https://padlet.com/20webbch/qajphx32mg7r Made with an aura of mystery en-us 2018-03-22 00:53:05 UTC 2018-03-22 01:05:34 UTC hello@padlet.com 20webbch https://padlet.com/20webbch/qajphx32mg7r/wish/244803724 Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese naval strategist, thought the US fleet in Hawaii was a threat and must be destroyed. Japanese hoped to attack the US by surprise.
Effects: U.S. Congress declared war on Japan December 8, 1941]]> 2018-03-22 00:55:15 UTC https://padlet.com/20webbch/qajphx32mg7r/wish/244803724 20webbch https://padlet.com/20webbch/qajphx32mg7r/wish/244803995 Because the U.S. wanted to avenge the attack on Pearl Harbor, Lieutenant James H. Doolittle commanded 16 B-25 bombers to attack Tokyo. The attack not only boosted America’s confidence but also revealed an important point: the Japanese could be attacked, deflating Japan’s ego.

]]> 2018-03-22 00:56:40 UTC https://padlet.com/20webbch/qajphx32mg7r/wish/244803995 20webbch https://padlet.com/20webbch/qajphx32mg7r/wish/244804630 Headed by General Leslie Groves and chief scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer this top-secret project was designed to create the first atomic bomb. This project became a major spending item in the U.S. military budgets. The first use of the bomb was tested in Mexico on July 16, 1945. Truman then warned Japan to surrender or expect a “rain of ruin from the air”.

]]> 2018-03-22 00:59:48 UTC https://padlet.com/20webbch/qajphx32mg7r/wish/244804630 20webbch https://padlet.com/20webbch/qajphx32mg7r/wish/244805268 First atomic bomb was dropped in Hiroshima. As a result, 70,000 Japanese were killed immediately and later 100,000 died because of radiation poisoning and cancer.]]> 2018-03-22 01:02:01 UTC https://padlet.com/20webbch/qajphx32mg7r/wish/244805268 20webbch https://padlet.com/20webbch/qajphx32mg7r/wish/244805701 2nd atomic bomb was dropped in Nagasaki, Japan. As a result the Japanese finally surrendered

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