Japan’s Pacific Campaign Japan looks to take Southeast Asia U.S. had colonies in the Philippine...

Japan’s Pacific Campaign

• Japan looks to take Southeast Asia• U.S. had colonies in the Philippine Islands and Guam• To prevent Japanese aggression, the U.S. sends aid to

China for resistance• Japan takes over Vietnam, Cambodia & Laos• Roosevelt cuts off oil supplies to Japan• Japan continues to raid European colonies despite

loss of oil

Japan’s Attack• Yamamoto (Japan’s greatest naval

strategist) calls for a surprise attack on U.S. Naval fleet in Hawaii

• Dec. 7, 1941 the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor

• The U.S. was aware of a possible attack by the Japanese, but did not when or where

• 7:48 AM the Japanese attack with 358 aircraft

Pearl Harbor• Japan launched from 6

aircraft carriers• All 8 battleships damaged

with 4 being sunk• 3 Cruisers & Destroyers

sunk• 188 U.S. aircraft destroyed• 2,402 Americans Killed• 1,282 Americans Wounded

Japan’s Attack

• Japan attacks Hong Kong and Guam at the same time of Pearl Harbor

• U.S. Congress declares war on Japan and its Allies after Roosevelt’s famous speech

• Japan is now on its way to create a Pacific Empire

Japanese Victories• Guam & Wake Island fall• January 1942, Japan marches

into the Philippines• Japan takes the Bataan

Peninsula• Japan goes into Malaya• 1942 Japan reaches

Singapore• Brutal treatment of Allied

prisoners (Bataan Death March)