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World War II: Pacific Front 1931-1945

By marionagoomilaa
  • Invasion of Manchuria

    Invasion of Manchuria

    By Japan.
  • Conquest of South East Asia and the Pacific

    Conquest of South East Asia and the Pacific

    Thanks to a Japanese surprise attack against the USA (before it had recovered)

  • Japan occupied large areas of the Philippines, the Dutch East Indies, Singapore, Malaya and parts of Burma

  • US banned trade with Japan

    US banned trade with Japan

    As a consequence:

    ·Japan wanted to invade Indochina (they needed supplies such as coal, rubber, oil and other raw materials)
  • Japan attacked on Pearl Harbour

    Japan attacked on Pearl Harbour

    Big US Naval Base in Hawaii.

  • Germany declared war on the US

    In support of Japan.

  • USA and Britain declared war on Japan

    ·USA: Roosevelt.
    ·Britain: Churchill.
  • Kamikaze pilots destroy allied targets

    Kamikaze pilots destroy allied targets

    Japanese pilots trained to die with honour, flew suicide missions in explosive-filled planes.
  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway

    ·The US sunk 4 Japanese aircraft carriers and shot down 300 planes.
    ·Japanese naval supremacy in the region ended.
  • Hiroshima atomic bomb

    Hiroshima atomic bomb

    ·President: Truman
    ·Killed 70,000 people.
  • Nagasaki atomic bomb

    Nagasaki atomic bomb

    ·President: Truman
    ·Killed 36,000 people.
  • Japan surrendered

    Japan surrendered

    Unconditionally.