2/26- finished group test
2/27- talked about WW2 student assignments.
2/28- Japan in WWII -
- Areas Controlled by Japan
- Several regions in China
- French Indochina(Vietnam, Cambodia, and Loas)
- Hong Kong
- Thailand
- British New Guinea
- Philippines(USA)
- Guam(USA)
- Dutch East Indies
- Protuguese Timor
- Malaya(UK)
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands(India)
- Straits Settlements(Singapore)
- Kingdom of Sarawak(UK)
- Brunei(UK)
- North Borneo(UK)
- Nauru
- Imphal(India)
- Gilbert and Ellice Islands uk
- Christmas Island aus
- Attu and Kiska Islands alas
- Areas Attacked but Not Conquered
- Air raids on Australia:
- Bromme(Western Australia)
- Darwin(Northern Territory, Australia)
- Newcastle(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)
- 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, Japan would respect each other's possessions in the Pacific.
- 5 Power Pact- US, GB, France, Italy, Japan would limit naval size.
- 9 Power Pact- US, GB, France, Italy, Japan, Belgium, Netherlands, Portugal, China agree to the Open Door Policy and guarantee Chinese independence.
- Signed the Kellogg-Briand Pact
3/1-
- Japanese Invasion of Manchuria- 1931
- The League of Nations condemned the action but could not enforce its authority as it had no military force.
- The message sent to agressive countries was that a major power could get away with using force because G.B. and France didn't 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 was a war crimes trial after the war to try Japanese soldiers for participation
- Overall, throughout WWII, Japan killed almost 6,000,000 people--Chinese, Indonesians, Koreans, Filipinos, Indochinese, Western prisoners of war, etc.
- Quarantine Speech--1937- giving by FDR
- Panay Incident- December 1937
- American gunboat attacked on river in China by Japan
- 3 US troops killed, 45 wounded apologized and paid US money
- Worsened US-Japanese relations
- Tripartite Pact is singed forming Axis Powers- 1940
- Axis Powers
- Main Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan
- Other Powers: Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Romania, Thailand, Hungary
- Soviet-Japanese 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 and Emperor Hirohito
- Admiral Yamamoto- came up with the plan for the Pearl Harbor attack but did not think they should attack. Called the US a sleeping giant.
3/2-
- Basics of Pearl Harbor Attack-
- Date: December 7, 1941- Sunday 7:40 AM and 8:50 AM.
- Location: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory
- War Results: 1)Japanese major victory. 2)U.S. Declaration of War on Japan. 3)Germany and Italy Declare War on the U.S.(Tripartite Pact) 4)U.S. Declares War on Germany and Italy.
- Battle Results: 1)All eight U.S. Navy batleships were damaged, with four being sunk. 2)Three cruisers, three destroyers, an anti-aircraft ship and one minelayer ship were sank or damaged. 3)188 U.S. aircraft were destroyed(Pacific Fleet)
- Deaths/Casualties: 2,402 killed, 1,282 wounded.
- USS Arizona Memorial-
- the names of Arizona’s dead are engraved on this white marble wall at the memorial.
- Backdoor to War Conspiracy
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