1. Japanese Aggression In Asia Pre World War II

2. Japanese Occupation of Manchuria
Sept. 8, 1931 : Japan occupies Manchuria Province
Mar. 9, 1932 : Japan sets Pu-Yi as the puppet emperor of Manchuria
July 7, 1937 : Sino-Japanese War begins

3. Nanjing Holocaust 300,00 Chinese killed in 6 weeks
Roughly 8,333 Chinese killed per day, every day, for 6 weeks
In Auschwitz the peak for one day was 6,000
Japan killed Chinese by hand, Nazi’s performed systematic gassing

4. Japanese Aggression In South East Asia
Dec 7, 1941 – Japan begins attacks on Thailand, Malaya, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore
Dec 14, 1941 – Japan attacks Burma

5. Japanese Advancement In South East Asia
Dec 25, 1941 – Hong Kong falls to Japan
Feb 15, 1942 – Singapore surrenders to Japan
Mar 23, 1942 – Japan captures Andaman Islands

6. Japanese War Crimes In China
Yangtze River, December, 1937 – 50,000 Chinese slaughtered while attempting to escape across river
– 200,000 Chinese tortured to death
Favorite killing methods : infect people with plague bombs, vivisection, freeze people alive, experiments on children, test new weapons on prisoners
Three all campaign : kill all, burn all, loot all

7. Japanese Prison Camps
Singapore : Changi, a “Country Club” for most of the war
China : Basically every city on east side
Japan : Around 20 jails/prisons
Korea : 4 prisons, 1 hospital(experiments)
And Numerous Islands built to hold prisoners

8. THE DAY OF INFAMY December 7, 1941
PEARL HARBOR
THE DAY OF INFAMY
December 7, 1941

9. Causes… The U.S. demanded that Japan withdraw from China and Indochina
Japan thought that attacking the U.S. would provide them an easy win, and a territory with abundant land and resources to rule once they were victorious.
The U.S. oil embargo against Japan was hurting Japan’s economy

10. Effects/Outcome
Japan dealt a seemingly crippling blow to the U.S. Pacific fleet (U.S. Pacific Fleet aircraft carriers: Lexington, Enterprise, & Saratoga were not in port)
Japan began their quest for a Pacific empire
The U.S. finally was forced to join World War II (“The Sleeping Giant was awakened”)
The U.S. & Great Britain declare war on Japan (Dec. 8, 1941)
Germany & Italy declare war on the U.S. (Dec. 11, 1941)