chapter idk (general something mcarthur) Flashcards
random Pearl Harbor
december 1 1941 Pearl Harbor
is ordered by FDR to leave Australia
General Douglas MacArthur
where he issues his famous declaration
I shall return
76000 American and Filipino troops surrender
The Bataan Death March
japan sought to establish what they call
Greater East Asia Co. Prosperity Sphere
for the military the highest honor they could gain in battle was
die for their emperor
surrender was considered a
disgrace
random japan emperor
Emperor Hirohito
Japanese Navy is stopped in the attempt to capture Port Moresby
Battle of Coral Sea
commander and chief of the US Pacific fleet during ww2
Chester w. Nimitz
supreme allied commander in the pacific theater during ww2
douglas macarthur
led the air raid on tokyo
jimmy dolittle
americans at home followed the war
newsreels
were placed in the window of americans who lost loved ones during the war
gold stars
it is the turning point of the war in the pacific
battle of midway