Monday- Started Japan
- Domination in Asia
Homefront was not strong
- Behind technologically
- did not have financial strength
- literate
- unorganized
- Food had to be rationed
- deteriorating health and living conditions
- bombing resulted in thousands of death
- many people thought that the Government was more focus in the propaganda then the war
Manchuria
- 1931
- invasion
- by Russia
- wanted resources
Sion Japanese War
- the second once imperialist policy
Pearl harbor
- December 1941
- Japan bomb a US naval base 2,500
- 300
- 18
Saipan
- sea warfare
- June 14, 1944
- nearly all 30,000
Leyte
- japan battle of Leyte gulf
- October 1944
Philippines campaign
- 287,000 Japanese defending
- January 1945
Iwo JIma
- American tried to secure to air strips 21,000 well trenched Japanese
Okinawa
- Final battle was by the island of Japan and was a place to stage an area for invasion
Final week
- America nukes Nagasaki Hiroshima 246,000
- Uranium bomb ( little boy ) 166,00
- Plutonium bomb 80,00
Areas they took over
- French Indochina
- Hong kong
- Thailand
- Dutch East Indies
- Portuguese Timor
- Malaya
Tuesday: went over notes
Air trades
- Broome
- Darwin
- Newcastle
- Sydney
British columbia
Kohima and Manipur
Colombo and Trincomalee
Dornod
United States
- Santa Barbara
- Pearl Harbor(Hawaii)
- Midway Atoll
- Fort Stevens (Oregon)
1920
- joined the League of Nations
- Signed the 4, 5, and 9 Power pacts
- 4 power: US,GB, France and Japan would respect eac other's possessions in the pacific
- 5 power:US, GB, France, Italy, and Japan would limit naval size
- 9 power: agree to the Open Door Policy and Guarantee Chinese independence
1931: Japan took over Manchuria
- the league of Nations condemned the action but could not enforce its authority as it has not military forces
- Japan dropped out the League of Nations shortly after invasion
Rape and Nanking-late 1937
- A mass killing of Chinese people up to 300,00
- 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 tensions between Japan and china
Quarantine Speech- 1937
- talked about how we all have to come together to make things better
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
Japanese Leaders
- Hideki Tojo
- Emperor Hirohito
- Admiral Yamamoto- came up with the Pearl Harbor plan
Basic of Pearl Harbor Attack
- Sunday morning
- Japanese major victory
- U.S Declaration of War on Japan
- Germany and Italy declare war on the u.s
- us declares war on Germany and Italy
Battle results
- attack December 7
- all eight
- U.S navy battleships were damaged, with four being sunk
- three cruisers, three destroyed and anti aircraft
- December 8- last time we declared war on anyone
why did Japan attack Pear Harbor
- after Japan invaded French Indochina in 1940, stop trading with Japan
- April 1941: Japan signed the Sovient-Japanese Neutrality
- Japan realized they needed US trade to be successful in war
- Japan knew that his plan was huge risk, but thought it was the only way
- plan backfired instead Japan "woke a sleeping giant"
Wednesday
- December 8,1941 (NEED TO KNOW)- day US declare war
FDR'S War message
- Japanese Goverment also launched an attack against Malay, Hong Kong, Guam, Philippine Island, Wake island, Midway Island
- Battle of Coral Sea- First turning point on the war
- Battle of Midway
Thursday: review
Summer of 1945
- Operation Downfall
- Planned for October 1945
- estimated to have over 1 million casualties
- estimated to have 267,000 deaths
Manhattan Project
- 1939-1945
- hiroshima (
- nagasaki
Nagasaki bombing
- fat man
- Bockscar
VJ DAY
- when Japan officially signed on USS Missouri
- August 14/15, 1945 ( for UK)
- September 2, 1945
Potsdam Conference
- On July 26, US, Great Britain, and China issued the Potsdam Declaration
- Announced the terms to Japan
- Dismantal the Japan government
- the Allies will occupy Japan
- Japan will consist only of the major island. It will lose all territory gained in WWII and years leading up to it.
- Japanese military forces will be disarmed and allowed to return home
- there will be war crimes trials for the atrocities committed by Japan throughout WWII
- Japan will be allowed to have industry so they can make money to pay for reparations. World trade will also be enabled at some point
- Allied occupation of Japan will end once Japan accomplishes all the above point
Tuesday- Continued Japan
Wednesday- Continued Japan
Thursday- Finished Japan
Friday- Test over Japan
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