Pacific+War


 * Pacific War By Jacky Modiano **

I. Ambitions of Japan a. population exploded from 30 million to 80 million b. depended on heavy industrial goods and textiles
 *  Japan defeated China and Russia and taken over many of Germany’s Eastern and Pacific Colonies in WWI
 * Japan experiencing severe internal tensions

II. Beginning of the War in Asia a. When Japan occupied Indochina, Americans responded by cutting of sales to Japan a. US declares war on Japan the next day
 *  Japan invades northern China
 *  Japan attacks American naval fleet at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941

III. Turning point in the War 

a. Japanese air attacks, known as Kamikaze attacks heavy casualties but American forces conquered Okinawa in mid-June 1945.  a. 1st in Hiroshima  b. 2nd in Nagasaki <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">IV. Final result
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The turning point in the Pacific war came with the American naval victory in the Battle of Midway in June 1942.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> US drops Atomic Bomb in Japan
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Japan surrenders August 14, 1945
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Japan surrendered to the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union on September 2, 1945. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">

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