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8. Pearl Harbor
What is it?
The Japanese surprise attack on Hawaii.
How does it relate to World War II?
It was December 7, 1941 before the United
States had entered World War II.
Why is it important?
The Japanese thought the US in Hawaii
was a threat to their empire. This attack
brought the United States into declaring
war on Japan.
9. Rome-Berlin Axis
Mussolini saw Hitler’s growing strength and
thought it best to join forces. This is where
the potential for world war increased
dramatically.
11. Battle of Midway Island
1942
US surprise
attack on
Japanese
fleet
Success!
12. Executive
Order 9066
Order from President Roosevelt
to round up Japanese-Americans
In 1942
Japanese They were held prisoner in
Internment camps in the United States
until the end of the war.
14. Bataan Death March
Japan considered
surrender
dishonorable.
Allied soldiers who
surrendered were
abused.
In 1942, 70,000 prisoners were
forced to march for 50 miles.
Only 54,000 survived.
15. Doolittle raid on Japan
Colonel Doolittle sent
US bombers to attack
Tokyo in 1942.
It proved that Japan
could be attacked on
their own soil.
16. Trying to resolve
a conflict by
giving someone
what they want
is called
Battle of the
British Prime Minister
Coral Sea
Neville Chamberlain
17. This battle was
new for naval Battle of the Coral Sea
warfare - It was
all fought from
the air. This battle stopped Japan’s
southward advance.
19. Los Alamos, New Mexico
1945
Physicists from around the world have
been hired by the US government to
develop an atomic bomb.
20. Hiroshima
August 6, 1945
The atomic bomb was dropped on the
Japanese city of Hiroshima.
Three days later, another bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki.
Japan surrendered.