JAPAN
Part of the Axis alliance- Domination- Japan wanted Asia, and take out communism,
56 billion dollars= 600 trillion dollars, 2,100,000 military deaths, 1,000,000 civilian deaths,
Goals- Domination of Asia, take over China, wanted natural resources,
Japanese home front- behind in technology, not very much financial strength, illiterate, unorganized, farming was a very popular job, food rationing, deteriorating living conditions, health and living conditions, bombings resulted in many deaths,
Propaganda- more focused on propaganda than the war,
Battle Strategies- Invade China, defending from US,
Areas Controlled by Japan- Indochina, Hong Kong, Thailand, New Guinea, Philippines, East Indies, Portuguese, Malaya, Australia, Alaska, Brunei, Singapore, India,
Areas Attacked by Japan- Australia, Canada, Sri Lanka, Mongolia, Santa Barbara California, Pearl Harbor, Oregon, Midway,
Japan, League of Nations- Treaty of Versailles signed 4, 5, 9, power pacts, Signed Kellogg-Brand pact, London Naval conference,
Great Depression- Japan couldn't get resources from US, invaded Manquria in 1931, Invaded China in 1937,
League of Nations- Condemned the actions, put economic sanctions/tariffs, Japan dropped out of League of Nations
6 years after Manquria- invasion of China- 300,000 people killed in one city, mass rape and stealing, common throughout many cities,
FDR- stop the aggressive nations,
American Gunboat attacked by Japanese forces- 3 killed, boat sunk, Worsened US and Japanese relations,
Axis Powers- Japan Joins the Axis Powers,
Hideki Tojo, Hirohito, leaders in Japan, Yamamoto, came up with plan on Pearl Harbor, said it was a mistake, but did it anyways,
Pearl Harbor- intentions were to knock US out of the war, Japanese victory, Next day declared war on Japan, then Axis powers declare war on US, ships and aircraft destroyed, December 7/8, 1941, declared war,
Why Japan attacked Pearl Harbor- Cut Trade, some trade, didn't have to worry about Soviet Union, wanted to knock them out of the war, Huge risk, backfired,
Back Door to War (Conspiracy)- FDR wanted Japan to attack, he wanted to help Churchill,
Japan attacked pearl harbor- Guam, Philippines, Pearl Harbor,
Douglas McCarther, Fighting in the Philippines,
Bataan Death March- Japanese forced American/Philippine soldiers, marched from POW camps,
Doolittle's Raid- Launch bombers, from aircraft carriers, success, First Positive things in the war,
Island hopping strategies
Battle Of Coral Sea- first turning point of the war, first battle with only ships,
Battle Of Midway- June 1942- Huge victory, Magic- intercepted Japanese code, new it was coming,
Kamikazes Japanese trying to turn the war, filling a plane with explosives and crashing,
Battle of Leyte Gulf-Philippines
McArther returns to Philippines-
Iwo Jima 45- No resistance- Dug underground and attacked when guard was dropped, 7000 US casualties, Japan lost more,
Battle of Okinawa- Bombarded then invade,
Summer 1945- Germany and Italy over, Japan is the last, Operation Downfall, 1 million casualties,
Invasion of Japan- canceled because of atomic bomb,
Manhattan Project- 1939-1945
Enola Gay- The plane that dropped the atomic bomb- B-29 super fortress developed to drop the atomic bomb,
Little boy- Uranium, smaller, Dropped on Hiroshima, Enola Gay, went well
Fat man- Plutonium, larger, Dropped on Nagasaki, Bockscar, went way wrong,
VJ Day- Japan officially surrendered August 15/September 2,
Dismantle Current Japanese govt, US occupied Japan, Became democracy, Hirohito lost his power but was still a figure, Japan lost all of its land it took over, Japanese military disarmed,
War crime trials for Japanese militants- Death penalty, Military never the same,
Japan is Democracy- part of their new constitution, Japan had to pay money back,
Japan is huge economic power, occupied Japan for 7 years,
the Dropping killed 200,000 died on impact,
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