1. 1936-1941 JAPAN’S ROAD TO WWII

2. COLLECTIVE SECURITY November 1936 The Anti Comintern Pact Italy’s role Removed from Isolation

3. JAPANESE INFLUENCE IN CHINA The First Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895) Korea and Taiwan The Manchurian Crisis 1931-1937

4. THE SECOND SINO-JAPANESE WAR Marco-Polo Bridge July 1937 What started the incident?

5. THE SECOND SINO-JAPANESE WAR July 8, 1937 Attempts at peace The role of Chiang Kai-shek FDR’s Quarantine speech

6. THE SECOND SINO-JAPANESE WAR The Battle of Shanghai Nanjing (Nanking) December 1937

7. THE SECOND SINO-JAPANESE WAR Chemical and Bacteriological Warfare Emperor Hirohito

8. FOREIGN SUPPORT General Thoughts concerning China Hitler’s role Soviet Assistance Operation Zet

9. INDOCHINA France fell to Germany (June 1940) French Indo-China Franklin Roosevelt

10. JAPAN GAINS MORE COLLECTIVE SECURITY The Tripartite Pact (Sept. 27. 1940) Germany, Italy, and Japan The Nazi-Soviet Pact Other members

11. FDR Reaction to Japan’s conquest of Indochina July 1941 Reasons for Japanese aggression towards America