did‚ and Truman wanted to prevent anymore American casualties. All throughout World War 2‚ Japan and the United States fought many battles one including the surprise bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 6‚ 1941‚ the Battle of Midway‚ battles at Iwo Jima and Okinawa‚ and finally the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. The United States dropped the first atomic bomb on Japan because the United States wanted to win the war as fast as possible while spending the least amount of money. Donohue writes
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Hiroshima: Necessary Warnings Bill Eckley HIST560 4026624 “The final decision of where and when to use the atomic bomb was up to me. Let there be no mistake about it. I regarded the bomb as a military weapon and never had any doubt that it should be used.”1 –President Harry S. Truman By the closing stages of the Second World War the Generals and Admirals had very little to do with how the war was to end. Truly the decision to drop the atomic bomb
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John Basilone John Basilone was the only enlisted Marine in World War II to receive the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross. Basilone‚ the son of Sicilian Napoli immigrants Salvatore Basilone and Dora Bencivenga‚ was born on November 4‚ 1916 in Buffalo‚ New York‚ and was raised in Raritan‚ New Jersey. At age fifteen‚ he completed middle school but did not go on to high school. Enlisting in the Marine Corps in July 1940‚ Basilone was trained at Parris Island in South Carolina. He was stationed at Guantanamo
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top and caused Japan to surrender the island to American forces‚ the United States was able to start its own offensive campaign which resulted in the capturing the following places: the Gilbert Islands‚ the Marshall Islands‚ the Mariana Islands‚ Iwo Jima and Okinawa. The U.S. was only able to successfully do this because of their win at Guadalcanal. If Japan won‚ its offensive campaign would not have been decreased but would have strengthened while the United States’ would have weakened. This would
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United States’ Involvement in the Pacific Theatre during World War II On 1 September 1939 the country of Germany led by Adolf Hitler invaded Poland using blitzkrieg tactics or in other words “lightning war”. As Germany is capturing Europe one country at a time Japan is doing the same except with Asia and Japan is also preparing for the attack of the United States naval base on the island of Oahu called Pearl Harbor. The attack on Pearl Harbor caused the United States to declare war on Japan‚ break
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------------------------------------------------- Born on the Fourth of July The ending of the WWII culminated with the beginning of the cold war. The cold war was a major political and military conflict between the superpowers of America and the Soviet Union. The conflict is also an insight of the rising democracy and the attempts on removing the communism. In the 1960’s America joined the Vietnam War on the South Vietnamese side‚ against their opponents inspired by the communist ideology: North
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Jay R. Vargas was born in Winslow‚ Arizona he is 78 years today Jay R. Vargas was born July 29‚ 1938 his sign is a leo. He is a Military veteran who was awarded the prestigious Medal of Honor in 1970 for his bravery during the Vietnam War. His Father was Hispanic and his Mother was Italian. Vargas has 3 older brothers that also fought in the war. Vargas had several awards the Medal of Honor‚ Bronze Star‚ Silver Star‚ Silver Oak Leaf Cluster‚ Combat Action Ribbon ‚ Vietnam Service Medal‚ Purple Heart
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Synopsis Steven Spielberg was born on December 18‚ 1946‚ in Cincinnati‚ Ohio. An amateur filmmaker as a child‚ Spielberg went on to become the enormously successful and Academy Award-winning director of such films as Schindler’s List‚ The Color Purple‚ E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial and Saving Private Ryan. In 1994‚ he cofounded the studio Dreamworks SKG‚ which was purchased by Paramount Pictures in 2005.Early Career Filmmaker‚ director and producer Steven Spielberg was born on December 18‚ 1946
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fountain‚ a crescent-shaped pavilion‚ the cenotaph‚ and the ancillary gardens. The National Monument is situated at the centre of the reflecting pool. The monument was designed by the famous American sculptor Felix de Weldon‚ who also designed the Iwo Jima Memorial in Washington. The idea of erecting the bronze monument came to the late Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al Haj‚ Malaysia ’s first prime minister‚ in 1960 when he visited the USMC War Memorial statue in his visit to America in October 1960 and
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Mr. Judd Name__________________ CH. 14 America and World War II Study Guide It was the bloodiest‚ deadliest war the world had ever seen. More than 38 million people died‚ many of them innocent civilians. It also was the most destructive war in history. Fighting raged in many parts of the world. More than 50 nations took part in the war‚ which changed the world forever. For Americans‚ World War II had a clear-cut purpose. People knew why they were fighting: to defeat tyranny. Most of
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