Arianna+Riggs

 Timeline Germans cross French frontier**(May 12)** using air/tank/infantry “Blitzkrieg” tactics.  Italy declares war on France and Britain; invades France **(June 10).**  France and Germany sign armistice at Compiègne **(June 22).** Nazis bomb Coventry, England **(Nov. 14).** Germans launch attacks in Balkans. Yugoslavia surrenders **(April 17).**  Hitler attacks Russia **(June 22).** Atlantic Charter—FDR and Churchill agree on war aims **(Aug. 14).** Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor, Philippines, Guam force U.S. into war; U.S. Pacific fleet crippled **(Dec. 7).** U.S. and Britain declare war on Japan. Germany and Italy declare war on U.S.; Congress declares war on those countries **(Dec. 11).** Roosevelt orders Japanese and Japanese Americans in western U.S. to be exiled to “relocation centers,” many for the remainder of the war **(Feb. 19).**  U.S. and Britain land in French North Africa **(Nov. 8).**  German 6th Army surrenders at Stalingrad—turning point of war in Russia**(Feb. 1–2).** Allied troops land on Italian mainland after conquest of Sicily **(Sept. 3)** Italy surrenders **(Sept. 8).** <span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Nazis seize Rome**(Sept. 10).** <span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">U.S. and British troops enter Rome **(June 4).** <span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">D-Day—Allies launch Normandy invasion**(June 6).** <span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Paris liberated **(Aug. 25).** <span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Germans launch counter offensive in Belgium—Battle of the Bulge **(Dec. 16).** <span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Yalta Agreement signed by FDR, Churchill, Stalin; USSR agrees to friendship pact with China **(Feb. 11).** Admiral Doenitz takes command in Germany; suicide of Hitler announced **(May 1).** Allies declare V-E Day **(May 8).** USSR declares war on Japan **(Aug. 8).** Nagasaki hit by A-bomb **(Aug. 9).** J Day—Japanese sign surrender **(Sept. 2).** <span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> D-Day
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The Allied forces, mainly the U.S., England, France, Australia, and Canada, began an invasion June 6th 1944, aimed at liberating Europe form the Nazi's, it began on the beaches of France, and ended in May in Berlin with Germany's defeat. The Navy and Air Force worked together spectacularly, there were 6,500 ships, and 12,000 air crafts, and 1000 paratroopers were dropped in total that worked for the defeat of the Nazi party. Germany was pushed back by the influx of troops eventually succeeding Paris and finally surrendering when pushed back to Berlin. While this amazing effort ended the Nazi parties reign it also resulted in 600,000 casualties. While Germany was already loosing the long war, D-Day marked the final chapter for it. The large amount of soldiers forced an already wounded Germany back their own home front, it finally ended the war. This greatly adjusted the Allied powers goals, with their main force of the Axis powers out of the way, they could now focus on defeating the smaller powers, and eventually resulting in the bombing of Japan. [] This Primary source is the view of a solider who was wounded on the D-Day attack. It gives an interesting perspective of what was thought to be a simple victory, and reminds the reader of the 600,000 lives that were lost that day.

This depicts members of the American party helping those whose landing craft was sunk by the Germans near the coast of France, the survivors reached Utah Beach by was of a life raft.

Pearl Harbor

U.S. was neutral at the beginning of the war, however on December 7th 1941, the Japanese attacked the base of the U.S. Navy with no warning. Supposedly, there had been a mistake and there was meant to be call, however it arrived after the attack, and further served the Americans anger. It was believed that Japan was using the surprise factor in order to control the Pacific. In total, 6 Japanese air craft carriers, and 183 fighter, bomber and torpedo carriers flew to the base and attacked simultaneously. In the attack 1,200 Americans were injured, and 2,400 were killed. This was only the first wave however, two hours later, 164 more Japanese planes flew over the harbor, the Us anti-aircraft guns were ready, but it was too little too late, 29 out of 347 were shot down. Luckily the United States main ships were on patrol, so they escaped the mass destruction. This was a major turning point in the war, before the attack the U.S. had been neutral shutting themselves off from any outside contact but the direct attack on the U.S. naval base, forced them into action. With new forces the Allied powers gained strength. The cooperation between the U.K., the U.S. and the soviet union lead to the United States involvement in the war and the eventual plan of D-Day and end of the war. [] This is a photo of the original document written Franklin Delanor Roosevelt. This is the speech which was recited the Day after the attack. It declared war on Japan and the Axis powers, it is important to see h ow Roosevelt appealed to the people within the speech, and how he persuaded them to take arms in such an uncertain time. This photo was taken by a navy photographer the day of the attack, just as USS //Shaw// exploded.

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hiroshima <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> On August 6th 1945, a U.S. B-29 bomber flew from Tinian to Japan. The target was the City of Hiroshima (and Nagasaki), this city was targeted because of it important military base. The bomb dropped over Hiroshima at 8:15 am, the atomic explosion was estimation at 15 kilotons and resulted in several shockwaves. The bomb itself was the first of it's kind weighing in at 9,700-pounds, and nick named "the little boy" it created mass destruction. The United States wished to not invade the country and instead tried a new method, bombing. 100,000 people were estimated to have been killed in the initial attack and the numbers nearly doubled as cancer from radiation set in. The attack was expected, as leaflets were spread through out the city warning them to leave, however the death toll still remained high. <span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This changed the war completely, there was now a weapon that could level cities in one go, this horrible creation, gave the ultimate power to whoever held it. With Japan now defeated the war was coming to a close, the axis powers surrendered, Japan along with it September 2nd 1945. Hiroshima's bombing changed the world forever, and started to create the arms race. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">[] <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This source is an eyewitness account of a priest who watched the bomb drop over hiroshima, it gives perspective, of the never-before-seen damage that the atomic bomb can cause. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-no-proof: yes;"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is a picture of the mushroom smoke cloud that resulted from the bombing of Hiroshima <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This map is helpful in showing the axis and allied powers different patterns and control over Europe during the war. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bibliography: · <span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"'A Date Which Will Live in Infamy'." //National Archives and Records Administration//. 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