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Most Significant Innovations In WWII

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The type of war the USA had been fighting from December 1941 to the summer of 1942 had been defensive. Admiral King wanted us to be offensive fighters. He decided to invade Guadalcanal, where the Japanese had started to build a base. There were deaths on both sides but mostly on Japan’s. If they were captured by Americans, they killed themselves because it was shameful to be caught or surrender. Many Japanese died to diseases from the jungle, but the Americans had medical care and doctors to help. The United States felt like they could win this war.

One of the innovations that I thought was interesting was the tanks that made roads across the sand on the beaches with huge pieces of steel. Some tanks held small bridges to get to areas on the

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