Japan was heavily involved in several major battles in WWII, including those over islands like Iwo Jima, Guadalcanal, and Okinawa that were strategically important for their landing strips. At the Battle of Midway, though the war was close, the US prevailed, crippling Japan's defense. Prime Minister Hideki Tojo led Japan into WWII and oversaw the bombing of Pearl Harbor, while Emperor Hirohito also had significant influence over decisions but ultimately told Tojo no to further bombings of the US. The US ultimately dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 before Japan agreed to surrender.

1. JAPAN’S
INVOLVEMENT IN
WWII
By McKenna Chase, Grace Agustus, and Dakota Kudra
Wednesday, April 17, 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
OkinawaJapan
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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, China’s capital city.
There were 300,000 murders, out of
600,000 civilians and soldiers. They
wanted to end the threat of the 90,000
Chinese soldiers who surrendered.
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10. MANCHUKUO
Manchukuo was made into a base for the Japanese. The Soviet
Union had declared war on the Japanese on August 8, 1945
with 200,000 men who fought in the invasion of Manchukuo
outside of Manchuria and Mongolia.
Emperor Kangde of China was captured
by the Soviets and was imprisoned along
with the other Manchukuo officals and
were labed as war criminals.
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11. PHILIPPINES/THE
BATAAN DEATH MARCH
On April 3, 1942 the Japanese did their final assault on Bataan
and the battle ended on April 9, 1942.
There were 75,000 Filipinos and
Americans that were in captivity
for three months.
They formed into groups of 100 and
marched all the way to Camp O’
Donnel that was sixty-five miles
away. 20,000 died before they made
it to the camp.
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