(Ch.7) Japan's Defeat in WW2

Japan’s Defeat in WW2 Chapter 7 - History

Table of contents How did Japan expand so quickly? Why was America so strong? What were the fights between USA and Japan? What were the Japanese doing? What were the Allies doing? Why did Japan surrender? 01 02 03 04 05 06

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How did Japan expand so quickly? 01 8 Dec 1941 - 8 Feb 1942

Japan’s expansion into Southeast Asia Philippines, Thailand, Malaya (8 Dec 1941) Borneo (15 Dec 1941) Burma (19 Jan 1942) Singapore (8 Feb 1942)

Why wasn’t Japan stopped from expanding? Allies The Netherlands, France were under Nazi occupation UK Focused on the war with Nazi Germany USA Its Pacific Fleet (would have been used to defend PH) was damaged in Pearl Harbour

What did it gain from expanding? Economical Gaining territories allowed them to seize needed resources and gave them a perimeter defense around Japan Social Gave Japan the belief that total victory over the Allies was possible due to US/UK retreat from SEA

Why was USA so strong? 02

Background - USA had a policy of isolationism - Japan believed it would not want the cost of a long and total war - Japan believed that it focused all of its troops on defeating Germany

Strengths of the USA Contribution of Women to the War Effort - Women were used as a Women Ordnance Workers to work in factories or joining as armed forces - Unlike Japan with emphasised the role of women as child-bearers and mothers Economic strength - was the largest producer in the world, and thus easily produced the most in terms of military production - Citizens retrenched from the Great Depression were better than slave labour - Japan did not have strong industrial foundation to produce - USA also bombed Japanese supply routes, which Japan could not do as USA was out of range Military and Naval Strengths - Pearl Harbour attack did not totally destroy USA military strength - had added resolve from Pearl Harbour - had top strategists