On DECEMBER 7, 1941 Japanese Planes Attacked US ships at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Many people in the US had no idea where Pearl Harbor was on the map.

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On DECEMBER 7, 1941 Japanese Planes Attacked US ships at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Many people in the US had no idea where Pearl Harbor was on the map.

 ROOSEVELT called the Attack on Pearl Harbor a DASTARDLY ATTACK  He told Congress that the Japanese had also attacked Six other places in the Pacific Ocean.

 They decided to put the MOST effort into fighting Hitler in North Africa and Europe.  For six months, the Japanese advance against the US in the Pacific, taking island after island.

 The US won a Sea Battle against the Japanese in the CORAL SEA  AND…  The American Navy cracked the Japanese code just before the Japanese attacked MIDWAY ISLAND

 The Battle of Guadalcanal was a long fought campaign by US Marines who were fighting with rifles made in 1903.

 The UNITED STATES Began “ ISLAND HOPPING” Toward Japan… They split US Forces into TWO groups. Gen. MacArthur Attacked from the south and Liberated the Philippines. Admiral Nimitz pursued the Enemy Navy closer to Japan

 Franklin Roosevelt died, leaving his Vice President, Harry Truman as President.  Truman was told it would take 1 million US soldiers to invade Japan and end the war.  But he also was given another option from his scientists.