https://padlet.com/20coleal/36cej70xo52t Made with a warm hug en-us 2018-03-20 20:32:16 UTC 2018-03-21 00:43:08 UTC hello@padlet.com 20coleal https://padlet.com/20coleal/36cej70xo52t/wish/244267177 On December 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor. It was a surprise attack, ships was inflicted in the first 30 minutes of the assault. The Arizona was completely destroyed and the Oklahoma capsized. The California, Nevada, and West Virginia sank in shallow water. Three other battleships, three cruisers, three destroyers, and other vessels were also damaged. More than 180 aircraft were destroyed. U.S. military casualties totaled more than 3,400, including more than 2,300 killed. This caused the the entry of the United States into World War II. 

]]> 2018-03-20 20:33:17 UTC https://padlet.com/20coleal/36cej70xo52t/wish/244267177 20coleal https://padlet.com/20coleal/36cej70xo52t/wish/244271639 June 4 1942 - June 7 1942 
 U.S. intelligence figured out Japanese intentions after breaking the Japanese naval code, however, and the Americans were ready: three heavy aircraft carriers of the U.S. Pacific Fleet were mustered. These ships were stationed 350 miles northeast of Midway and awaited the advance of Yamamoto’s armada. Whereas the Japanese had no land-based air support, the Americans from Midway and from Hawaii could commit about 115 land-based planes. The Battle of Midway brought the Pacific naval forces of Japan and the United States to approximate parity and marked a turning point of the military struggle between the two countries.

]]> 2018-03-20 20:40:36 UTC https://padlet.com/20coleal/36cej70xo52t/wish/244271639 20coleal https://padlet.com/20coleal/36cej70xo52t/wish/244322051 February 19 1945 - March 26 1945. The battle over Iwo Jima was considered the most brutal and fiercest battle in the Pacific Theatre, where all but 216 of the Japanese soldiers fought to the death or committed suicide.
The raising of the American flag over Mount Suribachi on February 23 and it became one of the famous images of the entire war. 

]]> 2018-03-21 00:35:04 UTC https://padlet.com/20coleal/36cej70xo52t/wish/244322051 20coleal https://padlet.com/20coleal/36cej70xo52t/wish/244322718   Only two bombs were dropped by the United States. The Little Boy and the Fat Man were the names of the two atomic bombs released. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were devastated with thousands instantly killed and even thousands more left dead from radiation poisoning and cancer caused by the radiation. This killed over 150,000 people including women and children. 

]]> 2018-03-21 00:38:26 UTC https://padlet.com/20coleal/36cej70xo52t/wish/244322718 20coleal https://padlet.com/20coleal/36cej70xo52t/wish/244323286 On August 14, 1945, it was announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, effectively ending World War II. Since then, both August 14 and August 15 have been known as “Victory over Japan Day,” or simply “V-J Day.” The term has also been used for September 2, 1945, when Japan’s formal surrender took place aboard the U.S.S. Missouri, anchored in Tokyo Bay. Coming several months after the surrender of Nazi Germany, Japan’s capitulation in the Pacific brought six years of hostilities to a final and highly anticipated close. 

]]> 2018-03-21 00:41:34 UTC https://padlet.com/20coleal/36cej70xo52t/wish/244323286