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Japanese starts war against china
The Japanese seized Manchuria in 1931, and began a war against China in 1937.
President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Cordell Hull shut off American trade in an effort to force the Japanese to end their hostilities against China. -
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The Relocation of Japanese Americans
127,000 Americans with Japanese ancestry were forced into 'Internment Camps' This broke many constitutional liberty's, Japanese Americans were forced to leave there homes to go to the west coast that were only run by american born citizens. This was done because of the Executive Order 9066 signed by Roosevelt. An effect this had was that it had Japanese citizens loose contact with family in the United states -
Battle of Pearl Harbor
The Japanese purposely flew airplanes into the base at pearl harbor, with the bombing it killed more than 2,300 Americans; America declared war the very next day. This was considered a "victory" in Japan's eyes because while it killed Americans it also attacked a naval base. -
Japan Declares War
Italy and Germany were on Japans side, And so together they made an agreement to declare war on the United States. They officially declare war on the United States on december 11th -
Singapore
Singapore falls into a Japanese assault. This resulted in 60,000 captured Allied prisoners, but it cost the Japanese 2,00 soilders -
Battle of Midway
The United states defeated a japanese attack against Midway Atoll, Marking a turning point in the war in the pacific theater.... This affected Japan because it was a major loss against the allies. -
Iwo Jima
During the Capture of the island Iwo Jima, One third of all marine losses during WW2 happened. Tho the Americans did eventually "win" and capture the island, the allies suffered more casualties than japan. This was significant because the Japanese wiped out a significant amount of american marines -
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
An American B-29 bomber deployed the worlds first atomic bomb Instantly killing 80,000 people and wiping out 90% of the city. Three days later america dropped another bomb killing an estimated 40,000 people more. Tens of thousands of people died from radiation poisoning after this, Japan declared its unconditional surrender in fear of another bomb being dropped... The effect this had on japan is that it killed MANY people and they surrendered from the war. -
Japanese Surrendors
After the dropping of the atomic bombs, Japanese Emperor Hirohito announced that Japan would surrender, this surrender came after the second atomic bomb, while the united states had hoped it would come after the first but when it didn't, they dropped the second bomb. -
Japanese sign peace treaty
Japanese signed a surrender treaty with US General Douglas MacArthur aboard the battleship USS Missouri. This day was called V-J Day which means Victory in Japan.
