Japan was heavily involved in several major battles in WWII. They attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, crippling the US Pacific fleet. This brought the US into the war. Japan fought battles to take islands like Iwo Jima and Guadalcanal for their strategic value. The US ultimately defeated Japan at the Battle of Midway in 1942. Japan also committed major atrocities, such as the Rape of Nanking where 300,000 Chinese civilians and soldiers were killed. Japan's involvement in WWII ended with its surrender after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.

1. JAPAN’S
INVOLVEMENT IN
WWII
By McKenna Chase, Grace Agustus, and Dakota Kudra
Wednesday, March 27, 13

2. BATTLE OF OKINAWA/IWO
JIMA/GUADALCANAL
The Allies used a tactic called
Island hopping to win all of these
islands.
They were valuable because of the
landing strips
Japan fought with the US for the
Island, and the US won
Japan Okinawa
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3. MIDWAY
The US was using Midway
to attack Japan, so Japan
decided to try and attack
Midway to stop the
bombings
The war was close, but the
US won in the end.
Japan’s defense was
crippled for the rest of the
war, and the US kept
growing
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4. HIDEKI TOJO
He lead Japan into WWII
He was the Prime Minister of Japan
He was in charge during the
bombing of Pearl Harbor
He was also in charge during the
atomic bombing of Hiroshima
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5. EMPEROR HIROHITO
He was looked to as God by his
people
He had the final say in things, but
the Prime Minister took care of
most things
When Hideki Tojo wanted to keep
bombing the US, but Emperor
Hirohito told him no.
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6. ATOMIC BOMB
The war between Japan and US was getting
intense after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. As
revenge, more than 13,000 tons of bombs had
been dropped by the US army to destroy Nagasaki.
Nagasaki had to experience the powerful atomic
bombs called Fat man and little boy.
After the U.S. used their atomic bomb, other
countries thought it was a good defense and so
Russia, Israel, China, Britain, North Korea, France
and also Pakistan invested in the atomic nuclear
bombs.
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7. PEARL HARBOR
On Sunday December 7th 1941, the
first of the two waves of Japanese
aircrafts launched an attack on the
U.S. Pacific navy in Pearl Harbor
Hawaii.
Pearl Harbor was the only naval dock
that the U.S. had at the time.
The attack lasted 110 minutes, from
7:55 a.m. until 9:45 a.m.
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8. CONTINUED...
Japanese main target was aircraft, because
the U.S. aircraft carriers were out at sea, the
Japanese focussed on the battleships.
The day of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the
president Franklin D. Roosevelt declared
that on December 7th, 1941 would be “A
date that will live infamy.
The U.S. declared war on Japan on
December 8th, 1941, following the attack on
Pearl Harbor
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9. THE RAPE OF NANKING
The Japanese Imperial Army had invaded Nanking was China’s capital
city.
There were 300,000 murders, out of 600,000 civilians and soldiers. This
was the single worst event during World War 2.
The invasion was a tough battle at Shanghai that began in 1937, they had
the orders issued to “Kill al captives”. The Japanese wanted to take over
China, however the stubborn Chinese soldiers kept fighting. This made the
Japanese get very mad, this is what lead to the Rape of Nanking.
They wanted to end the threat of the 90,000 Chinese soldiers who
surrendered.
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10. MANCHUKUO
The Japanese had colonized Manchukuo as a base to invade
China.
August 8, 1945, the Soviet Union declared war on Japan and
invaded Manchukuo from outside of Manchuria and mongolia.
There were 200,000 men in the army that fought against
Japan.
Emperor Kangde and other Manchukuo officials, were
captured by the Soviets and was imprisoned for being a war
criminal. They were then given to a communist government in
China.
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11. PHILIPPINES/THE
BATAAN DEATH MARCH
The battle had ended on April 9, 1942. The battle was about
the Japanese army holding 75,000 Filipino and American
prisoners for three months. U.S. General Edward P. King had
finally surrendered.
On April 3, 1942 the Japanese did their final assault on
Bataan. Once they were freed they walked in groups of 100
and walked 65 miles to Camp O’Donnel.
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