Bamboo Grove
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Japan in wwii How So Far From the Bamboo Grove Connects to History
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An introduction to Japan/ American relations in WWII leading in to the Japanese/Korean conflict
Transcript of Bamboo Grove
Japan in wwiiHow So Far From the Bamboo Grove Connects to History
Background Information
WWII was going on in Europe. Germany and Italy were out for world domination. They were lead by Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussilini.
Japan was going through some hard times because of problems in America with money
Japan invaded China and was trying to invade Russia as well.
Japanese government officials living in Korea were targeted as soon as Japan began to lose WWII.
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Some Information
Pearl Harbor and Japanese Kamikaze
PilotsPearl Harbor was attacked on December 7, 1941 at 8 am
Kamikaze pilots are suicide pilots who flew their planes in to the US battleships
Kamikaze pilots flew planes directly into US battleships
Kamikaze pilots felt that this was the ultimate honorable death
Kamikaze about to hit USS Maryland
A view of the attacks
The USS Virginia
Some Images from Pearl Harbor
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Pearl Harbor
Meanwhile in Korea
Japan seems to be winning at first, but they do not win WWII
Many Koreans now see this as an opportunity to get away from Japanese rule. They begin to go against Japanese government living in their country. This is when the Korean/Japanese conflict began which is when the book takes place.
This is when Yoko and her mother and sister must flee to Japan
A Map of Korea and Japan
