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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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Quotes from the movie george s Patton?
"If a man has done his best, what else is there?"
"I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom."
"There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to your fear."
"If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened."
"You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals."
"We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way."
Where did they test the Hiroshima bomb?
The Gadget was tested at Trinity site in NM, near the northeast corner of what is now White Sands Missile Range.
Beach names in the Normandy Invasion?
Utah Beach, Omaha Beach, Gold Beach, Juno Beach and Sword Beach
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Who was the commander of the Japanese forces that attacked and bomb Hawaii?
Yamamoto
AnswerYamamoto___________________________________________________________
The above answers are wrong. Admiral Nagumo actually led the attack, although he was much against it. His decision not to launch the planned second wave may have had an effect on the outcome of the war.
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well Yamamoto is still technically true since he was the admiral that led the attack.
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Why did the cold war devolop between the us and soviet union after World War 2?
AS WORLD WAR 2 CAME TO AN END, A NEW CONFLICT EMERGED BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET UNION. THIS CONFLICT, KNOWN AS THE COLD WAR, AFFECTED MANY REGIONS, INCLUDING BERLIN, EUROPE, ASIA, LATIN AMERICAN, CUBA, HUNGARIAN, KOREA, AND NICARAGUA.
Was the US invaded during World War 2?
I suppose there are at least two answers to this question. The Japanese invaded China in 1937, but they also attacked a US Naval Base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941. The attack on Pearl Harbor brought the United States into World War 2.
Who was the American general who received the surrender of Japan?
General of the Army Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964) accepted the formal surrender of the Japanese Imperial Forces on September 2, 1945, aboard the battleship USS Missouri, which was anchored in Tokyo Bay.
What is the navy equivalent of the army field marshal?
The corresponding naval ranks are normally fleet admiral, grand admiral or admiral of the fleet.
Why didn't jack lalanne serve in the military during World War 2?
He did join the military; but I am not sure which branch.
Was Pearl Harbor a cause or effect of World War 2?
== == No. WWII had already commenced in Europe and Asia by this time. The attack, however, did bring United States involvement in the war. == == The beginning date of WW2 was September 3rd, 1939. By December 7th, 1941, the war had been going on for over 23 months.thought the us had technically started war when they created the lend lease act with Britain. December 8 1941 was when we actually "entered" the war with Japan.
How many US soldiers have died in Iraq war to day?
That seems impossible to answer.
I'm sorry.
People die every second, so it is impossible to see how many excaltly.
Why was bombing of hiroshima necessary?
Those that make this claim believed that the continued saturation bombing with emphasis on the firebombing of Japan's cities, was a certain way to bring the war to an end.
However, the Japanese military culture of " fighting to the death for the honour of the Emperor " meant possible millions of American deaths recapturing every little island from suicidal Japanese forces before even reaching and invading the main Japanese homeland islands.
The military leadership realized this cost in American lives was totally unacceptable. Consequently, the Japanese were informed that America had a secret super weapon that would be used if they did not immediately surrender.
The Japanese military leaders squabbled amongst themselves for an entire week about how best to negotiate a surrender so that they would not lose possession of all the islands and territory they had captured. Their greedy scheming led to catastrophic results.
America took this lack of any answer to mean that her warning was being completely ignored by the Japanese, and decided to demonstrate this new super weapon capable of such immense destruction.
What was World War 2 like for the US?
World War Two (WW2) was, most would agree, the most pivotal time in modern American History. It thrust an initially reluctant United States onto the world stage, and accelerated its rise to superpower status, just in time to confront a resurgent Soviet Union in a Cold War that would last the rest of the century.
Although the United States did not formally enter into hostilities until 1941, the War in Europe had long been the subject of intense debate in Washington. At the end of World War I, strict non-proliferation rules were put in place to prevent the defeated Germans from building up another world-threatening empire. With the rise of Adolf Hitler, however, the German military machine was again gaining strength, and there was only lukewarm American support for our British allies who warned of the dangers of a second World War. Eventually Britain was proved right, and Germany made her intentions clear with a shocking invasion of Poland in September of 1939.
For the next two years, America would maintain neutrality, but in name only. The United States helped Britain and her allies to slow the German advance by providing weapons through the Lend-Lease Act, and by providing military protection for the convoys of ships that were carrying these supplies across the Atlantic Ocean. Eventually, it became obvious that the United States was likely to enter the war on the side of what became known as the "Allies".
On December 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy launched a surprise dawn air raid on the Headquarters of the U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet, anchored at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. The U.S. Congress voted overwhelmingly for a declaration of war against Japan on December 8. Japan's allies, Germany and Italy, immediately declared war on the United States. The Second World War was no longer limited to the Eastern Hemisphere.
America embarked on an industrial build-up for the war that was nothing short of incredible. Millions of able-bodied American men were drafted or joined the military willingly. The wives, parents, and children of those men joined together at home for the support of their men in uniform, both materially and emotionally.
The war would be fought on two fronts, or "Theaters". There would be a war in Europe to try and liberate free people from the grip of the Nazi Germans, and in the Pacific Ocean, the second theater would have the liberation of Pacific Islanders from the occupation of the imperial Japanese.
The European theater started with American aid to the British Royal Air Force in their 24/7 raids into Germany and German-held territory. Eventually, using combined air and ground forces and the first (successful) American airborne infantry attack, the Americans, British, and French were able to liberate northwestern Africa from the Nazis. General George Patton and his armored infantry force, along with General Montgomery of the British Army pushed successfully through Africa, eventually defeating the infamous "Desert Fox", German General Erwin Rommel. This allowed a southern foothold, which the Allies used for an attack up into and through the peninsula of Italy. In the west, the British and American armies finally massed enough manpower to engineer a successful (although costly) amphibious landing at Normandy, France in June of 1944. By winter of that year, the western and southern fronts were largely static, with the exception of a region of the front in Belgium where the Germans nearly succeeded in breaking through the American lines. The Americans miraculously held, however, creating a bow in the front. This bowing was referred to as a "bulge" and the extremely bloody battle for this piece of ground became known as the "Battle of the Bulge". By the spring of 1945, Germany, exhausted by a war on two fronts (Hitler had attacked his former ally Russia in 1941 during "Operation Barbarossa"; Russia's Red Army dogged his forces all the way back to Berlin), was at the breaking point. With the British and Americans closing in on Berlin from the west and the Red Army from the east, Hitler and his long-time girlfriend Ava Braun committed suicide. The Nazi German empire fell shortly thereafter, and Victory in Europe was declared in May 1945.
The Pacific Theater was a strategic difficulty. Unlike land battles in Europe, this theater would be largely fought between the American, and Japanese Navies. It was decided that instead of fighting on each and every Japanese-occupied island, the Americans would instead use an "island-hopping" campaign in which several critical groups of islands would be attacked, thereby cutting off the others from re-supply. This effort was spearheaded by the U.S. Marines, who hopped from island to island in the Pacific during the years from 1943-1945, eventually beating the Japanese back even at Okinawa, considered one of the "home islands". The iconic image of Marines and a Navy Corpsman raising the U.S. Flag on Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima atoll is emblematic of this campaign. Having established air bases within striking distance of Tokyo, a check-mate had been achieved. The Japanese emperor, however, was reluctant to admit defeat, and resisted attempts to broker a peace between the two nations. Eventually, U.S. President Harry S Truman decided to unleash a secret weapon - the first two operational nuclear weapons in history. The first was dropped from a B29 over Hiroshima, Japan on 9 August 1945. When the horror of that first blast did not prompt an unconditional Japanese surrender, the second was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan 3 days later. Only one week after this dual atomic attack, the Japanese delegation surrendered unconditionally aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay..
Why did the US decide to make an atomic bomb?
The US developed the atomic bomb because we had a reasonable fear that the Nazis were developing the atomic bomb and might at any moment use it on either the UK or USSR to force them to surrender. Eventually the Nazis would threaten the US with them too.
What was unknown was that the Nazi atomic bomb program had already stalled (due to several scientific errors) and been changed to a low priority reactor prototype development project that was to be expanded after the Nazis won the war to build nuclear power plants.
What Native American tribe was used in World War 2?
There are a famous group of Navajo Native Americans that fought in world War 2. They are collectively known as the Navajo Code Talkers, they joined the USMC and spoke in the radios in their native language. This made the communication using code talker a secure means of sending massages.
Also there is a famous person names Ira Hayes. He is a Marine of Pima Indian Ancestry and he is one of the people depicted raising the flag over Iwo Jima.
The previous are just a few of many native Americans that have joined and fought for their country in various branches of the armed services.
Where was 19Th Infantry Regiment 24Th Inf divisionKorean War?
My father was injured near Soun-ni, Korea, on 15 October 1951. He was in Company F, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division.
Did Harry S. Truman wear a hat a lot?
Born on a midwestern farm, Harry S. Truman served in World War One and after the war he returned to Kansas City and went in the clothing store business as a haberdasher. The business eventually failed and Truman enter local politics. A haberdasher is a person who sells clothing and small items commonly used with clothing, such as ribbons and buttons, and hats. You can read a complete biography of Truman on Wikipedia. MrV
Which countries do not have red in their flags?
Jamaica. The colors are black, green and gold.
Mauritania. The colours are green and gold.
How many planes were set to drop the atomic bomb?
One plane was used to actually make the drop on each city. However, there were additional planes used as support and observation on each mission. The Hiroshima mission used seven planes, and the Nagasaki mission used six planes. See Sources and related links for more information.
Why did scientists Albert Einstein and J Robert oppose development of a hydrogen bomb?
He thought it was immoral to use it. Quotes from Einstein about the bomb:
"We must not condemn man because his inventiveness and patient conquest of the forces of nature are exploited for false and destructive purposes.
"The line of demarcation doesn't lie between scientists and non-scientists; it lies between responsible, honest people, and the others.
"In our time, scientists and engineers carry a particularly heavy burden of moral responsibility, because the development of military means of mass destruction is dependent on their work.
"When men are engaged in war and conquest, the tools of science become as dangerous as a razor in the hands of a child."
Difference between the bomb dropped at hiroshima and that dropped at nagasaki?
In an atomic bomb, uranium or plutonium fission or implosive are needed to get the blast. The hydrogen bomb functions by the fusion, or joining together, of lighter elements into heavier elements.
What could the US have done to help Jews during World War 2?
No, 6 million of them were killed. Given this number it is clear that the US did not do enough to prevent it. You may say that other countries should have done more too, but most of them were fighting for survival themselves and could do no more than they did.
When did the Germans declare war on the US in World War 1?
The Germans were not the first to declare war it was the Americans. On April 6th, 1917 President Woodrow Wilson U.S. Congress decided it was time to get America involved in "Europe's war".
They were pressued into doing this after receiving what is know as the "Zimmerman Telegram". This telegram was to be sent to the Mexican government by the German government as invitation for an alliance. The Germans agreed to financial support a Mexican effort to engage America in military action. They wanted this to make sure that America would continue to stay out of the war in Europe. If the Mexicans were successful the Germans would give them all the land lost in the California, Texas, and New Mexico territories (all other conquered land would become Germany's.) Also in the telegram Germany said that it would use Mexican waters to carry out a naval campaign against American shipping. President Wilson campaigned that he would keep the seas free of danger, with this threat he felt he had no choice but to protect America.
