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WW II. U.S. ENTRANCE 1941 –45 PEARL HARBOR TO A BOMB. 33 JAPANESE SHIPS INCLUDING 6 AIRCRAFT CARRIERS SAILD 200 MILES UNDETEDTED. LAUNCHED 353 AIRCRAFT 6AM – 715AM. 8 AM THEY CONVEREGED ON BATLE SHIP ROW AT PEARL HARBOR 1PM ALL BUT 29 RETURNED BY 1945 32 OF THE 33 SHIPS WOULD BE SUNK.
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WW II U.S. ENTRANCE 1941 –45 PEARL HARBOR TO A BOMB
33 JAPANESE SHIPS INCLUDING 6 AIRCRAFT CARRIERS SAILD 200 MILES UNDETEDTED. LAUNCHED 353 AIRCRAFT 6AM – 715AM 8 AM THEY CONVEREGED ON BATLE SHIP ROW AT PEARL HARBOR 1PM ALL BUT 29 RETURNED BY 1945 32 OF THE 33 SHIPS WOULD BE SUNK PEARL HARBOR OAHU DEC 7TH 1941-
7AM USS WARD SINKS JAPANESE MINI SUB 7AM RADAR PICKS UP JAPANESE AIRCRAFT IGNORED 7:55 AIR RAID PEARL HARBOR 12 B-17’S ATTEMPT TO LAND 8:25 2000 AMERICANS KILLED ON BATTLESHIP ROW ARIZONA SUNK IN 9 MINUTES 1100 MEN STILL ON BOARD PEARL HARBOR DEC 7TH
ATTACK WAS NOT EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING- ALL SHIPS LINED UP TIED TO TENDERS ALL AIRCRAFT LINED UP ON RUNWAYS USS NEVADA ONLY SHIP TO GET UNDERWAY DELIBERATLY GROUNDED SO AS NOT TO BLOCK ENTRANCE TO HARBOR PEARL HARBOR DEC 7TH
JAPANESE GAINED TOTAL AND COMPLETE SURPRISE LOST ALL SUBS AND ONLY 29 PLANES DESTROYED PACIFIC FLEET JAPANESE MISSED OIL FIELDS DRY DOCKS AND THE 3 AIRCRAFT CARRIERS LEXINGTON – YORKTOWN- SARATOGA TACTICAL VICTORY STRATEGIC DEFEAT
Fall of the Phillipines • DEC 1941-MAY 1942 • OUTGUNNED OUTNUMBERED NO WAY TO REINFORCE – PACIFIC FLEET WAS DESTROYED ON DEC 7TH
Battan Death March • 76000 AMERICAN AND PHILLIPINOS SURRENDERED • 6 DAY 60 MILE FORCED POW MARCH – RESULTED IN 5000 MURDERS
CORREGIDOR FALLS • LAST BASTION TO SURRENDER ISLAND GUARDING ENTRANCE TO MANILA BAY • CALLED THE ROCK • MAC ARTHUR’S LAST STRONHOLD
Doolittle Raid • APRIL 18TH 1942 • 16 B25 BOMBERS LEFT USS HORNET TO BOMB TOKYO • MORAL BOOST • ONE WAY MISSION 71 OF THE 80 MEN SURVIVED
ISLAND HOPPING • 1942 United States begins to take back Pacific • Islands used as airfields and supply stations • Japanese would fight to the death on them • Rabaul • Last Japanese to surrender would be in the 1960’s
CORAL SEA – USS LEXINGTON • MAY 4-10 1942 • FIRST NAVAL BATTLE WHERE SHIPS NEVER SAW EACH OTHER • TURNING POINT • JAPANESE ADVANCE IS STOPPED