...Battle of Midway On December 7th, 1941, Isoroku Yamamoto and the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. Immediately following “A date that will live in infamy”, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt declared a state of war and officially entered the United States of America into World War II. While the war officially lasted until September 2, 1945, the turning point of the United States war on Japan came three years prior. On June 4th, 1942, the US met Japan at the Battle of Midway, in a naval fight that would ultimately decide the fate of the South Pacific. In charge of their respective fleets, Isoroku Yamamoto (Japan) and Chester Nimitz (USA), each shared similar backgrounds. Both Yamamoto and Nimitz entered their respective countries’ naval academy at the age of seventeen. The men each rose prominently to positions of great control, realizing the growing importance of aircraft carrier warfare. At 44, Yamamoto became Japan’s youngest admiral. Armed with the task of creating a self-sustaining empire (the “New Empire”), Yamamoto decided to bomb Pearl Harbor and subsequently attack Midway in attempt to gain control over the Pacific. Prior to Yamamoto’s attack, the United States developed a secret weapon against the Japanese. The United States’ weapon, “Magic”, was a system that deciphered Japanese code. By the end of May 1942, Chester Nimitz knew exactly when and where the Japanese intended to strike. Nimitz realized he must locate Yamamoto’s carriers and attack them first...
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...Midway naval warfare, is an important battle in the second world war.This is a carrier battle group to the carrier battle group.Is the U.S. navy with less number of a famous trophy.It on June 4, 1942, the U.S. navy not only successfully repelled the Japanese navy in the battle of midway atoll, Pacific theater has the initiative, thus became the turning point of the Pacific theater of world warII. Midway island, covers an area of only 4.7 square kilometers, its special geographical location determines the importance of its strategic position.The island from San Francisco and yokohama, Japan, the United States are 2800 miles apart, in the middle of the Pacific routes between Asia and North America, so named midway island.In addition it is apart from the Pearl Harbor, 1135 nautical miles, is one of the important bases in the United States in the Pacific and transport hub, is also the portal and outposts in Hawaii.Midway island a but lost, the capital of the U.S. Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor will be the other is in danger. Naval battle of midway in June 4, 1942, is a important battle of the second world...
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...Allied powers- Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and Bulgaria. If D-Day didn’t happen and we lost that battle, we would have lost the whole war. The Battle of Midway marked the end of Japan’s control. Douglas MacArthur was a general for the U.S. He was in charge of trying to gain control over some of the Japanese islands so the U.S. could get closer to Japan itself. Dwight Eisenhower was also a U.S. general. He stormed the beaches of Normandy. Both men fought for their country but MacArthur was in the pacific front and Eisenhower was in Italy. Hiroshima was bombed by the first ever nuclear bomb. It killed thousands from the initial waves and then thousands more after with radiation. Nagasaki was later bombed after Japan didn’t surrender. Japan lost millions of lives because of bombing Pearl Harbor. Thousands died in Hawaii as well. The effect on Japan from these bombs and...
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...The Battle Of Midway by Hailey Nicole Allen The battle of Midway was an extremely important naval battle of World War II. The island was called Midway because it was half way between Japan and Hawaii. The battle started June 4th, 1942 and lasted 3 days until June 7th, 1942. Some of the key leaders and figures of the battle on the American side were Chester William Nimitz and Rear Admiral Frank J. Fletcher. Chester was the commander and chief of the US pacific fleet. He also was the man who managed to bring relief with defending forces to Midway. Frank Fletcher was the commander of task force 17 and senior tactical commander. He coordinated the attacks on Japanese carriers. Some key figures on the Japanese side were Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto and Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo. Yamamoto was the Commander and Chief of the Japanese imperial navy. He was the one who pulled the strings and executed the Pearl Harbor attack. Nagumo commanded the attacking carriers that struck at Midway. There were many advantages and disadvantages in the battle of Midway. For America, some advantages were that we acquired secret plans about Japan’s attack on America’s homeland, we had skilled seamen, and we didn’t fall for Japan’s bait, Aleutian Islands, and sent all militia to Midway. Some disadvantages were that we were up against a strong Japanese Navy, and that Japan had control over most of the Pacific. Japan, on the other hand, only had one major advantage: its strong Navy.....
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...Connor Cohn 3/4/11 Curry, period 4 Final Aircraft Carriers in WWII Many of World War II’s greatest battles were fought at sea, making naval technologies crucial to all sides. Many kinds of ships, such as battleships, submarines, and aircraft carriers, had been used in previous wars, but the global nature of World War II made naval battles especially important. These vessels ranged from heavily armed warships to numerous support craft such as fuel ships and troop landing boats. Of all the ships used in the war, aircraft carriers were the largest. Thus, how and why were aircraft carriers so effective in World War II, specifically how was it more effective than a battleship, and how did both Japan and the US utilize this revolution in technology? An aircraft carrier is a ship whose primary purpose is to bring airplanes closer to distant battle areas. Since most World War II aircraft had a range of just a few hundred miles, it was necessary to bring the aircraft to the battlefront, and using a ship to do so made a lot of sense in the Pacific, where much of the fighting took place on islands and along coastal areas. The first true aircraft carriers were built by the Japanese in the 1920’s. Japan remained an innovator in aircraft carrier design and construction during the years leading to World War II, operating nine aircraft carriers by 1941. Their largest carriers of the war were the Akagi and Kaga, each capable of launching over 90 aircraft (doc. Navy), only 25% of these...
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...Extended Essay Group 3: History To what extent did breaking code JN-25 and code ULTRA give aid to the Allies in the Pacific and Atlantic theatres of World War Two? Word Count: 3746 Abstract: This extended essay has the subject of Code Breaking Intelligence. When studying the Second World War, the phrase ‘code breaking’ is not highlighted as a significant factor, so this investigation is to assess the contribution of code intelligence in the Second World War. The main question being: To what extent did breaking code JN-25 and code ULTRA give aid to the Allies in the Pacific and Atlantic theatres of World War Two? The scope of this investigation is confined to two specific codes called the JN-25 and Ultra. This is due to the abundance of codes and ciphers used during WWII. It is also limited to where, either the Pacific or Atlantic theatres, these two codes were most effectively applied to aid the Allies. Information was attained from secondary sources to create a bank of relative information to the research question. The conclusion that can be drawn from this investigation is that code intelligence did significantly aid the Allies in the Pacific and Atlantic theatres. With the assistance of JN-25 the Americans halted the Japanese in the Pacific theatre, stopping its expansionist and aggressive behaviour. Similarly, the British and the Americans, with the help of code Ultra, achieved an offensive against Germany and Hitler, plus shortening the war by two to four...
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...American aircraft (ushmm.org). Unfortunately, all of the aircrafts had to vacate a day earlier because many were doubtful about the idea of staying any longer. Several bombs hit civilian areas killing fifty people and injuring four-hundred. This attack was a huge blow for the Japanese (ushmm.org). Another major battle was the Battle of the Coral Sea. This was the first air-sea battle of history. The Japanese wanted to control the Coral Sea with an invasion of Port Moresby in southeast New Guinea. When the Japanese landed in this area, they came under attack from the United States’ aircraft. Both sides suffered damages, but this specifically left the Japanese without enough planes to control this port (nationalgeographic.com). A major turning point in WW2 was the Battle of Midway in 1942. Six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japan is defeated by the U.S. in the Battle of Midway . The Japanese had a decisive plan steamed from ships escaping Pearl Harbor. They wanted to trick the U.S. and surprise them with a grand military. However, the U.S. found a way to listen in on Japan's plan by radio. This was a huge downfall for Japan and they were set back (ushmm.org). The Battle of Guadalcanal was the most important victory of the allies in WW2. This was the first win for the allies in the pacific theater. Possession of Guadalcanal was...
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...Island Hopping The strategy of island hopping was used due to the fact that the U.S gained control over some islands and colonies in the Philippines and Guam. The Japanese had began to win a lot of battles and gain more and more power so the US army started getting worried and they viewed Japan as a serious threat. The U.S decided they needed to bomb Japan but the U.S did not have what it took to get a bomb big enough to take out Japan to transport it to Japan so they needed a better strategy. Thats where the islands where the U.S won over come into play. These islands that the U.S have are very close to Japan and if anything went wrong the U.S could come back to these islands and be safe. This was a perfect spot to make a bomb and an airbase...
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...There were many battles during World War II. There were two theaters of the war. In the European Theater of War had a total of seven battles. The second theater, Pacific Theater of War, had a total of six battles. All thirteen battles played a significant role in World War II. The Battle of Britain took place in the skies over the United Kingdoms in the summer and fall of 1940. It was a significant turning point of World War II. The battle was a struggle between the German Luftwaffe and the British Royal Air force. The Germans Luftwaffe commander was Hermaan Goring. The British Royal Air force's commander was Sir Hugh Dowding's. The Battle of Britain ended when Germany's Luftwaffe failed to gain air superiority over the Royal Air Force....
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...|Allied objective |Major turning point |Outcome | |EXAMPLE: |October 1942 to May |Attack Germans from the southern side; |Battle at El Alamein: German forces driven|The American offensive finally drove the Germans from | | |1943 |expose the vulnerability of the Nazi |out of Egypt |Africa, allowing the Allies to move toward Italy | |North Africa | |empire | | | | |1943-1944 |Allies wanted defeat the German occupancy |Battle at Monte Cassion: Allies broke |The Germans and Italians were defeated on the Italian | |Italy | |of Italy and then they and moved toward |through German defenses and were able to |front, leading the Allies the opportunity to approach | | | |Germany from the South; topple Mussolini |move up the coast. Battle at Anzio led to|Germany from the south, as well as to remove a major | | | |...
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...publication, the story has been consistently and widely anthologized and discussed. Major events that happened: Some of the major events that happened include: World War II also known as the second war.was a global war[->0] that was underway by 1939 and ended in 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's nations[->1]—including all of the great powers[->2]—eventually forming two opposing military[->3] alliances: the Allies[->4] and the Axis[->5]. It was the most widespread war in history, with more than 100 million people serving in military units. Battle of Midway - The Battle of Midway was a major naval battle, widely regarded as the most important one of the Pacific Campaign of World War II. It took place from June 4 to June 7, 1942. Battle of Stalingrad, where the Germany's entire Sixth Army was lost, and the war began turning in favor of the Allies. Wright, Richard. "The Man Who Lived Underground."...
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...Also in 1942, a U.S. Naval base was captured just outside Japan. After that battle, the Japanese would attack the island of Bataan and take over the territory, a Japanese warship would be sunk by a U.S. submarine The Allied forces finally gained air supremacy in the Pacific. The U.S. would take many things from the Japanese in WW2 because of their strategy to push back the Japanese. One big thing that happen in The Pacific war was that The U.S. would capture a lot of generals or high ranked officers in that same year. Japanese descendants would have to be forcely moved from the U.S. gov’t to a remote camping facility where they will have to spend the rest of WW2 just because the gov’t feared of anyone being spies.They would also bounce from one island to another. The U.S. would defeat the Japanese in almost every battle and in every island. Since the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, the U.S. did the same thing by bombing one of their cities before the atomic bomb was even made. The war would last until 1944 when the Japanese would surrender due to loss of troops and territory. The goals for the U.S. Navy was...
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...defeat Germany and Japan. This was primarily provided by the success of our Army and Navy. While there we Naval ships helping courier supplies and personnel to the battle in Europe, this was an Army offensive. The Army would send close to 4 million Americans to fight in Europe. The allies would take advantage of its mobility, artillery firepower, and close air support; defeating the German military and forcing the surrender on May 7th, 1945 (Stewart 2010, p. 133). In the Pacific, the U.S. Navy was fighting a relentless enemy, the Japanese. The Japanese Empire used a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor which crippled or sank 8 U.S. Battleships. However, none of the aircraft carries where in port, which would later haunt the Japanese. Japanese Ships would continue to push farther into the Pacific Ocean, takin control of island chains. They set their eyes on the Island of Midway which would allow them to control most of the Pacific. Naval cryptology would break the Japanese code which gave them information on the attack. During the Battle of the Midway, which would turn out to be the turning point of the was in the Pacific, the Japanese lost 4 carriers, 248 aircraft, and over 3000 sailors where the Americans only lost 1 carrier and 307 sailors (Battle of Midway, 2015). The defeat of the Japanese fleet at Midway, allowed the U.S. to start its operations to control the Pacific. American Ships and Marine Corps Marines would begin liberating islands controlled or captured by the...
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...Decisive Battles at Sea of World War II What had decided the fate of Japan in the World War II besides the nuclear bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? You could say the Pacific War was the turning point. This theater was an exceptionally important war zone during WWII. If the US didn’t take advantages in the Pacific, the world we knew today would be completely different by the outcomes of the war. As the Japanese lost the Pacific Wars, the situation of the Pacific Ocean had turned to the side of United States and the Allies. United States overpowered Japan in WWII due to some careless flaws and of the Japanese invasion plan, the decryption of Japanese telegram codes, the fast reinforcement pace on damaged ships, and the diversion of...
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...months. In 1940, Germany launched its next initiative by attacking Denmark and Norway, followed shortly thereafter by attacks on Belgium, the Netherlands, and France. All of these nations were conquered rapidly. The Battle of Britain Later in the summer of 1940, Germany launched a further attack on Britain, this time exclusively from the air. The Battle of Britain was Germany’s first military failure, as the German air force, the Luftwaffe, was never able to overcome Britain’s Royal Air Force. Greece and North Africa As Hitler plotted his next steps, Italy, an ally of Germany, expanded the war even further by invading Greece and North Africa. The Greek campaign was a failure, and Germany was forced to come to Italy’s assistance in early 1941. The USSR Later in 1941, Germany began its most ambitious action yet, by invading the Soviet Union. Although the Germans initially made swift progress and advanced deep into the Russian heartland, the invasion of the USSR would prove to be the downfall of Germany’s war effort. The country was just too big, and although Russia’s initial resistance was weak, the nation’s strength and determination, combined with its brutal winters, would eventually be more than the German army could overcome. In 1943, after the battles of Stalingrad and Kursk, Germany was forced into a full-scale retreat. During the course of 1944, the Germans were slowly but steadily forced completely out of Soviet territory, after which the Russians pursued them...
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