Tuesday -
Japanese Invasion of Manchuria
- LoN 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
Rape of Nanking - Late 1937 - Early 1938
- A 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 reasons
- 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 WWII, Japan killed almost 6,000,000 people - Chinese, Indonesians, Koreans, Filipinos, Indochinese, Western prisoners of war, etc.
Quarantine Speech - 1937
- Saying that peaceful countries need to "quarantine" aggressive countries
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 payed the US $
- Worsened the US and Japans relationship
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 invaded the USSR
- The USSR broke this treaty when they declared war on Japan in August 9, 1945
Road To Pearl Harbor
Japanese Leaders
- Hideki Tojo
- Emperor Hirohito
- Admiral Yamamoto (devised plan of Pearl Harbor)
Basics of Pearl Harbor Attack
- Date : December 7, 1941 - Sunday - 7:40 AM and 8:50 AM
- Location : Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory
- War Results : 1) Japanese major victory 2) US Declaration of War on Japan 3) Germany and Italy declare war on US 4) US declares war on Germany and Italy
- Battle Results : 1) All eight US Navy Battleships were damaged, with four being sunk 2) Three cruisers, three destroyers, an anti-aircraft ship and one mine layer ship were sank or damaged 3) 188 US aircraft were destroyed
- Deaths/Casualties : 1) 2,402 killed 2) 1,282 wounded
Wednesday - Class Discussion
Thursday - Notes
Pearl Harbor Propaganda- Buy war bobs and enlist in the military. To get revenge.
This was one of the most patriotic songs during WWII. It was played at family and religious gathering throughout the country.
Cartoon- Bird The axis Dove Lays Its Rotten Egg. Vulture because they feed on the dead they are mad as they drop the bomb on us. #2 We are not happy we felt that we have been taken advantage of.
Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?- After Japan invaded French Indochina in 1940, Us stopped trading oil with japan. Japan singed the Soviet- Japanese Neutrality Pact in April 1941, guaranteed 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' hand was to hit them hard in a surprise attack forcing the out to war. Japan knew that this plan was a huge risk, but thought it was the only way to defeat US. Plan backfired. Instead, Japan "woke a sleeping Giant".
Friday - Notes
Kamikazes
- Suicide bombers for the Japanese
Battle of Leyte Gulf-Philippines
- Major win for US
- US wipes out Japanese Navy
Iwo Jima
- Huge victory for US
- US kills almost all Japanese in Iwo Jima
Preparing for the Invasion of Japan
- Operation Downfall
- Planned for October 1945
- Estimated to have over 1 million casualties (dead,wounded,missing)
- Estimated to have 267,00 deaths
The Manhattan Project
- 1939 - 1945
- Enola Gay - B29 Super Fortress that bombed Hiroshima
- Little Boy - Atomic Bomb that hit Hiroshima
- Bockscar - Plane that bombed Nagasaki
- Fat Man - Atomic Bomb that hit Nagasaki
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