Videos

Objective 6.11- Victory in the Pacific

Added Mar 22, 2016 •

Copy this URL:
Embed code:	<iframe class="edlio-embed-player" type="text/html" width="640" height="360" src="//www.esperanzahs.net/apps/embed/?v=107963" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Change dimensions

Show Transcript

much remains to be done the victory won in the west must now be won in the east world must be cleansed of the evil from which half the world has been free with the war in Europe over it was time to finish Japan Unite Chief Pacific Fleet and soundly defeated the Japanese resistance the island of each and was surrounded but still the Japanese resolved was content to fight on to the death all of this leads do the prospect of invasion of the Mainland of Japan the United States dreaded the possibility of having to invade the island of Japan all estimate said the cost in lives and resources would be Norman with heavy resistance in Japanese resolve this conflict could result in over 1 million deaths in an attempt to avoid an all-out invasion of Japan Allied leader suggested first thing is to render to avoid massive losses some suggested a convention heavy bombing of the island father suggested block heating supply in March of 1945 allies attempted bombing the island of Japan Target in the city of Tokyo the Allied B-29 Superfortress bombers carpeted the city with heavy incendiary bombs fire bombs, City on fire and did Jurassic destruction to the city of Tokyo despite the success of the raid on Tokyo the Japanese decided they would continue the fight and not surrender with the process of huge American losses Truman turd to the alternative the Manhattan Project the Manhattan Project was a top-secret nuclear program that only a few people knew about Truman only found out about the Manhattan Project once FDR died and he was made president Robert Oppenheimer and other project leaders work to make the atomic bomb ready for the United by summer 1945 when it was ready President Truman convened a group of advisors to the bank using it they decided that the lives and damage caused by the atomic bomb which sloopy's left that cost to the United States forces by an invasion of Japan mini dropping the atomic bomb but actually save lives because the number of American casualties would far outweigh the number of Japanese guy President Truman decide to drop the bomb on a Japanese City without warning the city that would be chosen would be an industrial city and not heavily populated this demonstration of the potential of American weapons the further convince the Japanese can just rendered did I say so you could have bombed the city like Tokyo and killed Millions but that wasn't the intention the attention went to get the Japanese to surrender in July of 1945 the United States England in the Soviet Union meet in Potsdam Germany in their last time meet the goals of conferences to focus on post-war Germany and the Japanese surrendered in regards to Japan big three issue an ultimatum Japan surrender unconditionally or face Fox and utter destruction although they use these terms they do not describe it as utter destruction was Truman knew about the atomic bomb but was not willing to disclose this information to his this distrust between Truman and most pacifically Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union revealed the tension between the United States and the Soviet Union that would be the seed to the upcoming cold war after Potsdam declaration Japan does not reply to the Allies even under the threat of utter destruction so president human authorizes the use of atomic weapons for the first time in world on August 6th 1945 a B-29 bomber plane named the Enola Gay dropped the atomic bomb named little boy on Hiroshima Japan 70000 instantly die and 35,000 Japanese are injured everything within a one-mile radius of the bomb was instantly destroy everything within four and a half pause was instantly set on fire the area was level and saturated with radioactive particles meeting it was dangerous to live in  buy the world sittin on what happened in her Russia Japan still didn't surrender unconditionally Truman authorized the use of a second atomic bomb on August 9th of 1945 just three days following the attack in her atomic bomb fat man was dropped on Nagasaki Japan over 40,000 mediately thousands more remainder died of radiation in the years to follow destruction with one mile in the city was leveled from ancient aminated you know horrible Twisted Fate and number of Hiroshima survivors had moved to Nagasaki they were now hit with the second atomic bomb guided States at hope my dropping a second bomb so quickly when scare the Japanese into a quick surrender because it was warranted to drop these bombs because of the perceived outcomes of the invasion of May Japan they told sacrificing a few hundred thousand lives was worth it favorite able to save and potential Million Lives and are the lives of thousands and thousands of Young Americans we shall continue to use it until we completely destroy Japan set a macro  dropping of the atomic bomb it's one of the most debated event in human history on August 15th 1945 about his subjects suffer anymore Emperor Hirohito tearfully addresses nation and officially now the unconditional surrender of Japan American celebrate the day as Vijay or victory over Japan Day American boys in the Pacific for finally coming home the official surrender is signed aboard the USS Missouri on September 2nd 1940 heavy allied powers are victorious the jaw open John Lima Western World Around The Landing fees will be already in and let's not forget it with the war over it was now time to determine to deal with the defeated Whitby deplorable actions of the Nazis exemplified by the Holocaust the Allies felt that they had to hold someone accountable was Hitler in a few of his top Associates you suicide the alley still needed to punish someone so they found surviving Nazi officers and ranking members of the Gestapo Hitler's secret police in order to punish them they held the nerve was a series of court trials held against top Nazi officials this was a way for the Nazis to atone for the atrocities of the Holocaust 24 top Nazi officials put on trial for war crimes and for their parts in the Holocaust both of these officials were convicted and they were executed the world knew that yet in an attempt to create an open Forum 50 weeks and gather together on April 25th 1945 in find a charter to create the United Nations the League of Nations United Nations was meant to be an international peacekeeping body this body would treat a form for open discussion which would allow Nations to peacefully convene together in order to the phone instead of going to war and finally there was the question of Japan what was the United States going to do to a devastated Japan United States forces police Japan and reshaped it to me and its government they kept Hirohito and power but they put Tojo and trial for war crimes that he told you was given a death sentence Ember 23rd of 1948 Tojo six other war criminals from Japan's were executed in Tokyo all of this and the greatest struggle to mankind has ever seen millions are left dead governments are toppled and it Jenner should have people have been changed forever the group of men that fought for the United States in World War II will become known as the greatest generation and shape the future of the United States with the lessons that were learned on the battlefield in Europe and Japan another Witness a man Spirit Summers you're so usually goes beyond his own wristbands where are all of us children of a rather simple mouth umbrella or a friend we are friends it's a hunger we hung is mad Freedom just take play  Granite Excellence pay the man show no bread and tea equal opportunity to meet with constituents best not only route to world and in my face not a smart one clean Khan Academy hey man

Uploaded by Mark Lovein.

Videos

Objective 6.11- Victory in the Pacific

More videos from Mark Lovein