY TRUMAN BECOMES PRESIDENT

• April 12, 1945
• He served in worldwide 1. He started in politics in 1922, was a judge, then senate.

ATOMIC BOMBS DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI

• August 6, 1945
• An American b-29 bomber dropped the first atomic bomb

JAPANESE SURRENDER

• August 14, 1945
• The emperor unconditional surrenders after the two bombings.
• They officially signed September 2, 1945