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The attack of Pearl Harbor was an attack that was planned by the Japanese Empire to strike back against America, which was seen as an obstacle in their way to conquest in Asia and to expand their empire

Outcome:

America later declares war on Japan and cuts off all trade with them, and then, a few days later, the declaration of war on Japan causes the Axis powers to declare war back on the United States

Key Medical Treatment and issues faced:

Emergency Operations were done in field hospitals, ships, and nearby medical facilities. and medical teams would use saline-soaked dressing to treat burn victims, and also sulfa powder, and for pain, they would use morphine, and blood transfusions were implemented as well and with the issues there was an issue of overwhelming patients and people in dire need of help for the medical staff and how the burn and oil victims were difficult to treat and how there was limited personnel in the area to help treat all patients and how the many unsanitary factors had helped cause disease and how many of the victims and those who had experience the even had developed many traumas due to the fear or whatever emotion that they had felt during the attack.

Britannica

https://www.britannica.com › event › Pearl-Harbor-attack

Pearl Harbor: Attack, Deaths & Facts

History.com

https://www.history.com › Articles

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Midway Atoll, United States Minor Outlying Islands

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Midway Atoll, United States Minor Outlying Islands

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Midway Atoll, United States Minor Outlying Islands

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Description: The Battle of Midway was a major naval battle in the Pacific of World War II that took place on 4–7 June 1942, six months after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor

Outcome of the event:

It was a major loss to Japan and their navy since they were defeated, and it became a turning point of the war, where the Americans were the ones who were advancing now towards the Japanese islands.

Key medical issues and treatments that were faced:

Many soldiers had experienced burn and blast damage,e and crush injuries as well bullet wounds and cuts and drowning and hypothermia as well were experienced at the time many first stations on ships were used to help treat those who were wounded and those who had suffered during the attack and after as well and sulfa powder was used to treat burn injuries and saline dressings as well, and shock treatment was used as well during the time and those with serious injuries would be transported with ships to hospitals and field surgeries on ships or hospitals and there was evacuation incase the Japanese would come back for another attack and those who did evacuate would be safe to recover safely.

https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Midway

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Midway Atoll, United States Minor Outlying Islands

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Description:

It was a series of Pacific land, sea, and air battles during World War II. fought primarily in and around the Solomon Islands

Outcome:

The Allies had won the battle of the Solomon Islands, which allowed them to gain naval and air superiority and soon began to drive the Japanese forces back.

Medical issues and treatments:

Many soldiers had to face many different types of diseases, such as malaria, dysentery, jungle rot, combat fatigue, and many other things, and the treatments they had were field hospitals and burn medication, and treatment for diseases and painkillers as well.

https://www.britannica.com/place/Solomon-Islands/History

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The Battle of Leyte Gulf was a series of battles fought between October 23 and 26, 1944, in the waters surrounding the island of Leyte in the Philippines.

Outcome of the event:

The Allies had won the event and soon it was something significant that crippled the Imperial Japanese Navy as an offensive force.

Medical issues and treatments

Many soldiers had experienced burns, drowning and hypothermia, and also combat wounds such as gunshot wounds and stab wounds and broken bones, and dehydration and many infectious diseases and also psychological tramas and for treatments they had the triage and first aid methods up, and also treatment for burn wounds antibiotics as well, and many were evacuated as well on medical ships.

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https://www.history.navy.mil › world-war-ii › battle-of-...

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https://www.britannica.com › event › Battle-of-Leyte-Gulf

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Description:

A major battle of the Pacific War was fought on the island of Okinawa from April 1 to June 22, 1945. It was a large-scale amphibious assault by US forces against a heavily fortified Japanese garrison

Outcome of the event:

This Allied victory event was deadly to human life because it was heavily armed and ready to fight back against the Allies. However, still the Allies moved and pushed onto the island, and this is where Japanese war planes and pilots were starting to use the tactic of kamikaze, which would result in self-death or suicide for their nation, and to take out the enemy with them as well. It showed the United States that an invasion of the nation of Japan would result in massive life loss since the Japanese were not willing to give up their island with ease, so they had to come up with something to show them that they wanted to end the war peacefully or not.

Key medical issues and treatments faced:

Many of the soldiers had experienced gunshot wounds to their body and also many of them had experienced something called war fatigue which as a exhaustion of war and some of them developing long issues of ptsd due to the attacks and worried of a Japanese plane coming in and bombing in the allies or a kamakazi attack as well, and many soldiers had also had to face infections and diseases as well which was something major onto of the war and fighting that was going on in the background and then just the kamakazi attacks as well getting pilots who were able to fly to crash into ships and maybe sometimes taking whole ships with them depending on how much fuel and exploves a war plane was installed with. **Description:**

The Battle of Okinawa, fought from April 1 to June 22, 1945, stands as one of the most significant events of the Pacific War. This clash involved a massive amphibious assault by U.S. forces against a fiercely entrenched Japanese garrison.

**Outcome of the Event:**

Although the Allies emerged victorious, the cost was alarmingly high in terms of human lives due to the brutal nature of the conflict. The determination of the Japanese forces to resist fiercely led to the introduction of kamikaze tactics, where pilots undertook suicide missions to strike back at Allied ships. This sobering realization made it clear to the United States that any attempted invasion of Japan would yield catastrophic casualties, as the Japanese were unyielding in their defense of their homeland. The urgency for the Allies to explore avenues for a peaceful resolution to the war, rather than prolonged combat, became evident.

**Key Medical Issues and Treatments Faced:**

The human toll of the battle was profound, with many soldiers suffering from gunshot wounds and debilitating war fatigue, a condition reflecting the extreme stress of combat. Additionally, the psychological scars of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) began to surface among troops due to the fear of relentless attacks, including kamikaze strikes. These mental health challenges were compounded by the prevalence of infections and diseases, creating a dire health crisis amid the fray. The threat of kamikaze attacks further escalated risks, with pilots willing to sacrifice themselves, often destroying entire ships, exacerbating the already dire situation for the Allies.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Battle-of-Okinawa

https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/wars-conflicts-and-operations/world-war-ii/1945/battle-of-okinawa.html

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Anzio, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Italy

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Description:

It was a battle in Italy where Allied forces, including the US Army, launched an amphibious landing at Anzio, south of Rome.

Outcome of the event:

It was an Allied victory, leading to the liberation of Rome and allowing the Allies to set foot on Italy.

Medical issues and treatments:

Soldiers would develop trench foot and suffer diseases and illnesses as well, and also would suffer combat wounds such as stab wounds and gunshots, and suffer from phyhologial trama and war fatigue, and they would use the triage system and have field hospitals and first aid camps as well and antibiotics and evacuation methods were used a lot, as well such as ships and soldiers who would carry the wounded to the hospitals and camps to recover, and there was mental health care for soldiers who couldn't take the tramua of the war and try to cancel the effects so they would be able to send them back to combat.

https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Anzio

https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/nmusn/explore/photography/wwii/wwii-europe/italian-campaign/battle-anzio.html

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Description:

This was the date of the Allied invasion of Normandy, France, during World War II to try and attack Nazi occupied France.

Outcome of the event:

It was an decisive Allied victory that marked the turning point in the Western Front of World War II.

Medical issues and treatments:

There was a lot of medical issues such as Gunshot wounds, shrapnel injuries, blast trauma from mines, mortars, artillery, and also how Drowning & Hypothermia was more common due to the fact that the soldiers had to carry heavy equipment and how blood loss and shock played a role in the issues and infections and traumas, and for treatments there was Field Medics & First Aid ones as well and also Blood plasma and transfusions took place, and mental health treatment and evacuations as well.

https://www.history.com/articles/d-day

https://www.britannica.com/event/Normandy-Invasion

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Description:

The battle was a grueling and costly battle fought between U.S. and German forces in a dense forest near the German-Belgian border from September 1944 to February 1945

Outcome:

the Allies eventually secured the strategic objectives, they suffered heavy casualties and were unable to achieve a decisive victory which was seen as one of the worst attempts of the war.

Medical issues and treatments:

Many soldiers had faced the harsh conditions of the forest and got sick of illness and then they had to faced combat wounds as well and also they had to face the traumas that they would experience and burn injuries due to the flamethrowers that were used by the enemy, and also respiratory infections and for treatment they would have stations to care for the injured and for them to recover and also they would have evacuations yet they would be be difficult to pull off due to the fact that they were in a forest,and they would fade combat fatigue as well.

https://www.liberationroute.com/themed-routes/5/the-battle-of-the-hurtgen-forest

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December 16, 1944, and ending on January 25, 1945.

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Description:

It was a major German offensive during World War II, launched in the Ardennes region of Belgium and Luxembourg in December 1944

Outcome of the event:

The Battle of the Bulge resulted in an Allied Victory, although the Germans initially gained some ground yet the Allies pushed in and won and soon entered Germany.

Medical issues and treatments:

They had suffered from the cold weather and from combat injuries again and also they had faced infectious diseases and also they had poor evacuation plans so it was hard for them to leave safe,and then some experienced combat fatigue and also they would experience Front line aid care and they also had the Triage & Aid Stations and also another thing is that they had Treatment of Frostbite & Trench Foot and had good Antibiotics & Infection Control.

https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-the-Bulge

https://www.army.mil/botb/

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Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan 

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Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan 

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Description:

The United drops 2 atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end the war in the Pacific without a full on homeland invasion of the island of Japan.

Outcome:

Immediate Destruction & high Casualties due to the atomic bombing and also the many radiation effects that were left behind due to the nuclear conditions and effect that in the long run there are many effects that still are today such as cancer caused by radiation, and also and also this caused Japan's Surrender & End of WWII .

Medical treatment and issues:

medical treatment of Severe Burns and Radiation Sickness experienced by Japanese people and soldiers and those in range, Infections as well, cancer and birth effects rise in percentage, and trauma and for treatments there was Immediate Emergency Care and also Radiation Sickness Care and Evacuation of Survivors and also After Japan’s surrender, US military doctors and Red Cross teams arrived to help the Japanese people and victims.

https://www.britannica.com/event/atomic-bombings-of-Hiroshima-and-Nagasaki

https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/education/presidential-inquiries/decision-drop-atomic-bomb

https://www.history.com/articles/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki