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Invasion of Manchuria
By Japan. -
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
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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
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
Japanese pilots trained to die with honour, flew suicide missions in explosive-filled planes. -
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
·President: Truman
·Killed 70,000 people. -
Nagasaki atomic bomb
·President: Truman
·Killed 36,000 people. -
Japan surrendered
Unconditionally.