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US in WW2
The United States participation in World War 2, both European and Pacific Theaters of the war.
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Did Obama serve in the US armed forces?
No, he did not. When he was born in 1961, he was too young to be sent to Vietnam. It should also be noted that a number of presidential and vice-presidential candidates did not serve in a war either; for example, Bill Clinton got a student deferment, and Mitt Romney got a deferment as a Mormon missionary.
What did Germany Italy and japan have in common in World War 2?
IN Germany, there is nazis. In Italy, there is pasta! But nobody knows who the USSR. If this doesn't make scense, please e-mail me at kevinsimons@mchsi.com
Why did Einstein encourage President Roosevelt to start the Manhattan project?
The Manhattan Project, or more formally, the Manhattan Engineering District (MED), was the effort during World War II to develop the first nuclear weapons of the United States with assistance from the United Kingdom and Canada. Its research was directed by American physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, under the overall project supervision of General Leslie R. Groves and the auspices of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The project's origins were in fears during the 1930s that Nazi Germany was also investigating such weapons of its own.
AnswerBecause he knew if the Allies didnt make the A-Bomb the Germans wouldlook what it did at www.rotten.com/library/history/atom-bomb/ see it all
"This new phenomenon would also lead to the construction of bombs,
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What was the village in nothern Egypt site of a decisive British victory during World War 2?
El Alamein
What side did the US fight on during World War 2?
they did not help anyone at the start of the war they joined after a year when Winston Churchill said to Roosevelt we need help can you help us. then the USA army came and helped the allies out.
Who first owned a nuclear bomb and an atomic bomb?
The United States:
Since 1942, more than 100,000 scientists of the Manhattan Project had been working on the bomb's development. At the time, it was the largest collective scientific effort ever undertaken. It involved 37 installations across the US, 13 university laboratories and a host of prestigious participants such as the Nobel prizewinning physicists Arthur Holly Compton and Harold Urey. Directed by the Army's chief engineer, Brigadier General Leslie R. Groves, the Manhattan Project was also the most secret wartime project in history. At first, scientists worked in isolation in different parts of the US, unaware of the magnitude of the project in which they were involved. Later, the project was centralized and moved to an isolated laboratory headed by physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer in Los Alamos, New Mexico. On 16 July 1945, scientists carried out the first trial of the bomb in the New Mexico desert. President Truman received news of the successful test whilst negotiating the post-war settlement in Europe at the Potsdam Conference.
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Although voices within the US Military expressed caution regarding the use of the new weapon against Japan, Truman was convinced that the bomb was the correct and only option. Six months of intense strategic fire-bombing of 37 Japanese cities had done little to break the Hirohito regime's resolve, and Japan continued to resolutely ignore the demand for unconditional surrender made at Potsdam. In such circumstances, the use of the atom bomb was seen as the best means of forcing Japan to surrender, and ending the war. The alternative, of an Allied invasion of the Japanese home islands, was expected to cost hundreds of thousands of casualties.
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The effects of the attack were devastating. The predicted Japanese surrender, which came on 15 August - just six days after the detonation over Nagasaki - ended World War II. Yet the shocking human effects soon led many to cast doubts upon the use of this weapon. The first western scientists, servicemen and journalists to arrive on the scene produced vivid and heartrending reports describing a charred landscape populated by hideously burnt people, coughing up and urinating blood and waiting to die.
Why did the us threw the atomic bomb?
Harry S. Truman defended his descision dropping the two atomic bombs on the cities on Nagasaki and Hiroshima. He defended his descision by saying it would shorten the war and lessen the casualties.
How did the war of 1812 affect the industrial development of the US?
Sectionalism didn't really affect the War of 1812; it was an outcome of the war. The controversy over the statehood for Missouri, which had attracted many Southerners who expected to use slaves to grow cotton and hemp, upset Northerners. The North accused the South of conspiring to extend slavery, while the South believed the North was conspiring to destroy the Union and slavery. Virtually every issue that would wrack the Union in the next forty years was present in the Missouri controversy. This is the beginning of the separation that would lead to the Civil War.
What were four items that were rationed during world war 2?
gasoline, sugar, eggs, meat. As the war went on more and more things were rationed
Why did Britain ally the US in World War 2?
America first joined the Brits. Then, Germany attacked Russia. The Americans gave aid to the Russians to help defeat Germany. America either sent a ton of tanks to Russia or helped them build a ton of tanks. I can't remember exactly which way that worked. I think America helped Russia build tanks by improving their designs.
Who was the leader of the US Navy in the Pacific Theater?
Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz. He was the Commander-in-Chief of Pacific Fleet. General Douglas MacArthur led the Army in the Pacific.
What did Germany offer to give Mexico if they agreed to declare war on the us?
Zimmermann Telegram-January 19, 1917: From the German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann to the German Ambassador to Mexico. The message proposed that Mexico attack the United States with German financial backing to seize Texas, New Mexico, & Arizona, if the United States entered the war against Germany. The message was intercepted and decrypted by British Intelligence and released to the American government on February 24, 1917, and to the world press on March 1, 1917. It further enraged the American public against Germany.
Full text of The Zimmermann Telegram: "On the first of February we intend to begin submarine warfare unrestricted. In spite of this, it is our intention to endeavor to keep neutral the United States of America.
If this attempt is not successful, we propose an alliance on the following basis with Mexico: That we shall make war together and together make peace. We shall give general financial support, and it is understood that Mexico is to re-conquer the lost territory in New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona. The details are left to you for settlement.
You are instructed to inform the President of Mexico of the above in the greatest confidence as soon as it is certain that there will be an outbreak of war with the United States and suggest that the President of Mexico, on his own initiative, should communicate with Japan suggesting adherence at once to this plan; at the same time, offer to mediate between Germany and Japan.
Please call to the attention of the President of Mexico that the employment of ruthless submarine warfare now promises to compel England to make peace in a few months.
Zimmerman"
What kind of bomber dropped the first atomic bomb?
there was no bombs dropped in pearl harbor, the Japanese crashed planes known as "Kamikazes" into it
Harry S Truman (May 8, 1884 - December 26, 1972) was the thirty-fourth Vice President (1945) and the thirty-third President of the United States (1945-1953), succeeding to the office upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt on April 12, 1945.
Truman's presidency was eventful, seeing the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the end of World War II, the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe, the beginning of the Cold War, the desegregation of the US armed forces, the formation of the United Nations, the second red scare, the creation of the CIA, and most of the Korean War. Truman was a folksy, unassuming president, and popularized phrases such as "The buck stops here" and "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen." He overcame the low expectations of many, particularly in the shadow of his politically-dominant predecessor, and although he decided not to run for reelection in 1952 due to low approval ratings, he is now commonly rated among the great Presidents by historians.
What was General Douglas MacArthur's goal?
open a full scale war against north korea and its allies like china
What was Japan's stratergy in the Pearl Harbor?
They used a shock and awe method of surprising the US Naval Fleet who was unprepared for any attack. They were to totally disable the USN fleet and the airplanes. They did that but did not get the aircraft carriers not realizing they were away from Pearl Harbor conducting maneuvers.
Why did Japan bomb Alaska in World War 2?
Actually they bombed Hawaii. The reason is that the Americans stopped all trade with Japan because they were on the Axis side. Japan replied with the bombing of Pearl Harbor. In return the Americans dropped two atom bombs on them, ending the war for good.
At nine fifteen on august sixth in 1945, an atom bomb of fifteen kilotons was dropped on Hiroshima. It was detonated one thousand, eight hundred feet over the ground. The plane that dropped the bomb was the Enola Gay aircraft bomber. The same thing happened on August ninth over Nagasaki. The fatalities of Hiroshima were seventy thousand and Nagasaki forty thousand. The affects of the atomic bomb, or death-causing factors are the blast wave, thermal and nuclear radiation.
What was the motivation of the Japanese attack on Pearl harbor?
The Japanese motives for its attack on the US base and US units in Hawaii (known as the Pearl Harbor attack) on December 7, 1941:
To prevent the US Pacific Fleet & other US military forces from interfering in the Japanese plans for aggression in China, Dutch East Indies, Malaysia, South Pacific, etc.
The Japanese Navy leaders incorrectly assumed that if they could deliver a 'knock-out punch' against the US battleships & aircraft carriers at Pearl Harbor, then the US government would not have the will power or public support to fight a long & costly war to defeat Japan.
How was the economy of America during World War 2?
I dont really know. so get some awnsers down!
Really bad
