Feb 16 - Worked on Projects
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Extra Credit Opportunity: Watch WWII movie w/ review and summary - Due Tomorrow (Feb. 17)
Japanese war goals: Occupy South Asia, Oceania, and China and use slave labor to cultivate the area's resources for Japan
The Japanese found themselves isolated after WWI, and struggled finding natural goods and supplies. The land space was becoming increasingly cramped. They sought to solve this problem through invasion and expansion into southeast Asia and the oceanic territories.
Discuss basic facts-
alliance: Germany, Italy
total casualties: 2,870,000 Military- 2,120,000
Battle of Okinawa: 100,000 Japanese soldiers 150,000 civilian deaths
Battle of Iwo Jima: 22,000 total soldiers all but 216 (taken captive) died
total cost:
$54,000,000,000 in claims
$40,000,000 in industrial equipment sent to China, the Philippines, Great Britain, and the Netherlands
$3,000,000,000 worth of assets seized by Allies
reparations totaling $1,190,000,000 to Burma, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand
U.S. ended interim with Japan in 1949 to prevent further damage to the Japanese economy
etc:
sources:
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005177
http://www.secondworldwarhistory.com/world-war-2-statistics.asp
http://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-events/5-bloodiest-world-war-ii-battles.htm#page=8
Feb 17 - Summaries - Memoirs of a Geisha/Unbroken
Feb 18 - Work on Project and Progress Quiz
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