MONDAY- Gone
TUESDAY- WWII UNIT INTRO
Allies- Great Britan, US, France, Soviet Union
Axis- Germany, Japan, Italy
Assignment- watch 2-3 movies and do a movie summary/review over it
WEDNESDAY- Japan in WWII
Areas Controlled by Japan during WWII
Several regions in China, French Indochina (Vietnam/Cambodia/Laos), Hong Kong, Thailand, British New Guinea, Phillipines, Guam, Dutch East Indies, Portugese Timor, Malaya, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Straits Settlements, Kingdom of Sarawak, Brunei, North Borneo, Nauru, Imphal. Wake Island, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Christmas Islands, Attu and Kiska Islands
Areas Attacked but not Conquered
- Air raids on Australia: Broome, Darwin, Newcastle, Sydney
- British Columbia
- Kohima and Manipur
- Colombo and Trincomalee
- Dornod
- United States: Pearl Harbor, Santa Barbara, Midway Atoll, Fort Stevens
Why did Japan bomb Pearl Harbor? Japan attacked US to knock us out of the war before we were even in the war. US cut off oil. Japan needed to go to the Netherlands for oil but they had to go through Phillipines which US owned. Zama Motto -leader
Pearl Harbor -December 7, 1941
Japan in the 1920's
- -Joined the League of Nations (Peace Keeping/Wilson)
- -Signed the 4, 5, 9 Power Pacts
- -4 Power Pact- US, GB, France and Japan would respect eachother'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, Japan, Belgium, Netherlands, Portugal and China agree to the Open Door Policy and guarantee Chinese Independence
- -Signed the Kellogg Briand Pact
Japan Invasion of Machuria -1931
- Japan needed resources -growing population, Great Depression, US high tariffs. Japan needed to invade. Oil, Coil, Aluminum, Ironore, new markets, base
- China was to Japan as Soviet Union was to Germany -China and Soviet Union were both HUGE. Japan and Germany bit off more than they can chew
- The League of Nations condemmned the action but could not enforce its authority as it had no military force
- The message sent to aggressiive 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
Rape of Nanking-Late 1937-Early 1938
- Mass killing of Chinese people (up to 300,000)
- Mass raping of 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 Japanese soldiers for participation
- Overall, throughout WW2, Japan killed 6,000,000 people--Chinese, Indonesians, Koreans, Filipinos, Indochinese, Western prisoners of war, etc.
Panay Incident-December 1937
- American Gunboat attacked on river in China by Japan
- 3 U.S. troops killed, 45 wounded
- Japan said it was an accident, apologized and paid US $$
- Worsened US-Japanese relations
AXIS POWERS
- Germany, Italy, Japan
- Alania, Bulgeria, Finland,
Soviet- Japanese Neutrality Pact
- The USSR and Japan signed an agreement to not fight one another in April, 1941
- Japan considered breaking this once Germany (their Ally) invaded the USSR in June, 1941 but did not
- The USSR broke this treaty when they declared war on Japan in August 9, 1945
Basics of Pearl Harbor Attack
- December 7th, 1941 sunday-7:40 AM and 8:50 AM
- Location: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory
- War Results: Japanese major victory We declare war on japan Germany and Italy declared War on the U.S. U.S. declares war on Germany and italy
- Battle results: All eight Navy Battleships were damaged, with four beng sunk Three cruisiers, three destroyers, an anti-aircraft ship and one minelayer shipe were snak or damged 188 U.S. aircraft were sstroyed (Pacific Fleet)
- 2,402 killed 1,282 wounded
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