Monday-No school
Tuesday-Japan slowly invades China. Japanese Invasion of Manchuria-The league of nations condemned the action but couldn't enforce its authority as it had no military, the message sent was that thy could get away with being aggressive, Japan shortly dropped out of league of Nations shortly after invasion. Japan was doing very well because they were taking over a lot of China. Rap 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 reason, still causes tension between the 2 countries today, there was a war crime trial after the war to try Japanese soldiers for participation, overall throughout WW2 Japan killed almost 6,000,000 people(Chinese, Indonesians, Koreans, Filipinos, Indochinese, Western prisoners of war). 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 and Japan apologize and gave the US money. Soviet Japanese Neutrality Pact-The USSR and Japan signed an agreement to not fight on another in 1941, Japan considered breaking this once Germany invaded USSR in June 1941 but did not, the USSR broke this treaty when they declared war on Japan in August 1945. Japanese leaders-Hideki Tojo, and Emperor Hirohito. Admiral Yamamoto-came up with the plan of Pearl Harbor, got his education in the United States. Basics of Pearl Harbor Attack-Date-(December 7, 1941 Sunday-7:40 and 8:50 am) Location-(Pearl Harbor, Hawaii territory), War results-(Japanese major victory, US declaration of war Japan, Germany and Italy declare war on the US(Tripartite Pact), US declares war on Germany and Italy)Battle results-(all 8 US Navy battleships were damaged with 4 being sunk(3 cruisers, 3 destroyers an anti-aircraft ship and 1 mine layer ship were sank or damaged, 188 US aircraft were destroyed) Deaths-(2,402 killed and 1,282 wounded)
Wednesday-Read Hiroshima:a survivors story
Fireball-a ball filled with combustibles or explosives, fired at an enemy
Shock wave-change in pressure in a narrow region traveling through a medium
Radioactivity-relating to the emission of ionizing radiation or particles
Black rain-rain dust
Radiation-electromagnetic waves or moving subatomic particles
Kimono-long loose robe with wide sleeves and tied with a sash,worn by the Japanese
Rationed-allow people to have a fixed amount of a specific amount
Internment Camp-putting a person in prison or other kind of detention, generally in war time
Disintegrated-break up into small parts, disappear
Black Market-illegal traffic or trade
Thursday-3 attacks on Pearl Harbor but Japan cancelled the 3rd one. Even though Japan did a lot of damage Japan didn't do as well as they thought they were going to. Remember Pearl Harbor-this was one of the most patriotic songs during World War 2, 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 the US hand was to hit them hard in a surprise attack forcing them out of war, Japan knew that this plan was a huge risk but thought it was the only way to defeat the US, plan backfired instead Japan woke the sleeping giant(the US). Important dates-December 8th 1941. FDR's war message-Pearl Harbor was not the only area Japan attacked on December 7th, "yesterday the Japanese Government also launched an attack against Malaya", Last night Japanese forces attacked Hong Kong, Guam, Philippine Islands, Wake Island", "this morning Japanese attacked Midway Island". Bataan Death March-up to 10,000 Filipino deaths. Doolittle's Raid-changed a lot of things but it didn't make a lot of difference in the war but America felt good afterwards.
Friday-Island hopping-bombing islands to get closer to Japan. Duck boats were made during WW2. Kamikazes-Japanese planes that would crash down. Summer 1945(preparing for the invasion of Japan)-operation downfall, planned for October 1945, estimated to have over 1 million casualties, estimated to have 267,000 deaths, why did this never take place? The Manhattan Project-1939-1945 VJ day-when japan officially surrendered.
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