Chapter 16, section 2

On December 8, 1941 Congress declared war on Japan. President Roosevelt described December 7th as what?

"a date which will live in infamy."

by the time Burma fell how many miles and people had the Japanese conquered?

1 million square miles and about 150 million people

in what year did Japan's expansion start?

1931

Who was in alliance with the US?

Australia

Why was Japanese taking of Burma so devestating to China?

Because they received their supplies by way of the Burma Road

Who said "Asia for the Asians"?

Before Japanese conquests they had tried to win the support of Asians with the anticolonialist idea "Asia for the Asians"

How did China receive their supplies?

By way of the Burma Road

On what date did Japan attack Pearl Harbor in Hawaii?

December 7, 1941 - the US had know that an attack might come (from breaking a code) but didn't know when or where

Who was Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle?

He commanded the first US stike on Japan in APRIL 1942 - 16 B-25 bombers under his command bombed Tokyo and other major Japanese cities. They did little damage but the point was made that Japan could be attacked. This attacked made the Japanese realize that "They were not invinsible"

Who was General Douglas MacArthur?

He was the commander of the Allied land forces in the Pacific. He believed that storming each island where the Japanese were set up would be a long, costly efffort - instead he wanted to "ISLAND HOP" and attack the island that were not well defended but were closer to Japan. He would then use air power to cut supply lines and starve enemy troops. "Hit 'em where they aint, let 'em die on the vine." he declared

Who was Admiral Chester Nimitz?

He was the new commander in Chief of the UD Pacific Fleet. who defended Midway Island

What British colonies did the Japanese invade?

Hong Kong and Malaya. By February 1942 the Japanese had reached Singapore.then they took the resource-rich Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia)

What was significant about the Battle of the Coral Sea?

It was a new kind of battle - the opposing ships did not fire asingle shot. instead airplanes taking off from huge aircraft carriers did all the fighting. In the end it was a draw - the allies lost more ships but they stopped Japan's southward expansion for the first time.

Why was the US concerned when they broke a Japanese secret code and learned that Japan planned to conquer southeast Asia (European colonies)?

It would threaten the American controlled Philippine Island and Guam

Who was Isoroku Yamamoto? *********

Japan's greatest naval strategist who argued that the UD fleet in Hawaii was "a dagger pointed at our throat" and must be destroyed.

What was the first city Japan took over?

Manchurita in northeast China

What was the Battle of Midway?

The Japanese assembled the largest naval force ever - boasting the largest battleship carrying ADMIRAL YAMAMOTO himself. The Japanese hoped to seize Midway and to finish off the US Pacific Fleet

What was the Battle of Guadalcanal (Guadal-canal)?

The US learned that the Japanese were building a huge airbase on teh island of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. The allies had to stifke (April 7, 1942) before it was completed. The marines easily took the airfield but the battle for control of the island turned into a savage struggle on both sides. After losig 23,000 of their 36,000 men, the Japanese abandoned thei island calling it "THE ISLAND OF DEATH".

Why was Port Moresby important?

The city housed a critical allied air base in southeartern New Guinea. From this base the Japanese could have easily invasded Australia.

What was the Bataan Peninsula and the island of Corregidor?

The locations in which the Japanese defeated the Amerian and Filipino defenders.

How did the US react when the Japanese attacked Midway?

They allowed the Japanese to strike first, as the Japanese planes roared over Midway Island the American carrier planes attacked the Japanese ships. The American pilots destoyed 332 Japanese planes, all 4 aircraft carriers and one support Ship. "The Americans had avenged Pearl Harbor"

What did the US do to hinder Japan conquering southeast Asia?

They sent aid to China and when Japan overran French Indochina in July 1941, President Roosevelt cut off oil shipments to Japan

What was the Bataan Death March?

native peopel often received the same brutal treatment as the 150,000 prisoners of war. The Japanese subjected prisoners to terrible cruelties such as making an American soldier what as six of his Philippine Scout Battalion commrades had to dig their own graves and then get buried alive.

After bombing Peart Harbor where did the Japanese attack?

they seized Guam and Wake Island in the western Pacific. - then the Philippine capital of Manila.