US in WW2

The Wagner-Connery Act of 1935.

Europe first with Asia/Pacific a holding action.

The top secret program to build an atomic bomb was called the Manhattan Project. It was so secret the top Generals and Admirals did not know about it. The people who worked on the project often did not know what they were working on. All the workers lived in places that were developed from the ground up and they could not talk about what they were doing. Even Vice President Truman did not know about it until after President Roosevelt died.

The US battleships Arizona, Utah (redesignated a training/target ship), and the battleship Oklahoma were permanently lost.

Hitler didn't believe that France and Great Britain would go to war over Poland. Once the war was on, Germany attempted to find a peace with France and Great Britain but failed. Germany then embarked on a series of operations to create security in the west. First Norway was invaded to preserve iron ore shipments. Then the conquest of France in 1940. Hitler and Germany wanted revenge for the losses of World War I and the defeat of France was part of the plan. After the Fall of France again Germany tried to deal with Great Britain. The Brits would not budge. The Battle of Britain was a mistake that cost Germany much of its air power. The German believed that with France subdued, the British were less of a threat. The Germans sent some troops to back up Italy in North Africa and began a massive effort to build a huge submarine fleet to destroy the British merchant fleet. The Germans planned to Invade Russia in early 1941, but were forced to delay in order to deal with Yugoslavia and Greece. Italy's mistakes in North Africa and in Greece cost Germany Men and time. By the time of invasion of Russia in June 1941 the German Air Force had still not rebuilt itself.
The question was why did the Germans invade Russia. Germany's main goal in the war was living space for its people. Hitler saw the vast Soviet Union as a perfect place to settle the new German people he was breeding.

The German military believed in fast campaigns and hoped to avoid the vast killing fields of World War I. Quick fast wars were cheaper. The major features of Hitler's strategy were fast conquests, defeating the western powers and a huge land grab from the Soviet Union. Given time, Hitler believed that his Fortress Europa could resist any attempts from the outside to dislodge German occupation. He failed because he could not conquer Russia, which would have provided immense resources. And because the Allies benefitted greatly from the entrance of the US into the war in December, 1941.

No, It is in the top 5, at number 4 surpassed only by the United States China and Russia. It is rapidly modernisisng and uses advanced technology and integrates Russian and Israeli systems. India has an advanced computer industry and is one of the few countries that can launch sattelites.

It is more Powerful than any nation in Western Europe

The Pacific Theater and the European Theater.

With the successful development of the atomic bomb.

Father: Arthur MacArthur, Jr.

Mother: Mary MacArthur (Also called Pinky)

The commander-in-chief of the US Armed Forces is the President. As commander-in-chief, he decides where the US Armed Forces should be stationed, what weapons should be used, etc. The Secretary of Defense is one of the members of his cabinet, and advises him. Note: The President cannot declare war. Congress has that power. The other roles of the President include: Chief Executive - he is the head of the Executive Branch, including 14 executive departments Chief of State - he is the example and symbol and representative of the US Chief Diplomat - Signs treaties, trade agreements, directs ambassadors, conducts foreign policy Chief Legislator - he has the power to propose bills, and he approves or vetoes all bills Chief of the Party - he helps other members of his party get elected Chief Guardian of the Economy - he manages unemployment, inflation, business, etc through taxation and legislation; he gets credit if the economy does well

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

The purpose of the Vietnamization policy was to grow and train the military forces of South Vietnam so America could reduce its presence in the country, and eventually exit from the war. The policy was developed during the Nixon administration.

Victoria Cross , Croix de Guerre , Bronze Star , Medal of Honor , Navy Cross , e.t.

Oficially, USSR had no reaction on bombing. Some of authors write, that USSR speed up invasion in Japanese territories after bombing, but attack forces has been gathered long before first bomb fall.

Nuclear bombs made from Plutonium and Uranium.

Jay's Treaty

The planning for "Operation Overlord" the invasion of France, involved many new tactics, some of which were the use of glider bourne troops, combined with parachutists to land behind the beaches under cover of darkness, to seize key points, such as bridges or road junctions. This was an ALL ARMS operation, which means that each of the air land and sea elements had to work together, to acheive sucess. This required many new ways of working that hadn't been tried before, such as the beach masters who controlled the un-loading of men and supplies, much like traffic cops at an intersection. A whole range of speciallised armoured vehicles were developed to deal with specific problems, such as the "flail tank" that cleared mine fields, or the flamethrower tank that attacked concete bunkers at close range. Another new tactic was having artillery guns firing from their landing craft as they closed in to the beach. By doing this, the artillery units contributed to their own sucessfull landings. Overhead, the airforces were flying two types of sorties, one to attack specific targets on the ground, the other as "on-call" fire support for the troops who needed it. Finally, the rapid re-inforcement of sucessfull units was a new tactic that required local commanders to be quick and keep up the pace of battle even at night. For more information, see Related Links.

The US Army lost 318,274 men during WWII, about 88,000 of whom were members of the Army Air Forces.

Not effective ones. Manganese steel plates were fitted to vests for some gun crews, but they were heavy, bulky and hard to produce.

There were nylon "flak jackets" issued to some airmen and to other specialized soldiers, but they only stopped slow-moving shrapnel or spalling. The rifles of World War II were powerful enough to shoot through them. Ceramic and Kevlar vests were developed for helicopter crews in the Vietnam era (1970) but were not mass produced until the 1980's, when they began to be distributed to police officers.

I think it was either VJ day or VE day ore Iwo jima

Life was hard because they had to live in fear of being shot by a sniper everyday some may have wished they could go home while other felt the honor of serving their country

I would say the main reasons America beated japan in WW2 was a couple mistakes japan made early in the war.

1. If japans third wave in pearl harbor was launched all the oil and ship repair dock would be destroyed, if so America would have a huge time recovering and the U.S. navy would recover months later. And with those months japan could invade midway, Hawaii etc.

2. If the U.S. aircraft carriers were at pearl harbor during the attack there (which they were suppose to be) the U.S. navy would have been wiped out because after pear harbor the only threats the Japanese navy hade was those carriers. If those where destroyed in Pear harbor the U.S. navy would have been destroyed.

3. In the battle of midway, Japanese planes on the aircraft carriers were preparing for a strike to the U.S. carrier but haven't found them. They were then fitted weapons to attack midway island but half way into it they found the U.S. carriers. Then when they found the U.S. carriers then they started unloading the airplanes and fitting them weapons to attack the U.S. carriers. Just then is when the U.S. bombers came and destroyed the Japanese carriers. If the carrier crew haven't wasted so much time refitted the planes with different weapons over and over and just lunched the strick against the U.S. carriers they U.S. fleet would be wiped out and Japan would easily win the war.

Japan would have won WW2 if she attacked Russia when Germany did instead of attacking the U.S.. The US would have been kept out of the war, Russia could not have won a two front war, and Germany and Japan would have a true alliance being able to trade, for example, German military technology for Asian minerals and rubber. They both would have shared Russia's resources.

My son had to answer a question like this for a 4th grade report. Here's what we found:

FDR led American out of the Depression by coming up with social programs like Social Security, the National Recovery Act, the Works Progress Administration and more. Some say this was the beginning of big government which led to a drain on taxpayers. Others say he saved the country and these programs provide a safety net that an affluent country like American should have. But, let's not get into that debate here.

The only other thing we found is that some say he could have done more to prevent or stem the Holocaust.