8.1 Japan Keynote

JAPAN’S INVOLVEMENT IN

WWIIBy McKenna Chase, Grace Agustus, and Dakota Kudra

Wednesday, March 27, 13

BATTLE OF OKINAWA/IWO JIMA/GUADALCANAL

The Allies used a tactic called Island hopping to win all of these islands.

They were valuable because of the landing strips

Japan fought with the US for the Island, and the US won

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MIDWAY The US was using Midway to attack Japan, so Japan decided to try and attack Midway to stop the bombings

The war was close, but the US won in the end.

Japan’s defense was crippled for the rest of the war, and the US kept growing


HIDEKI TOJO

He lead Japan into WWII

He was the Prime Minister of Japan

He was in charge during the bombing of Pearl Harbor

He was also in charge during the atomic bombing of Hiroshima


EMPEROR HIROHITO

He was looked to as God by his people

He had the final say in things, but the Prime Minister took care of most things

When Hideki Tojo wanted to keep bombing the US, but Emperor Hirohito told him no.


ATOMIC BOMB

The war between Japan and US was getting intense after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. As revenge, more than 13,000 tons of bombs had been dropped by the US army to destroy Nagasaki.

Nagasaki had to experience the powerful atomic bombs called Fat man and little boy.

After the U.S. used their atomic bomb, other countries thought it was a good defense and so Russia, Israel, China, Britain, North Korea, France and also Pakistan invested in the atomic nuclear bombs.


PEARL HARBOR

On Sunday December 7th 1941, the first of the two waves of Japanese aircrafts launched an attack on the U.S. Pacific navy in Pearl Harbor Hawaii.

Pearl Harbor was the only naval dock that the U.S. had at the time.

The attack lasted 110 minutes, from 7:55 a.m. until 9:45 a.m.


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Japanese main target was aircraft, because the U.S. aircraft carriers were out at sea, the Japanese focussed on the battleships.

The day of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the president Franklin D. Roosevelt declared that on December 7th, 1941 would be “A date that will live infamy.

The U.S. declared war on Japan on December 8th, 1941, following the attack on Pearl Harbor


THE RAPE OF NANKING

The Japanese Imperial Army had invaded Nanking was China’s capital city.

There were 300,000 murders, out of 600,000 civilians and soldiers. This was the single worst event during World War 2.

The invasion was a tough battle at Shanghai that began in 1937, they had the orders issued to “Kill al captives”. The Japanese wanted to take over China, however the stubborn Chinese soldiers kept fighting. This made the Japanese get very mad, this is what lead to the Rape of Nanking.

They wanted to end the threat of the 90,000 Chinese soldiers who surrendered.


MANCHUKUO

The Japanese had colonized Manchukuo as a base to invade China.

August 8, 1945, the Soviet Union declared war on Japan and invaded Manchukuo from outside of Manchuria and mongolia. There were 200,000 men in the army that fought against Japan.

Emperor Kangde and other Manchukuo officials, were captured by the Soviets and was imprisoned for being a war criminal. They were then given to a communist government in China.


PHILIPPINES/THE BATAAN DEATH MARCH

The battle had ended on April 9, 1942. The battle was about the Japanese army holding 75,000 Filipino and American prisoners for three months. U.S. General Edward P. King had finally surrendered.

On April 3, 1942 the Japanese did their final assault on Bataan. Once they were freed they walked in groups of 100 and walked 65 miles to Camp O’Donnel.


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