Japan Pearl Harbor and War Section 1 Japans

Japan, Pearl Harbor and War Section 1

Japans ambitions in the Pacific • With the fall of France and Britain under siege, colonies in Pacific are unprotected. • July, 1941: Japan takes over French bases in Indochina (today Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos)… threatens move on Dutch East Indies • need oil, rubber, tin

U. S Reaction to Japanese Aggression • FDR orders freeze of Japanese assets in the U. S. • Places embargo on sales of scrap steel and aviation fuel to Japan • Japan must have oil to fuel its war machine • Japan threatens to seize oil fields in Dutch East Indies – This would mean war

U. S. breaks Japanese secret communications code § Learns that Japan is preparing for a strike - Did not know from where attack would occur § Peace talks fail - Dec. 6 th: Japan rejects U. S Sec. Of State Cordell Hull’s proposal to release Japanese assets in return for Japan’s withdrawal from China and French Indochina…

Japan Attacks the United States

Pearl Harbor: Home of the U. S. Pacific Fleet

Japanese planes prepare to take off for the Pearl Harbor attack

Torpedo exploding into USS West Virginia, as seen from Japanese plane

USS Utah took a torpedo hit and capsized early in the battle The wreck remains at Pearl Harbor

U. S. S. Arizona

“A date that live in infamy…” http: //www. historyofwar. org/Pictures/Pearl. Harbor 04. jpg

• American casualties: 2403 killed, 1, 178 wounded • 21 ships; 300 aircraft damaged or destroyed

US Enters the War • December 8, 1941 US declares war on Japan • December 11, 1941 Germany declares war on the United States FDR http: //dase. laits. utexas. edu/media/american_politics_collection/viewitem/000117156_400 jpg .

Americans join war effort Demand for GI’s • 5 million volunteered • 10 million drafted • Labor shortage at home Ø 6 million women join labor force Ø 2 million minorities hired

Industrial response • Automobile plants were converted to build tanks, armored vehicles, etc. • Factories across nation convert to war production • Shipbuilder Henry J Kaiser – Liberty ships, tankers, carriers

The American Homefront • The United States government stirs patriotic feelings • Movies are used to build morale • Propaganda is used to keep war effort going http: //video. mail. ru/mail/grushin 2008/6844/10215. html Banned Cartoon - Donald Duck in (The Spirit Of "43) - USA, America, Germany, nazi, patriotic, war, hero, WW 11, WW 2, hitler, Video Sushiamstart - My. Video • People rationed goods/supplies and started Victory Gardens http: //www. ethicurean. com/wp-content/uploads/image/plant-victory-garden. jpg

Continued War Effort http: //z. about. com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/R/O/propaganda_quiet. jpg http: //www. teacheroz. com/images/homes. gif

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Women Enter the Workforce http: //www. edupics. com/en-coloring-pictures-pages-photo-rosie-the-riveter-p 7219. jpg http: //www. rosietheriveterphotos. com/images/070705172615_Woman_Working_a_ War_Job_LG. jpg

Japanese Americans Interned • Many Americans distrusted Japanese – Americans (Nisei) • Thousands of Japanese -Americans were forced into Internment Camps in the Midwest throughout WWII http: //www. library. wwu. edu/ref/images/japanese-evacuation. jpg