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Japan signed this document with Italy and German. The Pact provided for mutual assistance should any of the signatories suffer attack by any nation not already involved in the war.
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He tried to help stop the Japenese expansion by placing embargo on important naval and aviation supplies to Japan. (Oil, rubber, iron ore, steel, and fuel)
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First attack Tojo made on the United States was in Hawaii, had 6 aircraft carriers, 360 airplanes, an assortment of battleships, cruisers, and a number of submarines.
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When America declared war there were more then 16 million Americans served in the military. With the attack some people doubted the war but finally came around.
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He was the commander of the United States Army forces in Asia, he struggled to hold the U.S. position in the Philippines with little support.
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Hideki Tojo becomes Japan's prime minister. He made the decision to take the first blow against the United States.
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U.S. surrender of the Bataan Peninsula on the main Philippine island of Luzon to the Japanese.Many prisoners of war had to march at this peninsula and died.
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A nighttime bombing raid on Japan by the U.S. Successful American raid on Tokyo shocks the Japanese.
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To oversee the conversation of peacetime industry to war industry.
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Japan dominated the Indian Ocean, Austrailia, New Zealand, and the Central Pacific. If the allies did not regroup quickly, they would have little hope of victory in the Pacific.
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To provide clerical workers, truck drivers, instructors, and lab technicians for the United States Army.
