USA IN WW IIFilip Hofmann, C4A
2012/2013
Content
Pearl Harbor
Battle of Guadalcanal
Battle of Normandy
Battle of Ardena
Atom bomb
Pearl Harbor 7th December 1941 – Japanese attacked
US battle ships in Pearl Harbor 2 hours USA declared war to Japanese 11th December 1941 declared A. Hitler
war to USA
for illustration part of movie PH
USA x Japan8 battle ships x 6 aircraft carrier8 cruisers x 9 destroyers29 destroyers x 2 battle ships9 submarines x 3 cruisers50 other ships x 8 tankers390 aircraftsx 28 submarines
441 aircrafts (kamikadze)
Destroyer = torpédoborec
Battle of Guadalcanal 7th Aug 1942 – 7th Feb 1943 USA (1st Marine Division) x Japan (Japan
imperial navy)
US Marines resting during
moving to their positions
USA x JapanForce
60 000 ground forces x 36 200 ground forces
Casualty1768 ground forces x 24 000-25 000
groud forces
Battle of Normandy Bigges war action in history of USA 6th June – 25th Aug 1944
Germany x Allies380 000 troopsx 1 452 000 troops
13 000 parachutists from 101th and 81st airdrop
Casualty200 000 killed/injoured x 53 700 killed,
18000 MIA200 000 prisoners x 155 000
injoured
Battle of Ardena Dec 1944 – Jan 1945 German attempt to turn the war USA, Canada, UK, France, Belgium x 3rd
ReichOver 840 000 troops x 500 000 troops424 tanks x 500 tanks394 cannons x 1900 cannons
Atomic bomb – end of the war
Mar 1945 captured Iwo Jima 1st Apr – battle of Okinawa6th Aug – Hiroshima – Little Boy (90-166 000
killed)9th Aug – Nagasaki – Fat Man (60-80 000
killed)
Thank you for your attention
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