https://padlet.com/099396/uygoq640ap2z2w3d Made with a wink and a smile en-us 2022-03-04 13:40:31 UTC 2025-09-24 22:56:26 UTC hello@padlet.com 099396 https://padlet.com/099396/uygoq640ap2z2w3d/wish/2077917823 On December 11th the Japanese attacked Wake Island. The US  Navy managed to sink one destroyer ship but it wasn't enough. The island fell to the Japanese December 23 and was kept until the end of the war

https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/nmusn/explore/photography/wwii/wwii-pacific/us-entry-into-wwii-japanese-offensive/1941-december-11-attack-wake-island.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkCti6VBhRM]]> 2022-03-04 13:41:43 UTC https://padlet.com/099396/uygoq640ap2z2w3d/wish/2077917823 099396 https://padlet.com/099396/uygoq640ap2z2w3d/wish/2077917954 On the morning of June 4th the Japanese attacked the US base on Midway. After their initial attack the US came in and started fighting. The US sank the Akagi, Kaga, and Soryu carriers. The last carrier Hiryu was later sank. The US won the battle.

https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/battle-
midway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-au50GxIXw]]> 2022-03-04 13:41:47 UTC https://padlet.com/099396/uygoq640ap2z2w3d/wish/2077917954 099396 https://padlet.com/099396/uygoq640ap2z2w3d/wish/2077918204 Japanese forces captured American and Filipino soldiers. The soldiers were in very bad health from the battle they were in. They were forced to march 60 kilometers in the heat. If they died they would just be left there.

https://thestrategybridge.org/the-bridge/2018/4/10/the-battle-of-bataan-and-the-bataan-death-march
https://www.pbs.org/video/the-bataan-death-march-8jxqi8/]]> 2022-03-04 13:41:55 UTC https://padlet.com/099396/uygoq640ap2z2w3d/wish/2077918204 099396 https://padlet.com/099396/uygoq640ap2z2w3d/wish/2077918343 American and Japanese first ever air-naval battle in history. The American carrier Lexington was sunk by its own crew because of the aerial bombardment from Japan. Japan won the battle but couldn't continue their plan because of the casualties the battle.

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-battle-of-the-coral-sea-begins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0WqUWhh548]]> 2022-03-04 13:42:00 UTC https://padlet.com/099396/uygoq640ap2z2w3d/wish/2077918343 099396 https://padlet.com/099396/uygoq640ap2z2w3d/wish/2077918473 The American troops first landed on the Guadalcanal island August 7th and started fighting. They got through the defense after some fierce fighting but met little resistance after. But Japan then sent reinforcements that arrived. The next following days marked the first deadly naval battle of the war. After a lot of fighting Japan withdrew their last soldier giving the US the victory.

https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/solomon-islands-campaign-guadalcanal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VzCTvSQ4JY]]> 2022-03-04 13:42:04 UTC https://padlet.com/099396/uygoq640ap2z2w3d/wish/2077918473 099396 https://padlet.com/099396/uygoq640ap2z2w3d/wish/2077948132 The US invaded the Japanese territory Gilbert Islands. When they first invaded they struggled to get onto the island because of low tide and a sea wall. After a lot of fighting the US pushed out all of the resistance in the islands. November 23rd the US declared the island secured.

https://dpaa-mil.sites.crmforce.mil/dpaaFamWebInTarawa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIKNKzItyDM]]> 2022-03-04 13:58:14 UTC https://padlet.com/099396/uygoq640ap2z2w3d/wish/2077948132 099396 https://padlet.com/099396/uygoq640ap2z2w3d/wish/2077949558 The Battle of Leyte Gulf was the largest naval battle and was fought during the Pacific war of WW2. The Allies won and gave them control of the Pacific.

https://www.britannica.com/summary/Battle-of-Leyte-Gulf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4mPUWWI_o8

]]> 2022-03-04 13:59:03 UTC https://padlet.com/099396/uygoq640ap2z2w3d/wish/2077949558 099396 https://padlet.com/099396/uygoq640ap2z2w3d/wish/2077952317 The Battle of Manila is know to be the fiercest and first Urban battle fought. The battle went on for a month and because of that the battle killed many civilians. With the Japanese losing they took out their anger on the civilians causing the Manila Massacre. The Japanese went on to lose the battle.

https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Manila-1899
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3l6d_o1mxc]]> 2022-03-04 14:00:35 UTC https://padlet.com/099396/uygoq640ap2z2w3d/wish/2077952317 099396 https://padlet.com/099396/uygoq640ap2z2w3d/wish/2077953883 Island Hopping was a strategy used by the US to slowly get closer to Japan. They would take over islands and every island would get closer to Japan. When they got close enough they set up a military base to launch an attack on Japan.

http://america-at-war-wwii.weebly.com/island-hopping.html 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxLjw8qaexY]]> 2022-03-04 14:01:22 UTC https://padlet.com/099396/uygoq640ap2z2w3d/wish/2077953883 099396 https://padlet.com/099396/uygoq640ap2z2w3d/wish/2077955262 The Battle of Iwo Jima was a great military campaign between the Japanese and the US Marines. The US landed and the battle was one of the bloodiest battles of the war. The US won giving them a great base to stage an attack on Japan.

https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima#:~:text=The%20Battle%20of%20Iwo%20Jima,potential%20invasion%20of%20mainland%20Japan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctXtHPYnMiU]]> 2022-03-04 14:01:58 UTC https://padlet.com/099396/uygoq640ap2z2w3d/wish/2077955262 099396 https://padlet.com/099396/uygoq640ap2z2w3d/wish/2077956365 The Battle of Okinawa was the last major battle of World War two, it is also one of the bloodiest. The US Marines invaded the island as the last push towards Japan. The resulting battle ended in the Allies wining.

https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-okinawa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl6riOsUJyw]]> 2022-03-04 14:02:31 UTC https://padlet.com/099396/uygoq640ap2z2w3d/wish/2077956365 099396 https://padlet.com/099396/uygoq640ap2z2w3d/wish/2077959587 Los Alamos, NM was the testing site of the first Atomic bomb. Robert Oppenheimer was the creator of the atomic bombs. Trinity was the name of the test bomb and worked great. The Manhattan Project was a success causing mass destruction to the areas the bomb touches.

https://www.osti.gov/opennet/manhattan-project-
history/Events/1945/trinity.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAmQ9E_Ohjs]]> 2022-03-04 14:04:19 UTC https://padlet.com/099396/uygoq640ap2z2w3d/wish/2077959587 099396 https://padlet.com/099396/uygoq640ap2z2w3d/wish/2077960545 On August 6th, 1945 the first ever atomic bomb was used on Japan. The bomb was dropped on Hiroshima killing tens of thousands immediately. Later many more died from cancer and radiation poisoning. The Japanese still refused to surrender after this.

https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv4VhZy2L5Y]]> 2022-03-04 14:04:51 UTC https://padlet.com/099396/uygoq640ap2z2w3d/wish/2077960545 099396 https://padlet.com/099396/uygoq640ap2z2w3d/wish/2077961095 After 3 days the US dropped another atomic bomb on Japan. The Japanese emperor officially surrendered after the second attack. With Japan surrendering World War 2 ended.

https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B74B5y7RyV0]]> 2022-03-04 14:05:10 UTC https://padlet.com/099396/uygoq640ap2z2w3d/wish/2077961095 099396 https://padlet.com/099396/uygoq640ap2z2w3d/wish/2077962927 Tokyo bay was the meeting between Japan and The US to officially end the war. The Japanese leaders and generals boarded the U.S.S Missouri to sign the papers to officially end the war.

https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1303405
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