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US in WW2
The United States participation in World War 2, both European and Pacific Theaters of the war.
10,317 Questions
What are the Japanese Interment camps?
Japanese Relocation Camps are located on the Pacific Coast of the United States.
What is one way American women mobilized for the war effort?
During World War II, many women grew "Victory Gardens" at home to bolster the rationing of goods, since so much was diverted to the troops.
What countries does not have a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council?
The countries that have a permanent seat at the UNSC are China, Russia, USA, UK and France.
Why did US forces obtain Iwo Jima?
Iwo Jima is roughly halfway between the Mariana Islands and the Japanese home Islands. The US 20th Air Force was based in the Marianas after they were captured in the summer of 1944, engaged in the strategic bombing of Japan, using B-29 heavy bombers.
Iwo Jima is just big enough for a decent sized airfield. With Iwo Jima in Japanese hands, Japanese fighter planes could fly from it to attack the American bombers going to and coming from Japan. And the Japanese on Iwo could radio warnings to Japan that an raid was on the way, so the defenses could be prepared, anti-aircraft cannon manned, defending fighters in the air.
Once Iwo was captured by the US these early warnings were no longer given to the Home Islands, and US fighter planes, which had a shorter range than the bombers, could be based on Iwo to escort and defend the bombers on the way in and out of Japan.
[Further note: it turns out that fighter escorts were of very limited usefulness, as the almost total annihilation of the Japanese air defenses meant escorting fighters were unnecessary. Also, the early warning station on Iwo Jima was supplemented by others which were never attacked, so the loss of Iwo Jima did not impact the Japanese's early warning system at all.]
But the main value of Iwo turned out to be as an emergency landing strip for bombers damaged over Japan, or experiencing mechanical troubles. It was nothing but vast open ocean between the Marianas and Japan, and any plane in trouble was going to go down in this vastness, and the crew would be very lucky to get picked up. About as many B-29 crewman were saved by using Iwo as an emergency landing strip as there were Marines killed taking the rock.
[Note: the last paragraph is highly disputable - postwar analysis showed that the vast majority of "emergency" landings on Iwo Jima were not for real emergencies, and instead for training or minor issues. In addition, search-and-rescue operations in the region could easily have been handled from other small islands in the area, which were unoccupied by Japanese. So, the number of U.S. bomber crew lives saved by the Iwo Jima airfields is likely very, very few. Probably the best justification is for emergency landings for the atomic bomb missions, since a loss of either bomb due to plane malfunction would have been a huge blow, as replacing the a-bombs was a very time-consuming process. ]
Why wasn't the US justified in dropping the atomic bombs on Japan?
ID1205554227 said:
i think it was justified to lunch not one but to boms on japan to stop the war. i do wish there was a nother solution insted of the bom but sence there wasnt i do think the united states made the right choice.
^Maybe you should learn how to write properly before giving advice on dropping nukes. Or atleast learn how to click the "Spell check" button.
23 atomic bombs were being prepared in 1945 to drop on Japan, not just 2.
The other solution was available, landing and invasion. But this would have taken at least another year, over a million US troops lives and many million Japanese lives.
The atomic bombs saved well over an order of magnitude more lives than they cost.
On what Japanese island did US Marines raise old glory?
The American flag was raised atop Mount Suribachi, on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima, on February 23, 1945.
Why did Roosevelt declare war after Pearl Harbor?
The Japanese attacked the United States. It wasn't just a little slap that they gave us it was an all out massacre. If they took control of the islands of Hawaii and Alaska as they planned, then they could eventually take over the whole country. Can't have that can we.
What is Cash and Carry during World War 2?
Cash and carry allowed the sale of materials to warring nations if recipients arranged for the transport and paid immediate cash.
What problems did Pearl Harbor cause?
The attack on Pearl Harbor caused the US to declare war on Japan and then Germany and Italy. 1,177 crewman died that day.
Why was the US upset over Joseph Stalin and the Soviet Union even before the end of World War 2?
Through the suppression of people, and the common ideal of communism, it threatened the western civilization.
How many men comprise an army brigade?
The modern military no longer uses set piece units at levels above battalion size. They customize units to accomplish a specific mission, adding forces like engineers, intelligence units and detaching armor or artillery. A brigade was once somewhere between a regiment and a division. Today it could be less then 3000 men, or even twice that number.
Particularly in the U.S. Army, the brigade has replaced the division as the primary tactical combat unit. That is, divisions are now primarily logistical and administrative in nature, while the brigade is the self-contained unit deployed for combat. As such, brigades are "customized" when deployed, adding various asset units depending on the mission. A deployed brigade now can consist of little more than a 2-3 battalions and some logistical support, up to sizes that rival divisions: 4-5 combat battalions, 2-3 major combat support battalions (artillery, aviation, etc.) plus a full complement of logistical units. The idea is to create a "plug-and-play" model where a brigade structure consists of little more than a skeleton staff until it is to be deployed, at which time the parent division (or sometimes even other divisions) assign that skeleton brigade command the full complement of units it will need to accomplish its specified mission.
What were the World War 2 bombs nickname called?
- Code name: Little Boy, Model name: MK-1, Material: Uranium-235, Assembly method: Gun.
- Code name: Fatman, Model name: MK-3, Material: Plutonium-239, Assembly method: Implosion.
Why was the Truman Doctrine proclaimed in 1947?
More clearly than any earlier act, the Truman Doctrine proclaimed that the United States had embarked on a new foreign policy. This new policy of containment would have profound effects on American society and culture. Its immediate aim was to prevent the Soviet Union from moving beyond the line it had reached in Eastern and Central Europe. By 1947 the Truman administration viewed the Soviet Union as powerful, totalitarian, and aggressive, much like Germany and Japan in the 1930s, and believed it must be contained by a policy of firmness and strength.
Two developments appeared to stand in the way. First, the nation had reduced its military force to well below two million people, less than a sixth of those in uniform in 1945. Second, the nation seemed to be slipping back into isolationist attitudes that had prevailed in the 1930s, including hostility toward spending money on foreign affairs. Elections in 1946 had turned control of Congress over to Republicans determined to slash the federal budget.
Crisis in Greece, 1947
At this juncture, the regimes in Greece and Turkey were in trouble. Communist-led revolutionaries in Greece, aided by Communist-controlled Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, and Albania, challenged the recently restored monarchy. Turkey's problems stemmed directly from the Soviet Union, which was pressuring the Turks for a share in control of the outlet from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean. These two situations threatened to become a crisis, as the British, weakened by the war and their collapsing empire, informed the U.S. State Department in late February that they could no longer help the Greek and Turkish regimes. The British government asked the United States to step in so that the Soviets would not gain control. American diplomats on the scene as well as State Department and military leaders in Washington feared that Communist victories in Greece and Turkey would open the door for Soviet expansion into the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and Western Europe.
With his White House staff eager to improve his image, Truman moved quickly. Meeting with leaders of the Republican-controlled Congress, he and his foreign policy team argued for an American response. Concerned about a hostile reaction to new spending, Arthur Vandenberg, the powerful chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, advised the president to explain the administration's position to Congress and the public in a dramatic way. Truman agreed, as did Undersecretary of State Dean Acheson, his top adviser on the issue.
Truman's Speech
On March 12, 1947, the president made a strongly worded speech to Congress. He described the world situation as grave but maintained that the Greek government could win its civil war if it received aid. He argued that the United States was the only nation that could supply it. Linking his proposal with World War II, he portrayed world history as now dominated by a struggle between free and unfree ways of life. American policy, he declared, should "support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or outside pressure." Suggesting that this could be done "primarily through economic and financial aid," he asked for $400 million for Greece and Turkey. These ideas were the main elements of what was quickly labeled the Truman Doctrine.
Truman encountered opposition but triumphed over it. Critics, some of them still confident that the United States and the Soviet Union could be friends, decried the departure from a policy of opposition to intervention in remote places and doubted that the threat justified the move. Some charged that the doctrine would weaken the United Nations and prop up weak, undemocratic regimes in Greece and around the world. These critics warned that the costs would be greater than American resources could support and would damage the American economy. Some warned also that the new policy would lead to war with the Soviet Union. Responding effectively, the administration worked closely with leaders in Congress, including Vandenberg, who argued that the doctrine was "worth trying as an alternative to another 'Munich' [the surrender in 1938 by the leaders of Great Britain, France, and Italy to Adolf Hitler's demand for a portion of Czechoslovakia] and perhaps another war." Acheson promised that the United States would appraise each situation as it arose, not automatically intervene. In April and May, Congress went along, with nearly all Democrats and most Republicans voting for what the president had proposed. Mounting fears of Communism had overwhelmed concerns about government spending.
Success and Its Aftermath
The doctrine soon achieved its immediate objectives. The Greek government defeated the rebels, and Turkey built up its military forces and effectively resisted Soviet pressure. These successes offered encouragement for later interventions.
The three months from February to May 1947 were a pivotal moment in American history. During this time the United States, by developing and accepting the Truman Doctrine, made a large and significant change in its role in the world. "The epoch of isolation and occasional intervention is ended," The New York Times declared during the national debate. "It is being replaced by an epoch of responsibility." Truman's leading biographer, Alonzo Hamby, noted a half-century later: "What Truman promised was a long engagement with the wider world in the interest of defending democracy against totalitarianism�. The Truman Doctrine had been the call to arms of the Cold War" (pp. 387, 401). The United States had entered a new kind of conflict, marked by an arms race, a Red Scare, major wars in Korea and Vietnam, global polarization, and, ultimately, the defeat of Communism.
What is the anecdotes about Manuel L Quezon?
ANG HINDI MAGMAHAL SA SARILING WIKA AY MAS MABAHO PA SA MALANSANG ISDA
The statement/expression ANG HINDI MAGMAHAL SA SARILING WIKA AY MAS MABAHO PA SA MALANSANG ISDA is not by the Filipinos' "Father of National Language" , former President Quezon. it was actually from a poem written by the Philippine's national hero Dr. Jose Rizal.
Sa Aking Mga Kabata
Gat Jose P. Rizal
Kapagka ang baya'y sadyang umiibig
Sa kanyang salitang kaloob ng langit,
Sanglang kalayaan nasa ring masapit
Katulad ng ibong nasa himpapawid.
Pagka't ang salita'y isang kahatulan
Sa bayan, sa nayo't mga kaharian,
At ang isang Tao'y katulad, kabagay
Ng alin mang likha noong kalayaan.
Ang Hindi magmahal sa kanyang salita
Mahigit sa hayop at malansang isda,
Kaya ang marapat pagyamaning kusa
Na tulad sa inang tunay na nagpala.
Ang wikang Tagalog tulad din sa Latin
Sa Ingles, Kastila at salitang anghel,
Sapagka't ang Poong maalam tumingin
Ang siyang naggawad, nagbigay sa atin.
Ang salita nati'y huwad din sa iba
Na may alfabeto at sariling letra,
Na kaya nawala'y dinatnan ng sigwa
Ang lunday sa lawa noong dakong una.
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How many US soldiers in World War 2 had families back home?
Nearly all had either wives, children, moms, dads, sisters, uncles, or aunts (and so) on back home.
What were the US casualties during the Pearl Harbor attack?
It is estimated that over 3,000 people were listed as casualties, but since then that has been reduced to 2,800. Many of the wounded were in their homes or at work and didn't report their wounds to the working hospitals because they weren't serious...Most of the dead were our soldiers and hospital workers who the Japanese straffed during their final 2nd wave runs
What are the most important battles in history?
Read JFC Fuller Desicive battles of the Western world
In No order:
-Battle of Waterloo-Napoleon's down fall
-Battle of Marathon-thwarted Persian attempts to conquered Greece and arguably saved democracy
-Athenian Campaign of Sicily-actual battle not important other than causing the downfall of Athens but the effects caused Athens to do 'soul searching' after defeat and led to the rise of philosophy and the "Academy"
- Mohammed's conquest of Mecca-had he been defeated, Islam would likely have died, undoubtedly changing human history
-Battle of Zama-extremely risky move that ensured creation of Roman Empire
-Battle of Tours-halted Muslim advance into Europe and arguably saved Christendom from Muslim subordination
-Battle of Normandy-Arguably most important battle of WW2, had Normandy failed, Hitler could have indefinitely held out (but not defeated) the Russians. After Normandy, German defeat was inevitable.
The Battle of Britain, where the British RAF fought against Luftaffer(Germans)
Please expand
Where was the battle of Iwo Jima taken place?
On the island of Iwo Jima in the Pacific..........................WW2
Why did Japan invade china in 1931?
Incorrect first answer:
they didn't want to invade china but they wanted to invade Mongolia because of the poor population of Mongolia at the time. at the time Mongolian population was little bit over 700,000 and when they invaded Mongolia Mongolians hold them for long time good because of the Russian behind Mongolia helping Mongolian which then they thought they can make the Mongolians communists but japan failed because Chinese troops attacked and civilians overthrew Japanese troops.
my answer:
The first answer is incorrect. The Japanese Army, which had control of the Japanese government, was obsessed with the idea of conquering China for many years prior to the July 7, 1937 incident at the Marco Polo Bridge that started their invasion. In 1894, Japan provoked a war with China, to successfully seize control of Korea. In 1895 the Japanese forced the Chinese to give the island of Formosa (Taiwan) to them. In 1904 the Japanese invaded southern Manchuria, starting a war with Russia that controlled this part of China. In 1905 the Russians agree to end the fighting by giving their portion of Manchuria to Japan. In the First World War 1914-1918, Japan seizes territories from Germany: China's Shantung Peninsula, the Marianas Islands, the Caroline Islands and the Marshall Islands. On September 8, 1931 the Japanese Army (without orders from the government) creates the "Mukden Incident' that allowed them to seize the remainder of Manchuria, previously a part of China.
This obsession on the part of the Japanese Army was so strong, that it would cause the Japanese to attack the United States (and the British & Dutch) on December 7/8, 1941. The Japanese wanted to prevent the United States from helping China or otherwise interfering in the Japanese conquest of China.
Who was the US president that authorized the dropping of the atomic bombs on japan?
President Harry Truman authorised and ordered the dropping of the two atomic bombs. He was following up the plans made under the Roosevelt administration. He didn't actually drop it himself, I doubt that he could have even picked it up.
What year was nagasaki rebuilt after the bombing?
The bomb didn't kill everyone in Nagasaki, nor did it destroy the entire city. People still lived there. The destroyed part of the city was rebuilt, the damaged part was repaired, and people continued to live their daily lives.
Where was the attack on Pearl Harbor located?
It occured at Pearl Harbor on the Island of Oahu, in the State of Hawai'i in the United States of America. Or at 21.3619° N, 157.9536° W.
What happened to Douglas MacArthur and his soldiers in the Philippines?
He badly miscalculated the strength of the enemy and was forced to retreat
When were gay people banned from us military?
In 1942 the US government stepped in and banned gays from the military because it made heterosexual soldiers "uncomfortable" and allegedly harmed morale.
In 1993 the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy was put in place by President Clinton and on Dec. 10, 2010 that policy was repealed was signed by Obama saying there were no restrictions against gays in the military.
