Juliet Owuor BATTLES OF WWII
1939-1945
PACIFIC FRONT
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Pearl harbor
Japanese fighter planes attack American naval base at Honolulu, Hawaii; destroying vessels, battleships, equipments, airplanes, and more than 2000 Americans. This surprise attack provokes president Franklin D. Roosevelt's immediate action to declare war on Japan.
bataan death march
The soldiers were forced to march 65 miles under cruel and unusual punishment from their captors.
Two-Pronged Attack
---advancing from separate locations towards a common goal of isolating the enemy
General MacArthur moved northwest along the New Guinea coast while Admiral Nimitz crossed the central pacific by hopping to Gilbert, Marshall, Caroline, and Mariana Islands.
ISland hopping
---placing enemy in close range by advancing from island to island
The capturing of Tinian, and Guam in the Marianas islands ment the next key island is Iwo Jima. With this advancement, bases such as B-29 could be placed for possible air attacks against surrounding islands and force the Japanese to operate at Okinawa. Carrier based planes and bombers were relentlessly used to avoid giving the japanese a chance to defend.
OKINAWA april, 1,1945
Operation ICEBERG became the bloodiest invasion.
Phase 1-move towards eastern coast
Phase 2-clear northern part of island
Phase 3-occupy outlying islands
Phase 4-main battle
The first American volunteer group (AVG) that flew for the Chinese air force. They fought against the japanese with leadership from Colonel Claire Chennault.
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EUropean/african front
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Closing the ring
---closing in on hitler from three sides by attacking german cities and blocking german supplies
INVASION OF NORMANDY "Operation Overlord" (D-Day)
Armies
1st-lead by Omar Bradley
2nd-lead by Miles Dempsey
3rd-lead by Dwight Eisenhower
With leadership from General Dwight Eisenhower, American troops, vehicles, and equipment landed on Normandy. Advancement to the Seine river, liberation of Paris, and the removal of German troops followed.
BATTLE OF BULGE
The Germans created a bulge surrounding the Ardennes forest to push the Allied powers defense to northwestern Belgium. Lieutenant General George Patton lead a crucial victory by commanding the 3rd army to the town of Bastogne and eventually defeating the Germans.
Fall of berlin
U.S.S.R. broke German defenses and declaring victory over Germany by capturing the Reichstag building.
Germany surrendered to Soviet General Chuikov with a white flag.
Hitler planned his escape by having already built an underground bunker and preparing to poison his family and himself.
victory in europe day
GEORGE MARSHALL
U.S. Chief of Staff
Increased size of army
Helped plan "Operation Overlord"
President Truman's Secretary of State