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=__ Time Line __= Sunday December 7th 1941- Japan say that all diplomatic relations with US have been broken off; Japanese attack Hawaii Monday December 8th 1941- US and Britain declare war on Japan Tuesday December 9, 1941 - China declares war on Japan. Thursday December 11th 1941- Germany and Italy declare war on the US February 19, 1942 - Largest Japanese air raid since Pearl Harbor occurs against Darwin, Australia February 26, 1942 - First U.S. carrier, the LANGLEY, is sunk by Japanese bombers. May 7-8, 1942 - Japan suffers its first defeat of the war during the Battle of the Coral Sea off New Guinea December 17, 1944 - The U.S. Army Air Force begins preparations for dropping the Atomic Bomb by Monday August 6th 1945- Hiroshima was bombed Thursday August 9th 1945- Nagasaki was bombed August 14, 1945 - Japanese accept unconditional surrender September 4, 1945 - Japanese troops on Wake Island surrender September 9, 1945 - Japanese in Korea surrender September 13, 1945 - Japanese in Burma surrender**
 * Saturday December 6th 1941- President Franklin Roosevelt makes peace with Japan

= Turning Points = **Pearl Harbor** **In December 7, 1941, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor unexpectedly. When this happened nobody was expecting it and almost everybody was caught off guard. Radar was just coming into development and when they saw them on it they thought it was a US squad of planes coming from the mainland. The Japanese took out a few aircraft carriers and many destroyers, but luckily there were a few ships that were not in the port which were saved. Also intercepted messages could not be deciphered correctly which led to more to unexpectedness and confusion. Nine ships were sunk and twenty one were damaged**. **The bombing of Pearl Harbor is what caused us to go into war. The US was really mad that the Japanese bombed us with no reason and no warning. Because we entered the war** **we ended up winning it.** **[|http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/History/] This is the speech the president gave that declared war on Japan. It was right after the bombing of pearl harbor.**
 * Primary document**


 * Hiroshima **


 * The drop of the Atomic Bomb in Hiroshima was an attempt to stop the war. It was also a reaction to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. It was bombed August 6th 1945 and pretty much wiped out the whole city. Many people were killed when the bomb hit but a lot of people died from the radiation. Hiroshima was chosen to be bombed because it was one of the most densely populated cities that had a population of almost 300,000 people.**
 * After Hiroshima was bombed the Japanese still did not surrender from the war. They continued to take part in the war and fight. Japan was greatly weakened by the bomb and they were starting to doubt they could win.**

[|http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/History/] **When the US dropped the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki it was another attempt to get Japan to surrender. His city was one of the largest sea ports in southern Japan. The Japanese finally surrendered after Nagasaki was bombed. They had suffered too many casualties from when the bomb hit and that were dying because of injuries and radiation. They also had a tremendous amount of damage done to the two cities. There was going to be another atomic bomb dropped in Japan if they did not surrender from the war.**
 * Primary Document**
 * This was a speech given by the Secretary of War just saying what happened and what the reasoning was. This relates to my topic because it was written about the Hiroshima bombing.**
 * Nagasaki**

Primary Document ** [|http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/History/]
 * This primary document is just all of the information on the Nagasaki atomic bomb and it also has some info on the Hiroshima atomic bomb as well. **



Sources: “The History Place.” 27 February 2010. <[]> “ [|Iran: U.S. Hasn’t Learned Lesson from Hiroshima] .” 27 February 2010. Online. Image. []

“Pearl Harbor, How Soon We Forgot.” 27 February 2010. Online Image. <[]> “Atomic Bomb Cloud Over Nagasaki.” 27 February 2010. Online. Image. <[]> “Atomic Bombs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.” 27 February 2010. 26 February 2010. <[] >

Primary Documents "Franklin D. Roosevelt's Message on War Against Japan." //American Decades CD-ROM//. Gale Research, 1998. Reproduced in History Resource Center. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale. [|http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/History/]

United States War Department. "Statement of the Secretary of War". Reprinted at http://www.whistlestop.org/study_collections/bomb/large/official_rele ases/text/bma2tx.htm. Reproduced in History Resource Center. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale. [|http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/History/]

United State Strategic Bombing Survey. "U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey: The Effects of the Atmoic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Chairman's Office, 19 June 1946". Reprinted at http://www.whistlestop.org/study_collections/bomb/large/strategic_bom bing/text/bmd1tx.htm. Reproduced in History Resource Center. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale. [|http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/History/]