japan and wwii 1. 2 japan moves south after japan took manchuria in 1931 they slowly began to work...
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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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