1. Japanese Aggression in WWII
1930s – __________________ hits Japan. _________take over Japan’s _________. They see Imperialism as the solution to Japan’s _________________.
1931 – Japan invades _________
1937 – Japan invades _________
1940 – Japan invades ________________
___________ (French colonies, lost after France was taken over by Germany)

2. Why is Japan Expanding? Economic Factors Domestic Politics Ideology
Racism

3. The ______________ Japanese soldiers ___________
___________ against Chinese _______________________
_______, ______, and _______ thousands in the city of Nanking
US __________. Sent ___ to the Chinese and _______________
__________
Japan saw the US as its only obstacle to dominating Asia …

4. John Rabe Minnie Vautrin Established “________ _________________
_________” and saved about _______ Chinese
He was from ________!
_________________
Saved __________ ______________ from Japanese atrocities

5. Japanese Strategy ________ the US fleet at ____________
_____________________ to take over European and American bases
Build _______ on the islands to establish a _________________ around Japan
Fight ____________ against US – wear down our will to fight

6. Warning?
The US had _______________________; we knew an attack was coming, but not where or when
The base was ordered to be on “_______”

7. The Attack Early Sunday morning, ______________
__________________, all US battleships destroyed or damaged, 180 US planes destroyed

8. What saved the US? Yamamoto decided not to send the __________
US _____________ were not at Pearl Harbor
US industrial power
By 1945, the US Navy was _______ than all other WWII countries ____________!
“We have awakened the ________
__________” – Admiral Yamamoto

9. After Pearl Harbor… ___________________
Japan attacked and took over the __________, ___________, _________, _____________, and dozens of small islands.

10. The Fall of Singapore
Singapore was the _________ British outpost in the Pacific – _______________, _________ and ______ troops vs. _______ Japanese
______________ defended against attacks from the sea (to the _______)
British thought the ___________ made it impossible for any army to attack from the ________

12. The Fall of Singapore Dec. 8, Japan ____________________!
Landed on the undefended coast and moved through the jungle ___________!
Japanese attained “_____________,” used __________ to support ground attacks
British surrendered after ___________
Japanese _________________________, including doctors and patients in a hospital
Churchill called this the ____________ in British military history

13. Fall of the Philippines
Dec. 8, Japan attacked US bases
________ Americans + _______ Filipinos vs. _________ Japanese
US troops ________ to a heavily defended base on _____________ and to the _________________

14. Fall of the Philippines
Japan had _____ _______, ______ and ______ - defense was hopeless
FDR ordered ______________ to leave to avoid being captured - “______________!”
Allied troops held out until _______, then surrendered
Resulted in the _____________________

16. US Offensives
_____________: 1943 – 1945, US Navy & Marines attack _________________ and fight their way closer to Japan.
_______________ – very difficult!
Some of the ______________ of the war