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Pearl HarborPearl Harbor
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Pearl Harbor from the Cockpit of a Japanese Pilot
Pearl Harbor from the Cockpit of a Japanese Pilot
Pearl Harbor - Dec. 7, 1941Pearl Harbor - Dec. 7, 1941
A date which will live in infamy!
President Roosevelt Signs the US Declaration of WarPresident Roosevelt Signs the US Declaration of War
USS Arizona, Pearl HarborUSS Arizona, Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor MemorialPearl Harbor Memorial
2,887 Americans Dead!
Pacific Theater of Operations
Pacific Theater of Operations
“Tokyo Rose”“Tokyo Rose”
Paying for the WarPaying for the War
Paying for the WarPaying for the War
Paying for the WarPaying for the War
Singapore Surrenders[February, 1942]
Singapore Surrenders[February, 1942]
U.S. Surrenders at Corregidor,
the Philippines [March, 1942]
U.S. Surrenders at Corregidor,
the Philippines [March, 1942]
Bataan Death March: April, 1942
Bataan Death March: April, 1942
76,000 prisoners [12,000 Americans] Marched 60 miles in the blazing heat to
POW camps in the Philippines.
Bataan: British SoldiersBataan: British Soldiers
A A LiberateLiberated British d British
POWPOW
The Burma CampaignThe Burma Campaign
The “Burma The “Burma Road”Road”
General Stilwell General Stilwell Leaving Burma, Leaving Burma,
19421942
Allied Counter-Offensive:“Island-Hopping”
Allied Counter-Offensive:“Island-Hopping”
“Island-Hopping”: US Troops on Kwajalien
Island
“Island-Hopping”: US Troops on Kwajalien
Island
Farthest Extent of Japanese Conquests
Farthest Extent of Japanese Conquests
Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle:First U. S. Raids on Tokyo, 1942Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle:
First U. S. Raids on Tokyo, 1942
Battle of the Coral Sea:May 7-8, 1942
Battle of the Coral Sea:May 7-8, 1942
Battle of Midway Island:June 4-6, 1942
Battle of Midway Island:June 4-6, 1942
Battle of Midway Island:June 4-6, 1942
Battle of Midway Island:June 4-6, 1942
Japanese Kamikaze Planes:
The Scourge of the South Pacific
Japanese Kamikaze Planes:
The Scourge of the South Pacific
Kamikaze Pilots
Suicide Bombers
Gen. MacArthur “Returns” to the
Philippines! [1944]
Gen. MacArthur “Returns” to the
Philippines! [1944]
US Marines on Mt. Surbachi,
Iwo Jima [Feb. 19, 1945]
US Marines on Mt. Surbachi,
Iwo Jima [Feb. 19, 1945]
Battle of Okinawa, April – June 1945
Battle of Okinawa, April – June 1945Known as “Typhoon of
Steel”Largest amphibious assault in Pacific of the War.Operation Downfall –invasion of main islands in Japan48,000 Americans died. 150,000 Japanese civilians died. Japanese propaganda viewed Americans as “barbarians.” This gave the Japanese the mindset of never surrendering to an American.
Potsdam Conference:July, 1945
Potsdam Conference:July, 1945
FDR dead, Churchill out of office as Prime Minister during conference.
Stalin only original. The United States
has the A-bomb. Allies agree Germany
is to be divided into occupation zones
Poland moved around to suit the Soviets.
P.M. Clement President Joseph Atlee Truman Stalin
THE DECISION TO DROP THE BOMB
Einstein’s LetterEinstein’s Letter In the course of the last four months it has been made probable -
through the work of Joliot in France as well as Fermi and Szilard in America - that it may become possible to set up a nuclear chain reaction in a large mass of uranium, by which vast amounts of power and large quantities of new radium-like elements would be generated. Now it appears almost certain that this could be achieved in the immediate future.
This new phenomenon would also lead to the construction of bombs, and it is conceivable - though much less certain - that extremely powerful bombs of a new type may thus be constructed. A single bomb of this type, carried by boat and exploded in a port, might very well destroy the whole port together with some of the surrounding territory. However, such bombs might very well prove to be too heavy for transportation by air...
Yours very truly,
(Albert Einstein)
The Manhattan Project:Los Alamos,
NM
The Manhattan Project:Los Alamos,
NM
Dr. Robert Oppenheimer
I am become death,
the shatterer of worlds!
I am become death,
the shatterer of worlds!
Major GeneralLesley R. Groves
The Manhattan ProjectThe Manhattan Project
June 1942, atomic-bomb project
War Department's Army Corps of Engineers.
American and European physicists discovered that the fission of uranium could a powerful weapon.
Employed nearly 129,000 people
The Manhattan Project Cont.The Manhattan Project Cont.To disguise this ultra-secret project, the Corps created a Manhattan Engineer District, with a headquarters initially based in New York City.Most work done at Los Alamos, New Mexico“Gadget” (Trinity) on July 16, 1945
““Trinity”Trinity”July 16, 1945July 16, 1945
Tinian Island, 1945Tinian Island, 1945
Little Boy Fat ManLittle Boy Fat Man
Enola Gay Crew
Col. Paul Tibbets & the A-Bomb
Col. Paul Tibbets & the A-Bomb
Hiroshima – August 6, 1945
Hiroshima – August 6, 1945
© 70,000 killed immediately.
© 48,000 buildings.
destroyed.© 100,000s died of
radiation poisoning & cancer later.
Hiroshima Before The Hiroshima Before The Atomic BombAtomic Bomb
Hiroshima After Hiroshima After The Atomic BombThe Atomic Bomb
The Beginning of theAtomic Age
The Beginning of theAtomic Age
Nagasaki – August 9, 1945
Nagasaki – August 9, 1945
©40,000 killed immediately.
©60,000 injured.©100,000s died of
radiation poisoning& cancer later.
The Bombing:The Bombing:NagasakiNagasaki
Before After
Japanese A-Bomb Survivors
Japanese A-Bomb Survivors
Hiroshima MemorialsHiroshima Memorials
V-J Day (September 2, 1945)
V-J Day (September 2, 1945)
Japanese POWs, GuamJapanese POWs, Guam
V-J Day in Times Square, NYC
V-J Day in Times Square, NYC
WW II Casualties: Europe
WW II Casualties: Europe
Each symbol indicates 100,000
dead in the appropriate theater
of operations
WW II Casualties: AsiaWW II Casualties: Asia
Each symbol indicates 100,000
dead in the appropriate theater
of operations
WW II Casualtie
s
WW II Casualtie
s
Country Country Men in war Men in war Battle deaths Battle deaths WoundedWounded
Australia Australia 1,000,000 1,000,000 26,976 26,976 180,864180,864
Austria Austria 800,000 800,000 280,000 280,000 350,117350,117
Belgium Belgium 625,000 625,000 8,460 8,460 55,51355,51311
BrazilBrazil22 40,334 40,334 943 943 4,2224,222
Bulgaria Bulgaria 339,760 339,760 6,671 6,671 21,87821,878
Canada Canada 1,086,3431,086,34377 42,04242,04277 53,14553,145
ChinaChina33 17,250,5217,250,521 1
1,324,516 1,324,516 1,762,0061,762,006
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia — — 6,6836,68344 8,0178,017
Denmark Denmark — — 4,339 4,339 ——
Finland Finland 500,000 500,000 79,047 79,047 50,00050,000
France France — — 201,568 201,568 400,000400,000
Germany Germany 20,000,0020,000,000 0
3,250,0003,250,00044 7,250,0007,250,000
Greece Greece — — 17,024 17,024 47,29047,290
Hungary Hungary — — 147,435 147,435 89,31389,313
India India 2,393,891 2,393,891 32,121 32,121 64,35464,354
Italy Italy 3,100,000 3,100,000 149,496149,49644 66,71666,716
Japan Japan 9,700,000 9,700,000 1,270,000 1,270,000 140,000140,000
Netherlands Netherlands 280,000 280,000 6,500 6,500 2,8602,860
New Zealand New Zealand 194,000 194,000 11,62511,62544 17,00017,000
Norway Norway 75,000 75,000 2,000 2,000 ——
Poland Poland — — 664,000 664,000 530,000530,000
Romania Romania 650,000650,00055 350,000350,00066 ——
South Africa South Africa 410,056 410,056 2,473 2,473 ——
U.S.S.R. U.S.S.R. — — 6,115,0006,115,00044 14,012,0014,012,0000
United Kingdom United Kingdom 5,896,000 5,896,000 357,116357,11644 369,267369,267
United States United States 16,112,5616,112,566 6
291,557 291,557 670,846670,846
Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 3,741,000 3,741,000 305,000 305,000 425,000425,000
1. Civilians only.2. Army and navy figures.3. Figures cover period
July 7, 1937 to Sept. 2, 1945, and concern only Chinese regular troops. They do not include casualties suffered by guerrillas and local military corps.
4. Deaths from all causes.5. Against Soviet Russia;
385,847 against Nazi Germany.
6. Against Soviet Russia; 169,822against Nazi Germany.
7. National Defense Ctr., CanadianForces Hq., Director of History.
Massive Human Dislocations
Massive Human Dislocations
The U.S. & the U.S.S.R. Emerged as the Two
Superpowers of the later 20c
The U.S. & the U.S.S.R. Emerged as the Two
Superpowers of the later 20c
The Bi-Polarization of Europe: The Beginning of
the Cold War
The Bi-Polarization of Europe: The Beginning of
the Cold War
The Division of Germany:1945 - 1990
The Division of Germany:1945 - 1990
The Creation of the U. N.
The Creation of the U. N.
The Nuremberg War Trials:
Crimes Against Humanity
The Nuremberg War Trials:
Crimes Against Humanity
Japanese War Crimes Trials
Japanese War Crimes Trials
General General Hideki TojoHideki Tojo
Bio-Bio-Chemical Chemical
ExperimentExperimentss
7 Future American Presidents Served in World War II
7 Future American Presidents Served in World War II
The Race for SpaceThe Race for Space
Early Computer Technology
Came Out of WW II
Early Computer Technology
Came Out of WW II
Mark I, 1944
Admiral Grace Hooper, 1944-1992COBOL language
Colossus, 1941
The Emergence of Third World Nationalist
Movements
The Emergence of Third World Nationalist
Movements
The De-Colonization of European Empires
The De-Colonization of European Empires
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