World War 2 in Asia Flashcards
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Japan
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- westernized and industrialized (imperialised too)
- dependent on foreign help for resources
- island, archipelago
- 73% of scrap iron from US, 60% of machines and tools from US, 50% of copper from US
- wanted to be economically dependent
- when they invaded French Indo-China, US demands removal from Indo-China and China.
- embargo from US, resisted
- December 7, 1941, bombed Pearl Harbor (188 airplanes destroyed
2
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1930s
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- in 1930s Japan becomes materialistic
- seize a chunk of china
- set sights on french, British and dutch and American colonies and southeast china, Burma, Indonesia, indo-china
3
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December 8, 1941
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- US declares war on Japan
- Italians and Germans also declare war on US
- Britain declares war on Japan
4
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After Pearl Harbor
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- after pearl harbor, there was big scare in US (Japanese Americans were feared)
- Japanese Americans accused as traitors
- Japanese Americans placed in internment camps until war was over
- people lost homes and other things
5
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Hideki Tojo
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- prime minister during war
- very popular because of dominant navy
- as tide of war began to turn in pacific, popularity began fading
- after Japan surrendered, he was arrested for war crimes, sentenced to death, and hung in 1948
6
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WWII
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- December 1941-May 1942: Japan successfully attacking US naval bases, winning battles
- landed in Philippines
- 2,000 soldiers and nurses escaped (April, 1942) of the bataan peninsula; survived by living in rock tunnels
- US troops surrendered (May 1942)
- 76,000 prisoners of war
- groups of 500-1,000 people were forced to march to a rail road 60 miles away
- bataan death march
7
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1929
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- Geneva convention
- prisoners of war should be treated humanely and protected against violence
8
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May 1942
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- one of the first major battles
- US broke Japanese military code
- planned attack on Australia, US brought a fleet northeast of Australia
- five day battle
- battle was basically a draw, but kept Japan from invading Australia
- Japan ships out of fuel, Australia saved
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June 1942
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- battle of midway
- island in the middle of pacific, used to refuel
- decisive victor for Americans
- 4 out of 5 Japanese air craft carriers and heavy cruisers were sunk
- Japanese ship and air building programs couldn’t replace what they needed fast enough; however, US was able to do this at a faster rate
- US came up with island hopping (general Macarthur and Admiral Nimitz)
- leapfrogging from island to island on their way to Japan, get some, bypass others (others were blockaded)
10
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August 1942
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- battle of guadalcanal first successful use of island hopping
- Japanese come up with plan of suicide bombers, kamikaze
- result was higher death tolls, more blood
11
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end of war
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- by end of 1944, US victory over Japan seemed inevitable
- Macarthur and troops regain Philippines
- early 1945, US fought Japan at two most bloody battles, Okanawa and Iwo Jima
- Japan refused to surrender, they were gonna fight to the death
- president Truman used ultimatum, surrender or use of new weapon, atomic bomb (wanted to avoid enourmous loss of life)
- Japan didn’t surrender
12
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August 6, 1945
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- first atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
- no response from Japan
- second dropped on Nagasaki (August 9, 1945)
- 100,000 Japanese died
13
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August 14th, 1945
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- Japan surrdner
14
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September 2, 1945
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- VJ-Day
15
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after war
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- Japan is occupied by US forces
- 1945-1952 occupation (General Macarthur)
- democratic constitution imposed by US
- land, sea, and air forces all disarmed
- during occupation, US sent 2 billion dollars in financial aid
