the allies strike back

The Allies Strike Back

The Imperial Japan

“East Asia for the asiatics”The expansion began in 1931

The Conquest of Manchuria

Northeastern China

The heartland of China

A bitter warEuropean Colonies

The Imperial Japan

The japanese want the American ColoniesPhilippine islandsGuam

The US reactsAid to China

1940Stop oil shipments to Japan

1941Conquest of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos

The Imperial Japan

Emperor Hiroito1901

Empress Kojun1924

The Imperial Japan

Attack on Pearl HarborDecoding the war

Phillipines as the most likely targetThe 14-part Message

Objectives with the attack

Gain timeHurt the US morale

battleships were chosen as the main targets19 were destroyed3.000 lives were lost

The Imperial Japan

Oahu Island, Hawaii

Declaration of war to JapanDecember 18, 1941Germany declares war on the US

December 11, 1941

"We are all in the same boat now.“

President Roosevelt

The US Enters the War

 Executive Order 9066Concentration camps in the UsSpecial for japanese people

But also for germans and communists

The US Enters the War

The conquests of Japan so far Manchuria Vietnam Cambodia Laos Hong Kong Guam Wake Island Thailand Philippines Malay Java Sumatra Borneo Celebes Burma

The Imperial Japan

Tokyo is BombedGreat effect in the morale on both sides

The Battle of Coral SeaMay 1942An air battle on the seaThe allies suffered more losses, but the japanese are now stuck

The Battle of the Midway June 1942Us had already decoded the japanese planThe Japanese are taken by surprise

Their attack goes kaput 332 planes and 1 suport ship were lost

US x Japan

The Guadalcanal BattleAugust 1942Douglas MacArthurA savage strugle

The island of death24,000 japanese soldiers died

Out of a force of 30,000

US x Japan

The "Big Three" - Roosevelt, Churchill and Joseph Stalin Tehran ConferenceChiang Kai-shek wasn’t there but was an ally

The US Enters the War

The US and EnglandWest front

URSSEast frontThe bloodiest

There were other frontsBut the allies decided to focus on these two

The allies mass their forces

Which side?Getúlio Vargas and theAxisInitial preferenceConnection with the US

Volta Redonda Steel plant

Brazil declares warAgainst the axis

24 November,  1944To 21 February, 1945

Brazil enters the war

PracinhasBrazilian soldiers were sent to Italy without much Infrastructure

To fight under american ordersAmerican uniformsAmerican food

A cobra está fumando!The snake is smoking!

FEB

The brazilians fought twoCampaigns

The battle of the atlantic Warships and submarines

The Italian Campaign27.500 men

Of whom 2.454 diedMonte Castelo

Main battleImprisioned 20thousandEnemy soldiers.

FEB

Overlord operationInvasion of France from the Mancha Cannal6 June, 1944

Germans knew anattack was coming

Diversion tacticsThe Doll Army at Calais

D Day

NormandyGeneral Dwight Eisenhower

3 million soldiersLargest disembark inHistory

Americans, British,Canadian, French

2.700 allied soldiers Died just on the 1st day

D Day

The allied reach Paris25of August

France, Belgium e Luxemburg are liberatedSeptember 1944

Battle of BulgeGermans vs. Allied

West FrontLast stand of the German WehrmachtAllied Victory

Allied Invasion

The USSR surrounds BerlinRed Army: 6 million soldiers left

Hitler commits suicide30 of April

Germany officiallysurrenders

7 may, 1945Victory in Europe

Unconditional Surrender

The JapaneseContinues to fight

Although without the Infra-structure

Kamikazes

Pacific War

Iwo jima

Nuclear bombsTo ensure a quick victory against the Japanese

Authorized by president Truman

HiroshimaLittle Boy70.000 – 80.000

NagasakiFat Man70.000

2 September, 1945EmperorHiroito surrenders togeneral Douglas MacArthur

Extremely Humiliation

Japanese Surrender