US in WW2

America was united against the Nazi & Japanese threat during World War Two.The factories of World War Two were either already producing war-materials, or, as in the case of Ford Motor Company, they were adjusting their assembly lines to fit the needs of war. Other factories followed suit, and eventually, America became a powerhouse, producing thousands of tons of war materials every day. With the more production of war materials, more people were needed to produce these materials. Simply supply and demand. The demand was fed by the war, the supply was provided by the factories in America, hence, the war was dependent on the factories, therefore boosting the economy enormously.

On August 6, 1945, at 9:15 AM Tokyo time, a B-29 plane, the "Enola Gay" piloted by Paul W. Tibbets, dropped a uranium atomic bomb, code named "Little Boy" on Hiroshima, Japan's seventh largest city. In minutes, half of the city vanished. According to U.S. estimates, 60,000 to 70,000 people were killed or missing, 140,000 were injuried many more were made homeless as a result of the bomb. Deadly radiation reached over 100,000. In the blast, thousands died instantly.

The city was unbelievably devastated. Of its 90,000 buildings, over 60,000 were demolished. Another bomb was assembled at Tinian Island on August 6. On August 8, Field Order No.17 issued from the 20th Air Force Headquarters on Guam called for its use the following day on either Kokura, the primary target, or Nagasaki, the secondary target. Three days after Hiroshima, the B-29 bomber, "Bockscar" piloted by Sweeney, reached the sky over Kokura on the morning of August 9 but abandoned the primary target because of smoke cover and changed course for Nagasaki.

Nagasaki was an industrialized city with a natural harbor in Western Kuushu, Japan. At 11:02 a.m., this bomb, known as the "Fat Man" bomb, exploded over the north factory district at 1,800 feet above the city to achieve maximum blast effect. Buildings collapsed. Electrical systems were shorted. A wave of secondary fires resulted, adding to their holocaust.

Flash burns from primary heat waves caused most of the casualties to inhabitants. Others were burned when their homes burst into flame. Flying debris caused many injuries. A fire storm of winds followed the blast at Hiroshima as air was drawn back to the center of the burning area. Trees were uprooted. The bomb took the lives of 42,000 persons and injured 40,000 more. It destroyed 39 percent of all the buildings standing in Nagasaki. According to U.S. estimates, 40,000 people were killed or never found as a result of the second bomb.

At the end of World War II, few questioned Truman's decision to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Most Americans accepted the obvious reasoning: the atomic bombings brought the war to a more timely end. They did not have a problem with over one hundred thousand of the enemy being killed. After all, the Japanese attacked America, and not the other way around. In later years, however, many have begun to question the conventional wisdom of "Truman was saving lives," putting forth theories of their own. However, when one examines the issue with great attention to the results of the atomic bombings and compares these results with possible alternatives to using said bombs, the line between truth and fiction begins to clear. Truman's decision to use the atomic bomb on Japan was for the purpose of saving lives and ending the war quickly in order to prevent a disastrous land invasion.

This sounds like a term project assignment. But just to get you started, the Manhattan Project was a scientific endeavor that began quite early in WW2 to develop the atomic bomb. Needless to remind you, this project was successful and resulted in the destruction of two Japanese cities: Hiroshima and Nagasaki, just weeks before the end of the war. So what effects (note spelling) do YOU think it's had on today's society?

In the spring of 1812 president Madison asked congress to declare war on Great Britain. The war lasted almost two years with the United States being victorious.

Audie enlisted into the Army, June 30, 1942. On 10-13-44 he was discharged as a

Staff Sergeant and on 10-14-44 he was re enlisted as a 2nd Lieutenant and on

8-21-45 received a commission as 1st Lieutenant in Texas. On Sept 21, 1945 was released from active duty in the Army. His re enlistment on 10-14-44 is what is

commonly referred to as a battlefield commission to an officer. His total time in

Active army was 3 years and 2 months and 21 days. Additionally, on July 14, 1950

he enlisted in the Texas National Guard as a Captain,and within a few short months after that, the Texas National Guard was federally recognized and became the United States National Guard as a ramp up to the Korean War.

He remained enlisted in the National Guard until November 8, 1966, when his outfit was no longer federally recognized. He had attained the rank of Major for over 10 years by that time. On November 8, 1966 he transferred to Army reserves as

inactive and remained on the inactive list with the rank of Major until his death on

May 28, 1971. Total time active military including his national guard enlistment was

19 years 2 months and 21 days. Total Military time, active and inactive reserve

status to the date of his death is one month and two days shy of 29 years.

During the Cold War the Soviet Union under the leadership of Nikita Kruschev placed missiles in Cuba, and island that is 90 miles from the Southern tip of Florida. This became known as the Cuban Missile Crisis, it was the closest the World ever got to Nuclear War between the World's two main Super Power's of the time.

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The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were nuclear attacks near the end of World War II against the Empire of Japan by the United States at the executive order of U.S. President Harry S. Truman on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively. After six months of intense fire-bombing of 67 other Japanese cities, followed by an ultimatum which was ignored by the Shōwa regime, the nuclear weapon "Little Boy" was dropped on the city of Hiroshima on Monday,[1] August 6, 1945, [2] followed on August 9 by the detonation of the "Fat Man" nuclear bomb over Nagasaki. These are to date the only attacks with nuclear weapons in the history of warfare.[3] The bombs killed as many as 140,000 people in Hiroshima and 80,000 in Nagasaki by the end of 1945,[4] roughly half on the days of the bombings. Amongst these, 15 to 20% died from injuries or illness attributed to radiation poisoning[5]. Since then, more have died from leukemia (231 observed) and solid cancers (334 observed) attributed to exposure to radiation released by the bombs[6]. In both cities, the overwhelming majority of the dead were civilians.[7][8][9] Six days after the detonation over Nagasaki, on August 15, Japan announced its surrender to the Allied Powers, signing the Instrument of Surrender on September 2, officially ending the Pacific War and therefore World War II. (Germany had signed its unavoidable[2] Instrument of Surrender on May 7, ending the war in Europe.) The bombings led, in part, to post-war Japan adopting Three Non-Nuclear Principles, forbidding that nation from nuclear armament.[10]

The first hydrogen bomb was designed by American Richard "Dick" Garwin. Whilst Garwin made the first design, Edward Teller and a team of scientists made the first actual bomb. In interviews, Teller was quite adamant that the credit go to Garwin for his design, but he accepted the credit for the construction of the bomb itself.

Other scientists who worked out the details of the design were Dr. Marshall Rosenbluth and Dr. Conrad Longmire.

The role of various physicists and scientists in the development of the Hydrogen bomb has been fulled by controversy and criticism through the years. For more details on Teller's view of the process and the people involved, see the link below.

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Japan believed that the European powers were too involved in their own war to be able to respond to her aggression in the Far East. One reason that jumps out is the oil embargo the US put on Japan. Japan was engaged in war with China, which the US looked upon unfavorably.

The Fair Deal.

The US military deployed around 94,000 servicemen and women

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If you are asking if these cities represented Military targets then the answer is no. The nature of the weapon (The Atomic bomb) meant there must be massive civillian loss of life. It does rather beg the question is it a million times more wrong to kill a million people than it is to kill one ? I'm thinking the US position at the time was that ending the war justified the means, even if the implications of the effect of the means were unknown. There is much to suggest the Japanese would have surrendered anyway, but how many more would die before they did, on both the Japanese & Allied side ? It is an emotive subect, warfare, political decision making & what to do for the best results. I think the deaths of what was seen as the enemy counted for very little at the time. The idea of the invasion of the Japanese homeland & the resulting casualties, given their extremely tennacious defence of various islands & island groups over the past 2 years & more, suggested very strongly indeed the US (primarily) would lose a great many young men in combat. Put simply it was a price the US thought itself unprepared to pay.

MacArthur did secure victory, taking the Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri on 2nd September 1945.

Executive Order 9066 .

On September 13, 1944 the US troops reach the Siegfried Line in western Germany. They crossed that line and entered Germany. I have added a related link for you in case you want to read more about it. You can see the story of this crossing in the show the Last Days of World War II.

They entered because when Britain and France began having a war, the US didn't take any sides. France and Britain were not happy that the US didn't take any sides, so they began taking American ships by force. Great Britain also captured sailors from the US and forced them to work for their navy. This made the US mad. They deeply wanted to drive the Spanish out of Florida and British out of Canada and fight Britain for the second time! So, they did so, and it began the War of 1812.

Who was the first American officer and first African American to lead troops in World War 1?

He and his unit were the 369th Infantry and they weren't white. Due to bigotry and racist feelings amongst many Americans of the day segregation was how things were done. Their leader was one of the first Afro-Americans to become an offcier of the US Army.

Like the guy who is now the President of the US of A, black American's can achieve anything.

Go look up Jim Europe and see how the man came to be great.

http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/jreurope.htm

General Patton was one of the best US Army commanders of WW2.

Known for wearing pearl handled revolvers, Patton was a great leader of his men. He & Montgomery did not see eye to eye at all. He paraphrased Marshal Pierre Bosquet of the Crimean War by saying 'It's not war, but it is magnificent': But who could justify his own troops stealing supplies intended for the troops of his own army's other corps requirements ? And slapping the face of a man in a field hospital ? Yes, he was a good leader, but good is about it: The debate remains whether Eisenhower should have given Patton his head to cross the Rhine in 1944 rather than go with Montgomery in Market-Garden. Perhaps had he done so Patton might just have won the war in 1944 & be elevated to the heights of great Generalship...

A true warrior, respected and feared by the Germans. Great ability to mobilize an army with great speed. He was one of the best combat leaders of WW2. He was politically inept and his mouth got him trouble often. He also slapped two soldiers suffering from combat fatigue, he was almost relieved of command but was to good to let go. If we had Patton in Vietnam and let him go do his thing without political influence he probably would have ended the war in a year or two.

A number of German rocket scientists came to the US after the Second World War, but the most well-known of them was SS Sturmbannführer Dr Baron Wernher Magnus Maximilian von Braun, usually called just Wernher von Braun.