1. 28 sec. 4 Japan

2. History Yamato Clan - early rulers of Japan Unified Japan Moved Capital to Heian (Kyoto) Protected by Samurai

3. Recent History 1910 - Took Korea 1931 - Invaded Manchuria 1937 - Invaded China 1939 - Conquered SE Asia 1941 - Attacked Pearl Harbor

4. Attack on Pearl Harbor Missed Submarines Missed Carriers Almost all ships were repaired

5. Japan’s advances 1941 - half of China, French Indochina, Philippines MacArthur - in charge of defense of Philippines “I shall return.”

6. Japanese Territory, 1942

7. Doolittle Raid Surprise Attack on Tokyo Japanese have doubts

8. Battle of Midway Surprise Attack Japanese outnumber U.S. 4 to 1 U.S. sunk four Japanese Carriers Turning Point of War

9. Island Hopping Japan had taken thousands of islands U.S. decided to skip some islands on way to Japan

10. Japanese Soldiers

11. American Victories Guadalcanal Philippines Battle of Leyte Gulf Okinawa

12. Kamikazes Japanese planes and boats loaded with explosives Suicide attacks

13. Kamikazes

14. Manhattan Project Secret Project to build atomic bombs Oppenheimer headed project Three bombs produced

15. Fat Man & Little Boy Little Boy dropped on Hiroshima - August 6, 1945 Fat Man dropped on Nagasaki - August 9, 1945 Killed 200,000 Japanese surrender

17. Nagasaki

18. Japan Today Most live in Honshu Economy is based on trade Cars, trucks, electronic equipment

19. School in Japan 6 days a week 6 weeks of vacation in July and August Highly structured classrooms

20. Transportation Bullet Trains Allow people to commute to regions hundreds of miles away