US in WW2

I dont mean to be mean but USA leads in producing dead corpses in other countries where they have large oil wells.

Japan would not surrender prolonging on the war

it was the uss Panay that was attacked by the Japanese. ya its the uss panay we are on that chapter in history class and that's what the teacher and book both say.

A PT boat, a swift torpedo motor boat

The Iowa Class battleships had three main battery gun turrets, each with three guns. Two were forward and one aft. Turret Number Two, forward, was superimposed over the top of Number One. All propellant and projectiles were kept within the gun structure, which was actually five levels tall, all within a special round citadel armored with 15-inch thick special treatment steel, called a barbette. Turrets Number one and Three had a capacity to store 200 projectiles, plus propellant to fire them. Turret number two was one level taller and could store 240.

Battleships were built to combat enemy battleships. For that purpose the guns fired armor-piercing shells, which weighed 2700 pounds each. The guns could also fire "high-capacity" (high explosive) bombardment shells, which weighed 1900 pounds each. When they were designed though it was contemplated that their main purpose and use would be to fight enemy ships, so they were designed to carry enough propellant to fire a full load of the heavier armor-piercing shells. It took 330 pounds of propellant to fire the lighter "high-capacity" shell and 660 pounds to fire the heavier armor piercing shell. Thus propellant storage was 66 tons each for Turrets One and Three and 79.2 tons for Turret Two, or a total of 211.2 tons. The propellant was stored on the lowest level of the five story gun structure and raised to the gun house by an elevator.

For each type of shell six silk bags of propellant were used - 55 pound bags for the high-capacity shells, 110 pound bags for the armor piercing. The propellant was not actually powder, but nitro-cellulose, formed in round "grains" the thickness of a pencil, one and a quarter inches long, perforated with holes. For 55 pound bags these were dumped in the silk bag, for 110 pound bags they were stacked. Silk was used to insure complete combustion of the bag, to prevent flaming fragments from igniting the charge of the next shell when the gun was reloaded.

This main battery arrangement was identical on all the ten "fast battleships" the US built just before and during WWII. These were the last battleships the US ever built, and included the North Carolina Class and the South Dakota Class, in addition to the Iowas. The only difference was the barrels of the Iowas guns were eight feet longer, giving them a slightly longer range. The six built before the Iowas, with shorter barrels, had a steeper "plunging trajectory" though, which was more useful for smashing through the armored decks of enemy battleships.

The battleships also carried thousands of rounds for the secondary battery, which was twenty five inch guns, ten to a side, housed two each in five turrets on each side. It took seventy pounds of propellant to fire a shell from these guns. This propellant was stored in separate magazines.

The greatest advantage that the Americans had was their massive production of war materials, the manpower they could put into their armed forces, and the supplies they were able send to Britain that helped Britain, her Allies, and America to defeat Germany, Italy and Japan.

The Lend-Lease Act, an act of Congress passed during World War II authorizing the President to â??sell, transfer title to, exchange, lease, lend, or otherwise dispose of . . . any defense articleâ?? to any country whose defense was deemed vital to the defense of the United States. The act was approved on March 11, 1941, while the United States was still officially neutral.

Some say that Truman wanted to send a message to the Soviet Union - Apex

FDR did want the US involved in the conflict raging in Europe. He feared, rightly so, that the Germans might manage to subdue large portions of Europe, which they did. And that the goal of Hitler's Third Reich, a united states of Europe with Germany as it's head, was within grasp of Hitler. FDR also knew though that there were very strong anti-war feelings in the US. During WWI, the British had made the Germans out to be monsters because they desperately wanted the US' involvement. And at that time, all trans-Atlantic communication cables went thru Britain, so the British were able to cut off any pro-German coverage. There is a story of a reporter who was with the Germans during the initial invasion of Belgium and into France. He was shocked when he returned to the US to read about the baby killing Germans. He stated he had never seen this happen while he was there. So many in the US thought that the British were just trying the same trick all over again. And there was also, though many do not like to admit, a strong communist movement in the states. This movement was taking it's orders from Moscow and due to the non-aggression pact, they supported Germany (up until the Germans invaded the Soviet Union). FDR wanted the US in the war, but also realized that he could not declare war without Congressional approval and this he did not have. It took the bombing of Pearl Harbor to finally give FDR the reason to enter the conflict

Approximately 146 US Servicepeople died during Operation Desert Storm (Jan-Feb 1991).

General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964) led US forces in the Pacific in World War II, and again as UN commander in the Korean War (1950-1953), until he was relieved of command by President Truman in 1951.

I'm not sure of the exact range but some US battleships could fire a shell 23 miles.

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The USS Iowa had a main battery of Mk 7 16"/50 caliber guns- the barrels were 50 times long as wide. They could shoot different shells, one as heavy as 2700 lbs. The max range was given as 41,662 yards- or a bit over 23 miles.

The 101st Congress did not declare war before the United States invaded Iraq nor has any subsequent Congress made a formal declaration of war in regards to Iraq. In October of 2002, Congress passed The Authorization for the Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002. The last time the United States Congress actually made a declaration of war was on June 5, 1942. Congress has made only five formal declarations of war since the inception of the United States Federal government. Including World War II , World War I, The Spanish American War, The Mexican American War and The War of 1812.

Little Boy was employed at Hiroshima and Fat Man at Nagasaki.

because they did

We joined the war because the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

That's the highest military honor in the US.

As far as the USA is concerned, that honor would go to Colonel Matt Urban of Buffalo, NY (deceased 1995). He was called the most decorated combat soldier the USA has ever had.

After the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, a widespread panic swept across America, but moreso on the West Coast where the majority of the Japanese-American population resided. The military perceived a threat of espionage and sabotage by the many Japanese and Japanese-Americans living in the US. Ignoring civil rights and the Constitution, about 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry - which included the elderly, children, and anyone with at least 1/8th drop of Japanese blood - were forced out of their homes and relocated to assembly centers, then divided out to 10 concentration camps which later were referred to as internment. They were political prisoners fueled by racism, and were isolated in desert camps for the next three years, roughly 1942 to 1945.

Conditions were poor, living in tar-paper barracks mixed with the harsh elements of the deserts. Food was minimal even though it was served 3 times a day. Showers, latrines, and laundry facilities were shared by everyone, leaving little room for privacy. Family dynamics fell apart. There were violent riots throughout the camps that often were played down by the press. And although these camps were nothing like the Nazi death camps, they were still very demoralizing to the internees. There were outbreaks of diseases and illnesses, and black marketing for scarce commodities. There were reports of several shootings, some even fatal, and people disappearing into the desert and never seen again.

When a loyalty questionnaire was put together by the government, internees were divided as to how to answer the questions. As an attempt to draft eligible men into the war, the two questions left many people without citizenship from either country, - the US or Japan. Those who were considered loyal went on to support the war, establishing the segregated 442nd Combat Regiment (one of the most highly decorated units in US history). Those who were considered disloyal, the "no-no" boys, were considered instigators or flight risks, and were sent further into the prison-like maximum security camp at Tule Lake.

After the war, some men were still held in prison until 1946, those who were still considered "dangerous" based on their social and political status within the Japanese-American communities. Despite all the mass round-ups and interrogations, no one was actually found guilty of espionage.

(Japanese-Canadians faced similar treatment, with those of Japanese ancestry perceived as "enemy aliens" and eventually banished from British Columbia entirely.)

Patton firmly believed in being born to fulfil a great destiny and to crush the military enemies of the US wherever they may appear. Of course there has to be a greater being to mark him for his destiny. Patton also talked about several warlord's lives he lived in the past and Patton just being one more incarnation of his ancient spirit.

In the end its always "Patton vs the enemy" with Patton winning, who cares about God, gods or reincarnations? Patton certainly did not!

That is true. George Houser also helped in founding CORE.

I dont know.... But why do u care? they wont really talk about it in the books either if u research but U can research when chocolate was invented and then c when world war 2 occured. that could give u a start

Japan was a crowded island empire. They felt they needed room to expand, but mostly they wanted to sell their manufactured goods to nearby countries that they could control. Just before 1941, they coined the term 'Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere' to define their newly expanded empire.