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War in the Pacific 1941-1945

I. The Japanese build an empire Why? Felt that Europe and the US were trying to control Asia Japan has no natural resources. A military government under General Tojo took power. Emperor Hirohito was the symbolic leader.

Where? Korea Taiwan Manchuria (northern China)

II. Japanese prepare for war Draft instated in 1938 Economy place under government control Use of propaganda increases

III. Alliance with Germany Win control of Dutch- controlled Indonesia (1941) Win control of French- controlled Indochina (Vietnam, etc) Japan had been fighting China since 1937

IV. The United States reacts The United States imposes sanctions, cutting off Japanese supplies of oil and scrap metal. Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in December 1941.

V. The war in the Pacific Japanese were brutal to British and American prisoners of war. Japanese are brutal to Chinese and Koreans. Rape of Nanking Comfort women Mostly fought on islands Japanese used kamikaze pilots. Mostly Americans and British colonial troops