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United States Entry
Into World War 2
How did the U.S. get involved in
World War 2?
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On Dec. 7, 1941, the country of Japan
launches a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor
in Hawaii.
It was the first attack on American soil by
any foreign power since War of 1812
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The attack destroyed about ½ of the naval
fleet.
2,887 American soldiers hundreds of
civilians were killed
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President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
responded to the attack by declaring on
Japan on Dec. 8, 1941.
The U.S. joined
the Allied Powers
The War Effort in America
Despite discrimination at
home, minority populations
contributed to the war effort,
 1,000,000 African Americans
served in the military
 300,000 Mexican-Americans
 33,000 Japanese Americans
 25,000 Native Americans
 13,000 Chinese Americans
War in Europe
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On May 8th, 1945, the Allies celebrated V-E
day, “victory in Europe” when Germany
surrenders General Eisenhower.
The end of the war in Europe follows the
suicide of Adolf Hitler when the Allies storm
the Berlin, the capital of Germany.
Pres. Roosevelt dies before V-E Day, and
Harry Truman becomes president.
The War in the Pacific
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Even though the war in Europe was over,
the Allies were still fighting in Japan.
Japan had a huge army that would defend
every inch of the Japanese mainland
So Truman decided to use a powerful new
weapon developed by scientists working on
the Manhattan Project – the Atomic Bomb
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Truman warned Japan in
late July 1945 that
without a immediate
Japanese surrender, it
faced “prompt and utter
destruction”
On August 6 (Hiroshima)
and August 9 (Nagasaki)
a B-29 bomber dropped
Atomic Bombs on Japan
August 6, 1945---Hiroshima
Japan Surrenders---Aug. 1945
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Japan surrendered
days after the second
atomic bomb was
dropped
General MacArthur
said, “Today the guns
are silent. The skies
no longer rain death . .
.the entire world is
quietly at peace.”