1. Japan, Pearl Harbor and War
Section 1

2. Japanese ambitions in the Pacific
With the fall of France and Britain under siege, colonies in Pacific are unprotected.
July, 1941:
Japan takes over French bases in Indochina (today Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos)… threatens move on Dutch East Indies
need oil, rubber, tin

4. U.S Reaction to Japanese Aggression
FDR orders freeze of Japanese assets in the U.S.
Places embargo on sales of scrap steel and aviation fuel to Japan
Japan must have oil to fuel its war machine
Japan threatens to seize oil fields in Dutch East Indies
This would mean war

5. U.S. breaks Japanese secret communications code
Learns that Japan is preparing for a strike
- Did not know from where attack would occur
Peace talks fail
- Dec. 6th: Japan rejects U.S Sec. Of State Cordell Hull’s proposal to release Japanese assets in return for Japan’s withdrawal from China and French Indochina…
Talk about conspiracy theory…

6. Japan Attacks the United States

7. Pearl Harbor: Home of the U.S. Pacific Fleet7

8. Japanese planes prepare to take off for the Pearl Harbor attack

9. Torpedo exploding into USS West Virginia, as seen from Japanese plane

10. USS Utah took a torpedo hit and capsized early in the battle…the wreck remains at Pearl Harbor

11. U.S.S. Arizona

12. “A date that live in infamy…” 12

13. American casualties: 2403 killed, 1,178 wounded
21 ships; 300 aircraft damaged or destroyed

14. US Enters the War December 8, 1941 US declares war on Japan
December 11, 1941 Germany declares war on the United States
FDR 14

15. Americans join war effort
Demand for GI’s
5 million volunteered
10 million drafted
Labor shortage at home
6 million women join labor force
2 million minorities hired

16. Industrial response
Automobile plants were converted to build tanks, armored vehicles, etc.
Factories across nation convert to war production
Shipbuilder Henry J Kaiser
Liberty ships could be built in 2 weeks
2,700 would be built during the war
Pulled US out of depression: U.S meets up to labor demands

17. The American Homefront
The United States gov’t stirs patriotic feelings
Movies are used to build morale
Propaganda is used to keep war effort going
Education for Death
Racist Propaganda cartoon
civilians rationed goods/supplies and started Victory Gardens 17

18. Continued War Effort 18

19. 19 http://www.usmm.org/p/looselips.jpg 19

20. Women Enter the Workforce 20

21. Japanese Americans Interned
Many Americans distrusted Japanese –Americans (Nisei)
Thousands of Japanese -Americans were forced into Internment Camps in the Midwest throughout WWII 21

22. http://peacecorpsonline. org/messages/imagefolder/japaneseinternment 22

23. Internment Camp 23

24. http://education. eastwestcenter 24

25. End of Sec. 1 Notes
HW: read Sec 1 of Required Reading and do the worksheet….
You can find both of these docs on my Web page