Japan and WWII

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Japan Moves SouthAfter Japan took Manchuria in

1931 they slowly began to work their way South into China.

By 1933 they had taken the Great Wall

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Japan takes Beijing1937: Japanese and Chinese

fight outside the gates of the Capital city of Beijing.

The Japanese win and take control of China.

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Control?1938: Japan sends 1 million

troops to China. However, due to the size of China they had to send another million troops which still only allowed them to hold the major cities.

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Control?At 1st some believed that

Japan was there to liberate.Japan was simply another

dictator.Killed millions and destroyed

cities.

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Moving SouthJapanese troops continued to

move south into Indonesia.

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British attempt to stop JapanIn an attempt to stop the

Japanese, the British send naval ships.

Japanese use their planes to destroy the ships.

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Pearl HarborDecember 7th 1941: “A Day

that will live in Infamy”Japanese do a surprise attack

on the Hawaiian Naval Base.

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Why Pearl Harbor?In order to secure the Pacific

Rim, Japan knew it had to take out the U.S. which was the next closest country.

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Did FDR know?The U.S. got word of a

possible attack the night before.

The U.S. saw the planes on radar but by that time it was too late.

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AttackThe attack took 1 hour and 1

minute.4 battleships were sunk188 planes were lost because

the U.S. didn’t expect an air strike

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Casualties2400 American men died,

many from drowning.½ of the men were on the

USS Arizona which is memorialized today.

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U.S. enters WWII.As a result of Pearl Harbor the

United States entered WWII.

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