War of the Pacific

named John boarded his torpedo plane. The conditions were warm and partly cloudy. They were on a voyage for a battle against Japan. He took off minutes after sirens were blaring at the island of Midway. The battle in the Pacific ocean near the island of Midway turned the tide of World War II. The Battle of Midway was one of the largest and most decisive sea battles of all time. May, 1942 was when Admiral Yamamoto attempted to draw the United States into a battle that he planned on being a decisive victory

between Japan and the United States impacted the battles to come in the Pacific. History has proven the island of Midway to be an important base for many operations during World War II. Had the United States lost this battle, the war may have reached a different outcome. The Battle of Midway proved to be a crucial point for the United States in preventing the Japanese from taking control of the Pacific region during World War II. If Midway had fallen into the hands of the Japanese, America could

In the brutal and deadly Pacific Theater of World War ll, President Truman had to make a crucial decision on whether or not to drop the atomic bomb on Japan. Some believe that Truman’s actions to drop the atomic bomb were unethical and inhumane; however, Truman was justified in his decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan due to the fact that they are our enemy, saving American lives is the first priority, and the atomic bomb will ultimately prevent Russia from gaining control of Asia. Truman’s

World War II (WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, though related conflicts began earlier. It involved the vast majority of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. It was the most widespread war in history, and directly involved more than 100 million people from over 30 countries. In a state of "total war", the major participants threw their entire

worshiped in the religion of Shinto. They are elements in nature, animals…” (“Kami”). Japan has grown from Shinto to honor nature. During World War II, Japan was running low on natural resources. (“World War II in the Pacific”) “Japan decided to attack the United States and British forces in Asia and seize the resources of Southeast Asia” (“World War II in the Pacific”). Japan saw the United States and Britain as a dominant power so when they attacked, they tried to throw the US and Britain off because

the Pacific Coast were interned during World War II (1939-1945) after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 7, 1941. The U.S. government did not do the right thing when they interned Japanese ancestry from the Pacific Coast in this time because Japanese citizens were interned mainly due to racist views towards them, prejudice views toward Japanese citizens, and the United States was at war with Japan. Japanese-American citizens in the Pacific Coast were interned because America was in war with

turning point of World War II. Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor symbolized and marked the outbreak of the Pacific War, Japan 's attack on Pearl Harbor, while implementation of the "south", to launch a comprehensive attack on the South-East Asia, defeated the United States, Britain, the Netherlands East Indies in the Far East more than 300,000 troops, have occupied Thailand, Malaya, Burma, the Philippines, the Netherlands East India, some islands of Hong Kong and the Western Pacific, seized 3.86 million

over 300 airplanes. More than 2,400 people were killed, this including civilians, and over 1,000 more were wounded. The day after the attack, President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked congress to declare a war on Japan. Pearl Harbor is located on Oahu, Hawaii. It is positioned near the center of the Pacific Ocean. Roughly around 2,000 miles away from the United States mainland and 4,000 miles away from Japan. This caused people to believe that Japan would not attack

The U.S did have to drop the bomb to bring an end to world war II in the pacific. The bomb needed to be dropped to keep the Soviets out of the pacific, to demonstrate the power of bombs and the U.S., and the cost in the U.S. troops to invade Japan. The U.S. needed to drop the bomb so that the Soviets wouldn’t get into the pacific. If the bomb was not dropped in Japan Russia would have tried to invade and take over Japan and become closer to the US. Because the bomb destroyed Japan and most of its

when Richard Trevithick invented the world’s first steam railway locomotive. Before then transportation was limited to wagons and horses, and steamboats. Railways were later used in the Civil war, which was fought between the North (the Union) and South (the Confederates). The Civil War was the first war in history that included the usage of Railways. The Union, led by Abraham Lincoln and included leaders such as, Nathaniel Banks, William Tecumseh Sherman, and Abner Doubleday, fought to put an