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The Pacific War

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The Pacific War

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The Pacific War

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====http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/sub.cfm?source=history/secondwar/canada2/pacwar ==== ==== 1. ** Quality of source ** ==== ==== ‍2. ** Most Important Informational Aspects of This Source ** ==== ==== a. s millions of people celebrated Victory-in-Europe (V-E) Day, the Allied leaders grimly prepared for the final struggle in the Pacific, where the full weight of the Allied Forces would now be applied against Japan. ==== ==== ‍b. On August 6, 1945, the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, a city of over 100,000 people. ==== ====  ‍c. The Japanese government sued for peace on the following day and, on August 14, 1945, Japan accepted the Allied terms of unconditional surrender. The Second World War was over. Marcus ====
 * This source came from the government of Canada site so as far as HIS-STORY goes its as accurate as i could get. **

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Holly's link: http://www.chomsky.info/articles/196709--.htm

Keenan Brock http://www.wtj.com/articles/pacific_summary/

1) On the morning of December 8th, 1941, the second world war in the Pacific began with an attack by Imperial Japanese Army troops on the Northeast coast of British Malaya. 2) The Japanese offensives of 1941 were composed of several bold moves across the Western Pacific Basin, this was something that had never before been attempted on such a large scale. This military solution called for the complete occupation of Southeast Asia and the Dutch East Indies in order to secure much needed raw resources. 3) In the end the Japanese were victorious. On April 8, the American Army in the Philippines surrendered to Japanese troops besieging them at Bataan, and on May 5th the harbor bastion at Corregidor also fell.

This is a website dedicated to supplying accurate World War 2 information. They get their sources from the encyclopedias, universities and eye witnesses.

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==== a. December 8, 1941, the Second World War in the Pacific was begun with an amphibious attack by Imperial Japanese Army troops on the Northeast coast of British Malaya. The largest of them aimed at the giant American naval base at Pearl Harbor, and Hawaii, where it was still December 7 ==== ==== ‍b. Early 1942 saw the Japanese complete the execution of their war plan. On January 10, Imperial forces began the second phase of conquest by landing in the northern areas of Dutch East Indies. By the middle of the month, Burma was invaded and in early February after a brief defense, British General A.E. Percival surrendered Singapore to the Japanese. ==== ==== ‍c. The unexpected "Doolittle Bombing" of Tokyo by a small group of American bomber pilots who flew their aircraft on a one-way mission. The Japanese tried to play down the meaning of this action, but the mere fact that enemy aircraft had flown through the airspace over the Emperor's Palace left many in indignant shock, and gave more thoughtful people an early taste of Allied determination. ~Amanda Tornai~ ==== __The Pacific War__ Michael K __Link:__ [] __1. Quality of Source__ Explains main events of the Pacific war, lots of dates and great photos. __2. Most Important Informational Aspects of This Source:__ a)The Japanese wanted to build their empire so they began with the invasion of Manchuria. b)The US imposed sanctions on Japan, and they began to grow short on their resources. c)Japanese retaliated by bombing Pearl Harbour, The Us winning the Battle of Midway, and later dropping atomic bombs on Japan. __3. Why I Chose This Source__ I chose this source because its full of information and has accurate dates. It is laid out so that it is very easy to understand and follow. __The Pacific War__ [] I chose this source because it is an accurate and credible website. A) Japan was faced with severe shortages of oil and other natural resources, and were driven with the ambition to displace the United States as the largest Pacific power. B) Japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, which left the US navy crippled. C) On August 6, 1945, the United States Air Force dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Tens of thousands of people died in the initial explosion, and many more died later from radiation exposure. Three days later, the United States dropped a bomb on the Japanese city of Nagasaki. More than 120,00 people died between the two bombings. I chose this source because of the well know website, and the layout and accuracy of information. Andrew Brown

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==== a) Nearly 80,000 Canadians volunteered to join the Pacific forces and began concentrating at nine stations across Canada in July 1945 ====

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==== a) To find out things about the Pacific War that I never knew before. I also looked up this source to see interesting and new things about the Pacific as well as learning about who was involved in the war and why it was started. ====