AUHIS 251 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Code Talker, North African Campaign, Douglas Macarthur
30 Sep 2018
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They did not have long range missiles yet, had to get closer. Japanese fought to the death on some of the islands. Believed surrender is shameful, suicide was more respectful than defeat. Island hopping campaign america would attack one island, bypass another. Would bypass based on intelligence and other tactics. Leading military general in the pacific war. Asians loved him the ones who were also fighting the japanese. Rising to the top in the western part of the world. Very critical of men who avoided service. Hollywood is making propaganda movies against the japanese and germans. It worked people went to movies like never before. The one code the japanese could never figure out what created by navajo tribe. Mohawk tribe became famous for steel work. More and more african americans fighting in the war, but still coming back to a largely socially segregation america. There was a summer camp that elite families sent their kids to.
