After The Attack on Pearl

Harbor
President Franklin D. Roosevelt meets with Englands
Prime Minister The Attack on Pearl Harbor forced the
US to
enter World War ll.

On December 8, 1941 Congress signed

formal Declaration of War against
Japan

The United States joins the side of the

Allies which included: Britain, France,
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, India,
The Soviet Union, and China
Changes in the American People

The Attack on Pearl

Harbor made Americans
change the way they
thought about their
neighbors.
Americans are punished for their
heritage.

Americans labeled ENEMY ALIENS for their heritage.

Japanese people suffer the worst discrimination.
Imposed curfews were issued for some Americans.
Americans of Japanese heritage have been in the US since the
early 1800s.
Paranoia Breaks Out in America

Shortly after the Attack on Pearl Harbor fear breaks out.

Japanese Americans are suspected of espionage.
Executive Order 9066 - February 19, 1942 President
Roosevelt orders German, Italian, and Japanese Nationals be
barred from certain areas deemed sensitive military.
Japanese Americans Are Forced Out
of their Homes.

March 18, 1942 President Roosevelt established the War

Relocation Authority to Take all people of Japanese descent
into custody, surround them with troops, prevent them from
buying land, and return them to their former homes at the
close of the war.
Battle of Coral Sea

May 4th 8th, 1942 - The Battle of Coral Sea was the first air
sea battle in history.
A tactical victory for the Japanese Navy because of number of
Allied ships sunk.
A strategic victory for the Allies because two Japanese aircraft
carriers were damaged and unable to take part in the next
battle.
The U. S. Navy is Victorious in the
Battle of Midway.
World War ll takes a turn for the
Allied Forces
1942
October 23, 1942 - The British
Empire defeat the German-Italian
armies at El Alamein in Egypt.
November the Russians defeat the
German army in Stalingrad.
The Battle of Stalingrad (July 17,
1942-Feb. 2, 1943) is considered
by may historians the greatest
battle in the entire war.
Marked the turning of the war in
favor of Allies.
World War ll
1943

July 10, 1943 160,000 Allied Forces land in Sicily and

Northern Italy.
July 25, 1943 Mussolinis government is overthrown,
peace talks begin.
September 3, 1943 British troops land in Italy,
Americans six days later and the Italian government
surrenders.
October 13, 1943 Italy declares war on Germany.
World War ll
1944
The Battle of Normandy June 6, 1944 August 1944

Resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from

Nazi Germanys control.
World War ll
1945 Allied
Forces invade
Germany
World War ll August 6, 1945