Cold War Showdown



U-2 Planes Capture proof of Missles in Cuba.

JFK meets with military officials about the U-2 pictures.



This is a Picture of the map JFK used to keep track of the events happening with the Cuban Missile Crisis.

JFK informs the nation about the blockade around Cuba

 

 



Fidel Castro responds to JFK's Blockade around Cuba

 



JFK sings the proclamation to Quarantine Cuba

 

 

President Kennedy informs the nation that the Cuban Missile Crisis was averted and the threat s over


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THE ATTACKS ON JAPAN

 

 

 

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The bombings of Japan were devastating, but the were needed. Without these bombings the war would have dragged on and many more American lives would have been lost. The loss of lives lost by the bombs was insurmountable, it destroyed entire cities and forced Japan to surrender. Many Americans were just happy that it was over, they were not thinking about all the civilian lives lost in the process. This was a very selfish view that would cause many more controversies later on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

World War II - During the War

Pearl Harbor bombing changed the course of American History, it is what forced the US to join the war.

Victims of the bombing watch as the fumes cloud up the sky

 

 

Battle of Midway was significant because it is the most decisive win in the pacific campaign of the war. The United States beat the Japanese as they tried to bomb another American base.

 U.S and Japanese planes are fighting each other

 

 

D-Day was the main invasion of French territory by the Allied Forces. It was a brutal fight.

 

American soldiers wade ashore off the ramp of a U.S. Coast Guard landing craft

 

Battle of the Bulge was a major German offensive campaign

 

German soldiers prepare for battle

 





 

Iwo Jima was a battle where the U.S fought to recapture the Iwo Jima territory.

U.S soldiers ready for battle



Beginnings of WWII blog

          I chose picture 39. In this picture Jesse Owens is captured being honored for one of his gold metals. He beat a Nazi German man and a Japanese athlete as well. The irony in this medal stand is amazing. Because in two short years the 3 countries would be fighting a war against each other. And the winner of the Gold- Metal would also win the war; that is some serious foreshadowing.

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