US in WW2

Although the principles of long range attack using aircraft carriers was well known in American military circles, the nation was still stunned by the Japanese. The American's had heard the warnings, but did not think the Japanese could successfully pull off such a daring and secretive attack with enough force to sink a major fleet. They were wrong. The American reaction was near panic. There was widespread fear that the Japanese were going to invade California, even though their offensive abilities are now known to have been stretched just reaching Hawaii. The American reaction was to imprison all Japanese-Americans, an illegal move that still draws criticism. Fears of Japanese bombing reached as far as Kansas. Once the initial confusion and panic settled, the country went quickly about the business of building a giant war machine with which to get 'pay back' on the Japanese. Huge numbers of men volunteered for duty, but not enough for the demands of the war, thus many millions had to be drafted. Industrial plants all over the country that had been idled by the depression were suddenly humming due to military contracts. America was lucky to have two of the great military minds of the era with which to battle the Japanese - MacArthur and Nimitz. These two devised a plan that successfully destroyed the Japanese navy, broke their defensive perimeter, and ultimately cause the entire Japanese Empire to collapse.

The Japanese briefly attacked the Aleutian Islands in Alaska....

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American Naval and Air forces participated in the Battle of the Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway. In both of the battles, the United States and Australian forces won over Japan (defeated Japan). With these two victories over Japan, the American Navy forces began to turn the tide in the war against Japan.

UPDATED 3 Dec 2010: Without the aircraft carrier (AC), the United States would probably not have entered the war when and how it did. The AC allowed the Japanese Navy to successfully attack Pearl Harbor, a feat believed impossible at that time. Before Pearl Harbor, many naval tacticians did not believe that ACs and aircraft could play a major role in naval battles. After Pearl Harbor, they began to think about it, but most still resisted this idea, preferring the old tactics of huge battleships pulling broadside and blasting away until one side retired or sank. The Battle of the Coral Sea was the first naval battle conducted where the opposing fleets never saw each other. They fought via aircraft launched from carriers. This tactic proved so effective that the US depended on it to protect and save Midway and scored the ultimate win by destroying the bulk of the Japanese carriers in the same battle.

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Without the aircraft carrier participation in the Pacific campaign in particular the sea war would have been wholly different affair.It was with aircraft for the carriers that the US took control of both the Pacific sea and air.There were five major carrier battles in the Pacific alone in which the opposing forces (naval) never laid eyes on one another.You might like to read this web site for further insight into the carriers role.

http://www.microworks.net/pacific/

they did play an important part in the pacific arena. the Pearl Harbor attack was unsuccessful because non of the American a.c. was hit. the battle of midway was fatal to japan because they lost all 4 heavy a.c. the flag battle ship of the Japanese wasn't hit and didn't fire one shut, but it made no difference. its time was over already.

In some armies they fight because they are more afraid of their own officers than the enemy, such as in the Russian Red Army of WWII. The Red Army frequently used "blocking units" behind the front line troops, whose job it was to shoot any of their own soldiers who tried to retreat or run away. You don't get the best performance out of your soldiers in this way.

Those men whom fate places at the front, where the action is, and who do fight (not all do, even when they are in this situation) generally do not fight for a flag or some abstract idea. They fight for their friends, for their buddies who are depending on them. A man without friends in combat - like a new replacement - is in a very bad situation. They have their pride, and don't want to disgrace themselves - this is especially true of the "lifers", the professional soldiers. Some fight because they hate the enemy, some because they are mad at the foe - if it wasn't for them they could be at home eating apple pie and smooching on some girl every night, instead of freezing and living in holes in the ground while those people are trying their best to kill you.

The Lend-Lease program was a note-worthy departure from neutrality because then US was openly supporting a known enemy of Germany and the Lend-Lease program later led to even more support to England and it's war with Nazi Germany .

PUBLIC LAW 94 - 344 specifies:

"Section 2 (e) The flag should be displayed daily on or near the main administration building of every public institution." Military establishments are public institutions.

There are no limitations as to how many flags can be flown, however (see above) usually ONE location is specified as the "Post flag," "Base flag," or "Camp flag," and it is at THAT location at which the daily official raising and lowering of the installation's flag takes place.

You can look at this from a number of angles: It was important because: -A powerful Japan threatened Russia's back door which in turn potentially threatened their fight against Germany. -Japan needed to be contained so that the U.S. could use its combat power to bash Germany upside the head. Once Germany was down Japan would get a bullseye painted on it. -Japan stole away the British and French colonies (that they had stolen a hundred years previously) and they had to be recaptured. -Japan had to be prevented from possibly taking India and linking up with Germany in the MiddleEast (This was a biggee that the Germans and Japanese never really realized would have given them a nice advantage). -Japan threatened to destroy China as a nation which did not fit in with FDR's plan to have China as a major power to counter Japanese imperialism.

pretty much. after the world war two ended everybody was excited and surrendered except for the Japanese they didn't want to except that it was over. so the U.S wanted to try and get them to give up by dropping bombs.

Pearl Harbor is basically what got the US directly involved in WWII because the Japanese were in talks with America about a truce although no truce was actually declared. they then broke down the talks of peace with America and they bombed pearl harbor and wiped out most of the American pacific fleet. America then retaliated with the doolittle raid others and war continued until America dropped the first atom bomb on hiroshima and japan surrendered

Risk acceptance in composite risk management is a determination of what is an acceptable risk. One needs to determine what loss is acceptable and what loss is probable to determine if the loss is an acceptable risk.

The US didn't directly attack anybody. Japanese ships atacked a patrol, thus leading to the famous Battle at Midway.

December 1944 the second world war finished

Iron/steel for bombs, artillery shells; oil to run Japan's war machines (airplanes, tanks, warships), copper & lead for bullets. Anything that would further Japan's conquests were stopped.

it helps keep the nation safe from foreign attacks

The National Security Council is an advisory board to the President. It has no specific powers. Its purpose is to collect and analyze all information which pertains to US national security (that is, anything which threatens the physical or economic well-being of the US), and advise the President as to the nature, level of threat, and possible solutions to such problems. The NSC is the primary advisory body looking for multi-focal, long-term, and/or broad-based threats to US security.

The NSC receives information from a whole host of services, through primarily from four sources: (1) various national intelligence agencies (CIA, FBI, DIA, NSA, etc.) (2) US Military (3) State Department (particularly, the Foreign Service), and (4) international mass media. The NSC does NOT engage in intelligence gathering of its own - rather, it is an analytical body (it determines the meaning and relevance of other people's information).

Chief among the detractors of the attack on the U.S. was the man in overall charge of the operation, Admiral Yamamoto. He knew that the attack would only buy him some time to do what he wanted in the Pacific but that eventually the U.S. would hit them like the proverbial ton of bricks (that's my interpretation :) However, he was duty and honor bound to support his government and ultimately his emperor in their endeavours.

Yamamoto himself said " I feel as if we have awakened a sleeping giant."

Some people speculate that if the Japanese had sent in the fourth wave of attacks, designed to destroy the petroleum storage tanks at Ford Island, that the Japanese would have gained even more time in their efforts to conquer the Pacific Rim.

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There are several: Stalingrad Batlle Batlle of Midway Battle on Beaches of Normandy D-day at the battle of Normandy is often considered the most well known, the battle of the bulge is also widely accepted as a widely known battle If you are looking for definitions: Major Battle --- Term that refers to a large land battle that involved hundreds and perhaps thousands of soldiers. Usually only 1 or 4 days. Battle of Kursk in Russia was the largets tank battle in history. Campaign - A series of battles over a period of time that had an objective. Normandy Invasion started with a major battle to land troops on the French coast on 6 June but the objective of the campaign was to move in-land and capture key positions, which was completed on 20 August. Theater - A geographical region where the battles took place. Pacific Theater refers to the land and naval battles against the Japanese in the Pacific Ocean. Answer In terms of naval battles-- the Battle of Leyte Gulf was the largest naval battle in WW2 and by some criteria, the largest naval battle in recorded history.

Women didn't fight in WW1, WW2, Korea or Vietnam; they were mostly NURSES. See Film & Television series MASH.

When Germany over-ran Europe in 1939 and 1940, France surrendered. Germany occuppied a portion of France but some of France and its territories were unoccuppied. Instead, France signed a treaty that made them allies to Germany and the government was established in Vichy---thus this became known as Vichy France. When the British and Americans landedin Northern Africa to support the war against Rommel, they had to contend with the territories of Vichy France. The Allies sent Gen. Mark Clark to negotiate a peaceful resolution so they would not have to fight the French. He managed to get some aid but there was no promise of help to the Americans. When the Allies landed on 11 November 1942, they had to fight the French. In a few weeks they had taken over all of Morroco and Algiers and the Vichy government there laid down their arms.

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There's a presidential gold-colored dollar series being produced by the US Mint now. They are going in order, from the start, releasing four new ones each year. Truman's should be released in 2016, provided the world does not end per the Mayan calendar before then.

Most Japanese were in the camps for 3 years. Following Executive Order 9066 (February 19, 1942), the first Relocation Centers were staffed in March, 1942. Following the US Supreme Court ruling in January, 1945, most internees were released between April and November, 1945. Some were held for various reasons (including criminal offenses) into 1946, and the \"segregation\" camp at Tule Lake closed in March of that year.