Monday: We discussed forum posts. We finished talking about Japan and started the Germany power point.
Tuesday: I was gone.
Wednesday: Career Fair!
Thursday: We continued on Germany.
Friday: We still discussed Germany.
Japan
- Areas controlled by Japan during WW11
- Several regions in China - 1938 - 1945
- French Indochina (Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos) - July 15, 1940 - August 29, 1945
- Hong Kong (UK) - December 12, 1940 - August 15, 1945
- Thailand- as an 'allied' state although induced - December 8, 1941 - August 15, 1941
- British New Guinea - December 27, 1941 - September 15, 1945
- Philippines (USA) - January 2, 1942 - November 27, 1944
- Guam (USA) - January 6, 1942 - October 24, 1945
- Dutch East Indies - January 18, 1942 - October 21, 1945
- Portuguese Timor - February 19, 1942 - September 2, 1945
- Malaya (UK)- March 27, 1942 - September 6, 1945
- etc...
- Areas attacked but not conquered
- Air raids on Australia:
- Broome (Western Australia)
- Darwin (Northern Territory, Australia)
- Newcastle (New South Wales, Australia)
- Sydney (New South Wales, Australia)
- British Columbia (Canada)
- Kohima and Manipur (India)
- Colombo and Trincomalee (Sri Lanka)
- Dornod (Khalkhin Gol, Mongolia)
- United States
- Santa Barbara (California)
- Pearl Harbor (Hawaii)
- Midway Atoll
- Fort Stevens (Oregon)
- Air raids on Australia:
- Japan in the 1920's
- Joined the League of Nations
- Signed the 4, 5 and 9 Power Pacts
- 4 Power Pact-US, GB, France and Japan would respect each other’s possessions in the Pacific
- 5 Power Pact-US, GB, France, Italy and Japan would limit naval size
- 9 Power Pact-US, GB, France, Italy, Japan, Belgium, Netherlands, Portugal and China agree to the Open Door Policy and guarantee Chinese independence
- Signed the Kellogg-Briand Pact
- Japanese Invasion of Manchuria
- The League of Nations condemned the action but could not enforce its authority as it had not 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
- Japan dropped out of the League of Nations shortly after invasion
- 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 reason
- Still causes tension between the two countries today
- There were war crimes trial after the war to try Japanese soldiers for participation
- Soviet-Japanses Neutrality Pact
- The USSR and Japan signed an agreement to not fight one another in April, 1941
- Japan considered breaking this once Germany(their ally) invaded the USSR in June, 1941, but did not
- The USSR broke this treaty when they declared war on Japan in August 9, 1945
- Japanese Leaders
- Hideki Tojo
- Emperor Hirohito
- Admiral Yamamoto
- Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?
- After Japan invaded French Indochina in 1940, US stopped trading 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 US’ hand was to hit them hard in a surprise attack forcing them out of the war
Japan knew that this plan was a huge risk, but thought it was the only way to defeat US
Plan backfired. Instead, Japan “awoke a sleeping giant”.
- December 7, 1941- Philippines
- Battle of Coral Sea- First Turning point in Pacific
- Battle of Midway- June 1942- Major turning point
- Kamikazes
- Battle of Leyte Gulf- Philippines
- Iwo Jima- February-March, 1945
- Battle of Okinawa- April-June, 1945
- 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?
- Hiroshima Bombing
- "Little Boy"
- Nagasaki Bombing
- "Fat man"
- Bockscar
- VJ Day
- August 14/15, 1945 (Official UK)
- September 2, 1945 (official for US)
- When Japan officially signed on USS Missouri
- Potsdam Conference- July, 1945
- On July 26, The US, GB, and China issued the Potsdam Declaration
- Announced the terms for Japan's surrender
- Goals:
- Dismantle the current government of Japan(excluding Emperor Hirohito)
- The Allies(US) will occupy Japan
- Japan will consist only of the major islands(Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, Shikoku). 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
- Democracy will be promoted as well as Freedom of speech, religion, and of thought, as well as respect for fundamental human rights(Universal Declaration of Human Rights-1948)
- 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(US) occupation of Japan(1945-1952) will end once Japan accomplishes all the above points.
Germany
1919-1945
One people, one empire, one leader
Treaty of Versailles
- land was taken away
- to France
- To Belgium
- to Denmark
- to Poland
- to Czechoslovakia
- 100,000 men in military
- no ships
- no tanks
- no air force
- allowed 6 capital naval ships and no submarines
- Rhineland was made into a demilitarized zone
- paid $33 billion to Allies
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