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Expanison
President Roosevelt tried to stop the expansion of the Japanese military , by placing a embargo on important naval and aviation supples to Japan, such as oil, iron ore, fuel, steel, and rubber. -
Japanese Forces Take the Philippines
Commander of United States Army forces in Asia struggled to hold the U.S. positions in the Philippines with little support. The main land attack came on December 22. MacArthur positioned his forces to repel the Japanese invasion, but he badly miscalculated the strength of the enemy and was forced to retreat. -
US is Attacked by Japan
The United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval adn air forces of the Empire of Japan. -
Declares War
President Roosevelt addresses congress and declares war on the empire of Japan. -
WPB
The government set up the War Production Board to oversee the conversion of peacetime industry to war industry. -
Early War in the Pacific
The Philippines fall to the Japanese. -
Bataan Death March
75,000 allied soldiers surrendered to Japanese forces in the Philippines. Japanese soldiers forced them to march 55 miles up the Bataan peninsula. More than 7,000 died. -
The Battle of Coral Sea
The United States sent 2 aircraft carriers, the USS Lexington and the USS York Town to counter Japans moves in New Guinea. -
Doolittle Raid
16 B-25 bombers flew off the deck of the USS hornet to bomb Toyko in retaliation of the attack on Pearl Harbor. -
WAC
Congresswoman Editch Nourse Rogers introducted a bill which became the WAC in 1943, to provide clerical workers, truck drivers, instructors, lab technicians for the United States Army.