World+War+2

__The Beginning of World war 2__
On September 1, 1939, Hitler, the leader of Germany invaded Poland. Hitler wanted revenge because of all the damage that was done to Germany before the treaty of versailles..He also wanted to restore germany to it's past glory. The next day, Britian and France declared war on Germany. In June 1940, Paris fell to Hitler. On the morning of Sunday, December 7th, 1941 the japenese attacked pearl harbor. Three cruisers, three destroyers, and one minelayer, destroyed 188 aircraft, and caused personnel losses of 2,402 killed and 1,282 wounded. On December 8th, 1941, President Roosevelt asked permission for a war during a speech which was broadcasted on the radio. Permission was granted. The U.S. entered World War 2.

__**Day 2 of World War 2**__
The Soviet Union was an allie to the U.S.. Manilla was the only U.S. allie within the Philipine area. Germany was our greatest threat to us because they had a lot of surplus. On April 9, 1942, Edward L. King drew the white flag for U.S. Edward asked Japan commander "Will my men be taken care of?" The commander claimed they are fair and they are not barbaric.Though in japanese tradition, if you surrender instead of dying on the battlefield, you do not deserve respect, so this started the Bataan Deathmarch. 75,000 american and philipino soldiers were held hostage. They were stripped of their posessions, and pride. People who disobeyed were beaten until dead, buried alive, and they had their throats cut. At the end, the soldiers were forced into camps, where they were starved and all they were fed were watery rice that had worms and magets in it. One soldier qouted " It was better to eat it in the dark so you didn't have to see what it is." The last peice of the Philipines fell to Japan. 16,000 americans and philipinos died at the camp, either because of murder, or were starved to death.

__**Day 3 of World War 2**__
I was asked if I am scare of death. If I'm scared to die. I am, I truly am. If we weren't scared to die, stuntmen wouldn't be cool, because everyone would be one. If your skateboarding your gonna be scared to do a trick. If you are standing in the middle of a street and a semi is heading towards you if you're not scared you are not going to move. You will challenge death and egg him on. If you are scared to die, you will react and move. Being scared of death is what keeps us alive! It keeps us going each and every day. The soldiers that fought in World War 2 came home with pyschological problems. They had seen stuff that man should not have had to see.They were scared that that would happen to them. Imagine you're under fire, and your best friend is right next to you. This man is the only friend you ever had and while you are opening up fire, he gets shot. You see you're best friend die right there in front of you. World WAR 2 was the worst conflict the world has seen. In World War 2 over 14,000,000 military allies died. Over 36,000,000 civilians died. Over 50,000,000 total died. We must be scared of death. Fear keeps everything running and keeps everyone from committing suicide. Yes, I am scared to die.

__**Day 4 of World War 2**__
The U.S. military were weak. They had a coward captain, who hid in a bunker. We were in-experienced, and did not know what we were doing. In the 2 weeks of battle, 6,000 people died, 45 went missing, and 2,400 americans surrendered. 1/3 of the 45 people who lived throughout the battle went psychologically mental. America, after they're horrible display of courage pulled together and attacked the Nazi's. Nazi's began to run out of food, ammo, and gas. They retreated and american allies took over. On May 12, 1943 the Axis surrender. There was over 250,000 nazi's. On January 12, 1944 the 36th division tried to cross the rapido river. The people who made it across the river were shot down by germany soldiers, and the one's that tried to cross back across the river drowned. Benedicting abby was bombed by american allies. There was 586 lbs. of bombs dropped. The nazi's never used benedicting abby for cover but now that it was in ruines, germany took over it and used it for cover. Germany used the ruins against U.S. allies.

__**Day 5 of World War 2**__
Durng the Anzio battle, soldiers started to name the weapons and armory that were shot at them. The biggest germany gun was named anzio annie. The plane that dropped bombs every night was called the popcorn maker. After the anzio battle 7,000 allies were either dead or missing. After a while the Anzio situation settled. There were fewer attacks. On May 11 allied forces attacked monte casino. The polish army secured montestany. The gustof line was broken. American allies finally took over monte casino. During the start of the Battle of tarawa american allies were getting ready to attack great britian. Japans extensions were ended. As we headed to the island of Tawara with all the smoke in the air from firing weapons the american allies stopped firing for a half an hour so the smoke could settle. In that half hour time period japanese troops were able to get ready. By nightfall 5,000 soldiers made it to the shore of the island, but 1,500 of them were killed or wounded. Japanese doubted the americans and believed that the americans would not be able to take over Tawara. Yet in 4 days, 10,000 marines took the island under allied control, but would leave 1/3 of the 10,000 were killed or wounded.

**__Day 6 of World War 2 (The longest day)__**
D-day, has many names. Death day, doomsday, dieing day, etc. But D-Day means nothing. It was called D-day because there were so many various names. On June 6, 1944, allies invaded Normandy.

__Day 7 of World War 2__
The mariana island's consisted of Guam,Tinian, and Saipan. Allies were going to attack Saipan and then continue on to the rest of the island. On June 15,1944 U.S. allies attacked. On the island there were over 30,000 japenese soldiers waiting. Ray pitman was among the first wave of 16 men sent to the island. They were armed with grenades, flamethrowers,etc. That evening 20,000 allied soldiers made it to Saipan, but could not advance any further. After 3 weeks the battle ended. The 442nd squad were starting to be called the Purple Heart batallion because of all the soldiers they went through. Then 442nd and 100 batallions combined even though 100 consisted of 3/4 japenese americans. The 2 squad's did so good together, Mark Clock insisted that batallion 442nd 100 march behind him.The American 2nd and 4th defeated the 43rd Division of the Marine Divisions and 27th Infantry Division, commanded by Lieutenant General Holland SmithImperial Japanese Army commanded by Lieutenant General Yoshitsugu Saito. For the U.S. 2,949 killed and 10,364 wounded. For the Japanese 24,000 were killed, 5,000 suicides were committed, and 921 prisoners were taken.