3.3 Flashcards
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Expansionism
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Policy of territorial or economic expansion or influence in other countries.
2
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Burma Road
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Road built by the Chinese between Burma and China to supply Allied military forces in China.
3
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Attack on Pearl Harbour
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Surprise attack on 7th December 1941 at the US naval base in Hawaii by Japan that brought the USA into the Second World War.
4
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Tripartite Act
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Agreement between Germany, Italy and Japan (1940) to give mutual assistance if one of them suffered an attack from a nation that was not yet involved in the war.
5
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Japanese internment camps
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Camps where Dutch, British and American prisoners of war and citizens were detained by the Japanese.
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