Areas controlled by Japan
Several regions in china 1938 -1945
French indochina (vietnam, cambodia and laos_ = july 15, 1940 - august 29, 1945
Hong kong (UK) - december 12, 1940 - august 15, 1945
Thailand- as an allied state although induced -december 8, 1941, - august15, 1941
British new guinea - December 27,1941 - september 15,1945
Philippines (usa) - january 2, 1942 - november 27, 1944
Guam (usa) - january 6, 1942 - october 24, 1945
Dutch east indies - january 18, 1942 - october 21, 1945
Portuguese timor - february 19,1942 - september 2, 1945
Malaya (UK) - march 27, 1942 - september 6 , 1945
Andaman and nicobar islands (india) - march 29, 1942 - september 9 , 1945
Straits settleents (singapore) - march 29, 1942 - september 9 , 1945
Kingdom of sarawak (UK) - march 29, 1942 - september 9, 1945
Brunei - march 29, 1942 - september 9 , 1945
North borneo - march 29, 1942 - september 9 , 1945
Attu and kiska islands (alaska) june 6, 1943
Areas attacked but not conquered
Air raids on australia
Broome
Darwin
Newcastle
sydney
British columbia
Kohima and manipur
Colombo and trincomalee
Dornod
United states
Santa barbara
Pearl harbor
Midway atoll
Fort stevens
Japan in the 1920’s
Joined the league of nations
Signed the 4, 5 and 9 power pacts
4 power pact- us, gb, france and japan would respect each other’s possessions in the pacific
5 power pact- us, gb, france italy, and japan would limit naval size
9 power pact- us, gb, france italy, and japan, belgium, netherlands, portugal and china agree to the open door policy and guarantee chinese independence
Signed the kellogg-briand pact
Japanese invasion of manchuria
The league of nations condemned the action but could not enforce its authority as it had no military force
The message sent to aggressive countries was that a major power could get away with using force because great britain and france did not want war
Japan dropped out of the league of nations shortly after invasion
China was to japan as soviet union was to german- they started out, japan destroying china then
Rape of Nanking- Late 1937 - Early 1938
A mass killin gof chinese people (up to 300,000)
Mass rapin gof chinese women and girls
Mass looting and arson
Some in japan have denied that the military killed civilians for no reason
Still causes tension between the two countries today
There was a war crimes trial after the war to try japnese soldiers for participation
Overall, throughout ww2, japan kuilled almost 6,000,000 people - chinese , indonesians, koreans, filipinos, indochinese, wester prisoners of war, etc.
Panay incident - december 1937
American gunboat attacked on river in china by japan
3 us troops killed, 45 wounded
Japan said it was an accident apologized and paid us$$
Worsened us -japanese relations
Basics of Pearl Harbor Attack
Date: december 7, 1941- sunday - 7:40 a.m and 8:50 am
Location: pearl harbor, hawaii territory
War results: 1. Japanese major victory 2. U.s. declaration of war on japan 3. Germany and italy declare war on the u.s. (tripartite pact) 4. U.s declares war on germany and italy
Remember pearl harbor
This was one ofthe most patriotic songs during world war ii
It was played at family and religious gatherings throughout the country
Why did japan attack pearl harbor?
After japan invaded french indochina in 1940, us stopped trading oil with japan
Japan signed the soviet -japanese neutrality pact in april, 1941 guaranteeing that japan and ussr would not go to war
Japan realized they needed us trade to be successful in war
Only way to force us hands was to hit them hard in a surprise attack forcing them out of thear
Japan knew that this plan was a huge risk, but thought it was the only way to defeat us
Plan backfired. Instead, japan “awoke a sleeping giant.”
FDR’s war message
Pearl harbor wasn’t only area attacked, japan also attacked, hong kong, guam, philippine islands, wake island, and midway island
Bataan death march - philippines - 1942
Up 10,000 filipino and 650 american pow’s died during march
Summer 1945 - preparing for the invasion of japan
Operation downfall
Planned for october 945
Estimated to have over 1 million casualties
Estimated to have 267,000 deaths
Why did this never take place
The Manhattan Project
1939-1945
Trinity TEst - July 16, 1945
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