28 sec. 4 Japan
History Yamato Clan - early rulers of Japan Unified Japan Moved Capital to Heian (Kyoto) Protected by Samurai
Recent History Took Korea Invaded Manchuria Invaded China Conquered SE Asia Attacked Pearl Harbor
Attack on Pearl Harbor Missed Submarines Missed Carriers Almost all ships were repaired
Japan’s advances half of China, French Indochina, Philippines MacArthur - in charge of defense of Philippines “I shall return.”
Japanese Territory, 1942
Doolittle Raid Surprise Attack on Tokyo Japanese have doubts
Battle of Midway Surprise Attack Japanese outnumber U.S. 4 to 1 U.S. sunk four Japanese Carriers Turning Point of War
Island Hopping Japan had taken thousands of islands U.S. decided to skip some islands on way to Japan
Japanese Soldiers
American Victories Guadalcanal Philippines Battle of Leyte Gulf Okinawa
Kamikazes Japanese planes and boats loaded with explosives Suicide attacks
Kamikazes
Manhattan Project Secret Project to build atomic bombs Oppenheimer headed project Three bombs produced
Fat Man & Little Boy Little Boy dropped on Hiroshima - August 6, 1945 Fat Man dropped on Nagasaki - August 9, 1945 Killed 200,000 Japanese surrender
Nagasaki
Japan Today Most live in Honshu Economy is based on trade Cars, trucks, electronic equipment
School in Japan 6 days a week 6 weeks of vacation in July and August Highly structured classrooms
Transportation Bullet Trains Allow people to commute to regions hundreds of miles away