1. Japan Expands Eager to follow in the footsteps of Germany and Italy.
Population increase, needed territory to ease overcrowding
Depression
Fall of Manchuria (N. China) in 1931
Leadership:
Emperor Hirohito
Prime Minister Hideki Tojo

2. General Hideki Tojo Becomes Prime Minister in 1941, called “The Razor”
Main goal is military expansion (imperialism throughout the Pacific). What country stood in the way?
Negotiations between US and Japan were unsuccessful.
An attack was emminent and happened on December 7, 1941

3. Pearl Harbor - “A day which will live in infamy”
December 7, 1941, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and brought the U.S. into the war.
U.S. declares war on Japan and soon after Germany declares war on the U.S.
Two Fronts
European
Pacific
President Roosevelt delivered his "Day of Infamy" speech to a joint session of Congress on December 8, 1941.