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WWII:The Western Front By: Nathan Yarman; Period 1
Why We Should Care The Japanese part of the war was a long fought battle that we lost many people to.
1941-1945 December 7, 1941 - Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; also attack the Philippines, Wake Island, Guam, Malaya, Thailand, Shanghai and Midway.December 8, 1941 - U.S. and Britain declare war on Japan. Japanese land near Singapore and enter Thailand.December 9, 1941 - China declares war on Japan.December 10, 1941 - Japanese invade the Philippines and also seize Guam.December 11, 1941 - Japanese invade Burma.December 15, 1941 - First Japanese merchant ship sunk by a U.S. submarine. December 16, 1941 - Japanese invade British Borneo.December 18, 1941 - Japanese invade Hong Kong.December 22, 1941 - Japanese invade Luzon in the Philippines.December 23, 1941 - General Douglas MacArthur begins a withdrawal from Manila to Bataan; Japanese take Wake Island.December 25, 1941 - British surrender at Hong Kong.December 26, 1941 - Manila declared an open city.December 27, 1941 - Japanese bomb Manila.
1941-1945 January 2, 1942 - Manila and U.S. Naval base at Cavite captured by the Japanese.January 7, 1942 - Japanese attack Bataan in the Philippines.January 11, 1942 - Japanese invade Dutch East Indies and Dutch Borneo.January 16, 1942 - Japanese begin an advance into Burma.January 18, 1942 - German-Japanese-Italian military agreement signed in Berlin.January 19, 1942 - Japanese take North Borneo.January 23, 1942 - Japanese take Rabaul on New Britain in the Solomon Islands and also invade Bougainville, the largest island.January 27, 1942 - First Japanese warship sunk by a U.S. submarine.January 30/31 - The British withdraw into Singapore. The siege of Singapore then begins.February 1, 1942 - First U.S. aircraft carrier offensive of the war as YORKTOWN and ENTERPRISE conduct air raids on Japanese bases in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands.February 2, 1942 - Japanese invade Java in the Dutch East Indies.February 8/9 - Japanese invade Singapore.February 14, 1942 - Japanese invade Sumatra in the Dutch East Indies.February 15, 1942 - British surrender at Singapore.February 19, 1942 - Largest Japanese air raid since Pearl Harbor occurs against Darwin, Australia; Japanese invade Bali.February 20, 1942 - First U.S. fighter ace of the war, Lt. Edward O'Hare from the LEXINGTON in action off Rabaul.February 22, 1942 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders General MacArthur out of the Philippines.February 23, 1942 - First Japanese attack on the U.S. mainland as a submarine shells an oil refinery near Santa Barbara, California.February 24, 1942 - ENTERPRISE attacks Japanese on Wake Island.February 26, 1942 - First U.S. carrier, the LANGLEY, is sunk by Japanese bombers.February 27- March 1 - Japanese naval victory in the Battle of the Java Sea as the largest U.S. warship in the Far East, the HOUSTON, is sunk.
1941-1945 August 6, 1945 - First Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima from a B-29 flown by Col. Paul Tibbets.August 8, 1945 - U.S.S.R. declares war on Japan then invades Manchuria.August 9, 1945 - Second Atomic Bomb is dropped on Nagasaki from a B-29 flown by Maj. Charles Sweeney -- Emperor Hirohito and Japanese Prime Minister Suzuki then decide to seek an immediate peace with the Allies.August 14, 1945 - Japanese accept unconditional surrender; Gen. MacArthur is appointed to head the occupation forces in Japan.August 16, 1945 - Gen. Wainwright, a POW since May 6, 1942, is released from a POW camp in Manchuria.August 27, 1945 - B-29s drop supplies to Allied POWs in China.August 29, 1945 - The Soviets shoot down a B-29 dropping supplies to POWs in Korea; U.S. Troops land near Tokyo to begin the occupation of Japan.August 30, 1945 - The British reoccupy Hong Kong.September 2, 1945 - Formal Japanese surrender ceremony on board the MISSOURI in Tokyo Bay as 1,000 carrier-based planes fly overhead; President Truman declares VJ Day.September 3, 1945 - The Japanese commander in the Philippines, Gen. Yamashita, surrenders to Gen. Wainwright at Baguio.September 4, 1945 - Japanese troops on Wake Island surrender.September 5, 1945 - British land in Singapore.September 8, 1945 - MacArthur enters Tokyo.September 9, 1945 - Japanese in Korea surrender.September 13, 1945 - Japanese in Burma surrender.October 24, 1945 - United Nations is born.
Pictures of Japan; WW2
People Involved Neville Chamberlain (1869 - 1940) was a British politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1937 - 1940. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, also known in short as "Gimo", was the leader of the National Party of the Republic of China, known as the Kuomintang (KMT).  Winston Churchill - Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (November 30, 1874 - January 24, 1965). Charles de Gaulle - Charles-André-Joseph-Marie de Gaulle (November 22, 1890 - November 9, 1970) was a French general and statesman.  Karl Doenitz - lAdmiral Karl Doenitz 1891-1980 was the leader (BefehlshaberderUnterseeboote) of the German U-boat campaign during World War II.  Dwight Eisenhower -Dwight David Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 - March 28, 1969) was the 34th (1953-1961) President of the United States and an Allied commander in World War II.  Hermann Goering - Hermann Wilhelm Göring (January 12, 1894 - October 15, 1946) was a prominent and early member of the Nazi party and one of the main architects of Nazi Germany. Hideki Tojo (1884 - 1948) was a Japanese general and politician who led the Japanese government during much of World War II. Isoroku Yamamoto (April 4, 1884 - April 18, 1943) was the outstanding Japanese naval commander of World War II.
Pacific Campaign The Pacific Campaign was the western front against Japan during WW2. Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, U.S. attacks back, fights for five years, U.S. bombs two Japanese Cities and wins the war.
Political Cartoon The cartoon is anti war, and pro appeasement.Death,disguised as an attractive woman,  is attempting to seduce the Youth of Europe  (the young man with 'Any European Youth' written on his back)  into following him 'upstairs (into war) - the idea of going to war might  look appealing, but in reality all that awaits European youth is death.
Hyperlink http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qP9my1R70cw
Questions Who were the leaders of the main forces. (Britain, U.S., Germany, Russia, Italy.) What Front did Germany fight on. Who won?
Song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFjkAax8dEU
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
The Conclusion We lost a lot of Americans and they lost a lot of Japanese and German soldiers, We Won
http://history.searchbeat.com/ww2people.htm#htojo http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100318214104AAnNk84

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The western front

  • 1. WWII:The Western Front By: Nathan Yarman; Period 1
  • 2. Why We Should Care The Japanese part of the war was a long fought battle that we lost many people to.
  • 3. 1941-1945 December 7, 1941 - Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; also attack the Philippines, Wake Island, Guam, Malaya, Thailand, Shanghai and Midway.December 8, 1941 - U.S. and Britain declare war on Japan. Japanese land near Singapore and enter Thailand.December 9, 1941 - China declares war on Japan.December 10, 1941 - Japanese invade the Philippines and also seize Guam.December 11, 1941 - Japanese invade Burma.December 15, 1941 - First Japanese merchant ship sunk by a U.S. submarine. December 16, 1941 - Japanese invade British Borneo.December 18, 1941 - Japanese invade Hong Kong.December 22, 1941 - Japanese invade Luzon in the Philippines.December 23, 1941 - General Douglas MacArthur begins a withdrawal from Manila to Bataan; Japanese take Wake Island.December 25, 1941 - British surrender at Hong Kong.December 26, 1941 - Manila declared an open city.December 27, 1941 - Japanese bomb Manila.
  • 4. 1941-1945 January 2, 1942 - Manila and U.S. Naval base at Cavite captured by the Japanese.January 7, 1942 - Japanese attack Bataan in the Philippines.January 11, 1942 - Japanese invade Dutch East Indies and Dutch Borneo.January 16, 1942 - Japanese begin an advance into Burma.January 18, 1942 - German-Japanese-Italian military agreement signed in Berlin.January 19, 1942 - Japanese take North Borneo.January 23, 1942 - Japanese take Rabaul on New Britain in the Solomon Islands and also invade Bougainville, the largest island.January 27, 1942 - First Japanese warship sunk by a U.S. submarine.January 30/31 - The British withdraw into Singapore. The siege of Singapore then begins.February 1, 1942 - First U.S. aircraft carrier offensive of the war as YORKTOWN and ENTERPRISE conduct air raids on Japanese bases in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands.February 2, 1942 - Japanese invade Java in the Dutch East Indies.February 8/9 - Japanese invade Singapore.February 14, 1942 - Japanese invade Sumatra in the Dutch East Indies.February 15, 1942 - British surrender at Singapore.February 19, 1942 - Largest Japanese air raid since Pearl Harbor occurs against Darwin, Australia; Japanese invade Bali.February 20, 1942 - First U.S. fighter ace of the war, Lt. Edward O'Hare from the LEXINGTON in action off Rabaul.February 22, 1942 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders General MacArthur out of the Philippines.February 23, 1942 - First Japanese attack on the U.S. mainland as a submarine shells an oil refinery near Santa Barbara, California.February 24, 1942 - ENTERPRISE attacks Japanese on Wake Island.February 26, 1942 - First U.S. carrier, the LANGLEY, is sunk by Japanese bombers.February 27- March 1 - Japanese naval victory in the Battle of the Java Sea as the largest U.S. warship in the Far East, the HOUSTON, is sunk.
  • 5. 1941-1945 August 6, 1945 - First Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima from a B-29 flown by Col. Paul Tibbets.August 8, 1945 - U.S.S.R. declares war on Japan then invades Manchuria.August 9, 1945 - Second Atomic Bomb is dropped on Nagasaki from a B-29 flown by Maj. Charles Sweeney -- Emperor Hirohito and Japanese Prime Minister Suzuki then decide to seek an immediate peace with the Allies.August 14, 1945 - Japanese accept unconditional surrender; Gen. MacArthur is appointed to head the occupation forces in Japan.August 16, 1945 - Gen. Wainwright, a POW since May 6, 1942, is released from a POW camp in Manchuria.August 27, 1945 - B-29s drop supplies to Allied POWs in China.August 29, 1945 - The Soviets shoot down a B-29 dropping supplies to POWs in Korea; U.S. Troops land near Tokyo to begin the occupation of Japan.August 30, 1945 - The British reoccupy Hong Kong.September 2, 1945 - Formal Japanese surrender ceremony on board the MISSOURI in Tokyo Bay as 1,000 carrier-based planes fly overhead; President Truman declares VJ Day.September 3, 1945 - The Japanese commander in the Philippines, Gen. Yamashita, surrenders to Gen. Wainwright at Baguio.September 4, 1945 - Japanese troops on Wake Island surrender.September 5, 1945 - British land in Singapore.September 8, 1945 - MacArthur enters Tokyo.September 9, 1945 - Japanese in Korea surrender.September 13, 1945 - Japanese in Burma surrender.October 24, 1945 - United Nations is born.
  • 7. People Involved Neville Chamberlain (1869 - 1940) was a British politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1937 - 1940. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, also known in short as "Gimo", was the leader of the National Party of the Republic of China, known as the Kuomintang (KMT). Winston Churchill - Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (November 30, 1874 - January 24, 1965). Charles de Gaulle - Charles-André-Joseph-Marie de Gaulle (November 22, 1890 - November 9, 1970) was a French general and statesman. Karl Doenitz - lAdmiral Karl Doenitz 1891-1980 was the leader (BefehlshaberderUnterseeboote) of the German U-boat campaign during World War II. Dwight Eisenhower -Dwight David Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 - March 28, 1969) was the 34th (1953-1961) President of the United States and an Allied commander in World War II. Hermann Goering - Hermann Wilhelm Göring (January 12, 1894 - October 15, 1946) was a prominent and early member of the Nazi party and one of the main architects of Nazi Germany. Hideki Tojo (1884 - 1948) was a Japanese general and politician who led the Japanese government during much of World War II. Isoroku Yamamoto (April 4, 1884 - April 18, 1943) was the outstanding Japanese naval commander of World War II.
  • 8. Pacific Campaign The Pacific Campaign was the western front against Japan during WW2. Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, U.S. attacks back, fights for five years, U.S. bombs two Japanese Cities and wins the war.
  • 9. Political Cartoon The cartoon is anti war, and pro appeasement.Death,disguised as an attractive woman, is attempting to seduce the Youth of Europe (the young man with 'Any European Youth' written on his back) into following him 'upstairs (into war) - the idea of going to war might look appealing, but in reality all that awaits European youth is death.
  • 11. Questions Who were the leaders of the main forces. (Britain, U.S., Germany, Russia, Italy.) What Front did Germany fight on. Who won?
  • 14. The Conclusion We lost a lot of Americans and they lost a lot of Japanese and German soldiers, We Won
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