1941. The nazi blitzkrieg had overwhelmed france, holland, belgium, denmark, norway, and luxembourg. Russian armies were in desperate retreat. The German Air Force was raining death and destruction on england. Combined italian and German Forces were menacing. Their objective . To defeat an opposing british army and dominate all our forces. In asia, japanese air and Ground Forces were driving forward in their funding conquest of china. He only one of the worlds major powers was still not we at war, the United States. It was a sunday afternoon in december 19, 41. The statue of liberty towered serenely over new york harbor. She where the last symbol of freedom left in the crumbling free world. Early morning in hawaii, and another great harbinger, American Warships where anchored. Planes with engines stood idle nearby. Suddenly, without warning, the immediate Japanese Military objective was to knock out the United States naval and air power in the pacific in a single stroke. They reason th
Organized science and history. Announcer on august 6, 1945, the United States detonated the first atomic bomb in history japan. Roshima, later, ondays nagasaki. Six days later, japan surrendered, bringing an end to the second world war. I have a message from the japanese government. From the secretary of state on august 11. Declaration potsdam that specifies the unconditional surrender. Announcer through the work of cspans cities tour, we will share stories of people who contributed to this worldaltering events. We begin in new orleans, at the National World war ii museum. We are here on the road to tokyo exhibit. That will take up the war on the pacific and asia, 1941 to 1945. What are the most interesting aspects . One of the interesting aspects is how quickly the turning point came in. In are just about six months later, after the japanese ran wild through the pacific, the battle of midway was fought. That was a major portion of japans strength. Whatever chance japan had of winning
Its the seventh consecutive day with more than 200 infections. Across the country, the total number of infections has topped 40,000. The Prime Minister said in a meeting that the situationon ha been seesawing for the past several days. Abe shinzo said the number o of seriously ill patients is hovering at around 80 nationally. The government plans to convene an expert panel in the coming days to come up with further antivirus measures. It comes as the clock ticks down to the Summer Vacation period that starts next week. Normally, thats the time when many people return to their hometowns, but this time, tokyos governor is calling on residents to stay home as much as possible. Nhk world spoke to one of the experts on the Central Governments coronavirus subcommittee about the recent developments. Reporter as president of the Japanese Association for infectiousus diseases, t Tateda Kazuhiro has been on the frontline since the outbreak began. He says japan is in the middle of a second wave,
It is a harnessing of the basic power of the universe. It has been done is the greatest achievement of organized signings science and history. , 1945, the u. S. Detonated the first atomic bomb over japan. Japanys later, surrendered, bringing an end to the second world war. Have a message from the japanese government. This is a full except as of the potsdam declaration. Through the work of cspans cities tour, we will share stories of people who contributed to this world altering event. We begin in new orleans. We are here on the road to tokyo exhibit. That will take up the war on the pacific and asia. Aspectshe interesting is how quickly the turning point came in. Just about six months later, after the japanese ran wild through the pacific, the battle of midway was fought. That was a major portion of japans strength. Whatever chance that japan had disappeared in 1942. , thereally into the war big victory at midway. It is a big ocean. That is a relatively brief time. The war would go on
In the pacific. Welcome to washington journal. Washington journal on the 75th anniversary. Guest thank you. I am glad to be here. Host we have heard from harry truman after the hiroshima bombing. From your research and the study of the war and the bombings in particular, why did harry truman do it . I think the decision to use the bomb was really implicit in the manhattan project, so it was really assumed from the time, for the time truman came to office in ,pril after the death of fdr that this weapon, if it worked, it would be used. So it may be more accurate to say that there was a nondecision essentially. Truman did not decide to projecte, to stop a that was very much entrained when he came into office. The assumption had been made that if we had built the bomb, if we had the bomb, we would use the bomb in order to bring the war to an end, but i think from the perspective we have now that the atomic bomb, you know, is different, essentially different, from general weapon, that is s