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  “1941-december 7 a date witch will live in infamy.” Roosevelt  This led to the United States entering world war 2  They attacked us by bombing.

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3   “1941-december 7 a date witch will live in infamy.” Roosevelt  This led to the United States entering world war 2  They attacked us by bombing our planes and ships so we could not fight back  2390 people lost their lives 1178 were injured  Pearl harbor and U.S. military facilities on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. Pearl harbor facts

4  This stands for United States Air Force. In the following slides you will see the three best American fighters or bombers of the war. -P51 -F6F -B29 U.S.A.F.

5  P51 Mustang  One of The best bomber escort in the pacific and Europe for the bombers  And could carry more fuel to fly 1,650 miles it could fly as high as 41,900 feet and it had 6 machine guns and could carry bombs and rockets for ground targets  Did you now it stayed in served in other air forces until 1980. and after the war they were sold for personal and for air race uses

6  B-29 Superforteress  The b-29 was our first heavy bomber and had major roll in the Pacific and dropped the two only atomic (aka) nuclear bombs in a war ever  It had a crew of 11, 1 pilot 3 gunners 6 others that did aiming bombs and radar and radio

7   The F6F took 1 year to design 1942- 1943. Before that we needed a fighter to outmatch the zero, and Grumman took on the challenge.  It has an attack weapons of machine guns, rockets and torpedoes Grumman Hellcat

8   Pearl harbor is in Oahu a Hawaiian island and has been a military base since the 1800 hundreds Where is Pearl Harbor

9   On August 14, 1945, it was announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, effectively ending World War II. Since then, both August 14 and August 15 have been known as “Victory over Japan Day,” or simply “V-J Day.” The term has also been used for September 2, 1945, when Japan’s formal surrender took place aboard the U.S.S. Missouri, anchored in Tokyo Bay. Coming several months after the surrender of Nazi Germany, Japan’s capitulation in the Pacific brought six years of hostilities to a final and highly anticipated close. The end

10  What we used  We used  What’s inside aircraft of WW 11  A day to remember pearl harbor  We also used history channel.com.

11   What 3 planes did we talk about today?  What is the B-29’s nick name?  When was Pearl Harbor first used? Question time

12   http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/v-j- day/videos/flying-tiger-defeats-japanese-bombers- in-night- run?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=fals e http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/v-j- day/videos/flying-tiger-defeats-japanese-bombers- in-night- run?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=fals e Video time

13   From Kyle and Charlie Thanks for watching


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