USA IN WW IIFilip Hofmann, C4A

2012/2013

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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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