Nov.+14th-+18th

Notes with names and dates November 18th- Lauren Wolfe ~All we went over today was our stories we read last night about the Japanese relocation camps. Also we went over the rights it had violated, these rights are the 1,2,4,5,6,7,8. ~Also we worked on the 6-7 page paper about Centrals past from the Prowlers and Yearbooks, in the library.

__November 15th-Leia Harrison__ No notes today. We watched the last few presentations and watched the beginning sequence of Saving Private Ryan.

__November 17th-Logan TeBeau__ __The War in the Pacific__ The end of WW II

__Begin of Conflict__
 * Pearl Harbor: Dec. 7, 1941
 * America was not completely prepared for massive military campaign of Japan
 * By 1942, Japan took control of:
 * Phillipine Islands (U.S. Territory)
 * Most of East Asia, including: Vietnam, Burma, and Thailand
 * Began invading China and Russia
 * What's next? Australia

__The Wrath of Japan__
 * The Japanese broke Geneva Accords by torturing Prisoners of War
 * Bataan Death March: Imprisoned Americans (76,000) in Phillipines that were forced to walk for 6-10 days without food. (10,000 deaths)
 * kamikazes- suicide planes that were full of bombs

__Return of the Americans__ Battle of Midway Battle of Okiawa Battle of Iwo Jima
 * Island Hopping- strategy of taking over certain enemy islands rather than all
 * Famous Battles:

__Finish Him!__
 * Once Americans reclaimed most of the taken territories (easier once troops could be taken from Europe) the only way to complete victory was invasion of Japan
 * This invasion would cost Americans many lives and money
 * Solutions: Manhattan Project

__Drop the Bomb__
 * Would you drop the atomic bomb?
 * President Truman took over for Roosevelt, he must decide

__Finale__
 * Two bombs are dropped in August of 1945, Hiroshima 1st, then Nagasaki.
 * In Hiroshima:
 * 80,000 deaths
 * 90% buildings destroyed
 * Formal surrender signed on Sept. 2, 1945
 * controversy of dropping 2nd bomb

__Executive Order 9066__ Allowed Roosevelt to relocate the Japanese into camps after WW II