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The Allies Strike Back
The Imperial Japan
“East Asia for the asiatics”The expansion began in 1931
The Conquest of Manchuria
Northeastern China
The heartland of China
A bitter warEuropean Colonies
The Imperial Japan
The japanese want the American ColoniesPhilippine islandsGuam
The US reactsAid to China
1940Stop oil shipments to Japan
1941Conquest of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos
The Imperial Japan
Emperor Hiroito1901
Empress Kojun1924
The Imperial Japan
Attack on Pearl HarborDecoding the war
Phillipines as the most likely targetThe 14-part Message
Objectives with the attack
Gain timeHurt the US morale
battleships were chosen as the main targets19 were destroyed3.000 lives were lost
The Imperial Japan
Oahu Island, Hawaii
Declaration of war to JapanDecember 18, 1941Germany declares war on the US
December 11, 1941
"We are all in the same boat now.“
President Roosevelt
The US Enters the War
Executive Order 9066Concentration camps in the UsSpecial for japanese people
But also for germans and communists
The US Enters the War
The conquests of Japan so far Manchuria Vietnam Cambodia Laos Hong Kong Guam Wake Island Thailand Philippines Malay Java Sumatra Borneo Celebes Burma
The Imperial Japan
Tokyo is BombedGreat effect in the morale on both sides
The Battle of Coral SeaMay 1942An air battle on the seaThe allies suffered more losses, but the japanese are now stuck
The Battle of the Midway June 1942Us had already decoded the japanese planThe Japanese are taken by surprise
Their attack goes kaput 332 planes and 1 suport ship were lost
US x Japan
The Guadalcanal BattleAugust 1942Douglas MacArthurA savage strugle
The island of death24,000 japanese soldiers died
Out of a force of 30,000
US x Japan
The "Big Three" - Roosevelt, Churchill and Joseph Stalin Tehran ConferenceChiang Kai-shek wasn’t there but was an ally
The US Enters the War
The US and EnglandWest front
URSSEast frontThe bloodiest
There were other frontsBut the allies decided to focus on these two
The allies mass their forces
Which side?Getúlio Vargas and theAxisInitial preferenceConnection with the US
Volta Redonda Steel plant
Brazil declares warAgainst the axis
24 November, 1944To 21 February, 1945
Brazil enters the war
PracinhasBrazilian soldiers were sent to Italy without much Infrastructure
To fight under american ordersAmerican uniformsAmerican food
A cobra está fumando!The snake is smoking!
FEB
The brazilians fought twoCampaigns
The battle of the atlantic Warships and submarines
The Italian Campaign27.500 men
Of whom 2.454 diedMonte Castelo
Main battleImprisioned 20thousandEnemy soldiers.
FEB
Overlord operationInvasion of France from the Mancha Cannal6 June, 1944
Germans knew anattack was coming
Diversion tacticsThe Doll Army at Calais
D Day
NormandyGeneral Dwight Eisenhower
3 million soldiersLargest disembark inHistory
Americans, British,Canadian, French
2.700 allied soldiers Died just on the 1st day
D Day
The allied reach Paris25of August
France, Belgium e Luxemburg are liberatedSeptember 1944
Battle of BulgeGermans vs. Allied
West FrontLast stand of the German WehrmachtAllied Victory
Allied Invasion
The USSR surrounds BerlinRed Army: 6 million soldiers left
Hitler commits suicide30 of April
Germany officiallysurrenders
7 may, 1945Victory in Europe
Unconditional Surrender
The JapaneseContinues to fight
Although without the Infra-structure
Kamikazes
Pacific War
Iwo jima
Nuclear bombsTo ensure a quick victory against the Japanese
Authorized by president Truman
HiroshimaLittle Boy70.000 – 80.000
NagasakiFat Man70.000
2 September, 1945EmperorHiroito surrenders togeneral Douglas MacArthur
Extremely Humiliation
Japanese Surrender
