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Presented by Giorgi Modebadze Trying to maintain neutrality after World War I, rejecting: •Versailles Treaty •Covenant of the League of Nations Japanese aggression: •seizing Manchuria in 1931 •war on China in 1937 US response to Japanese aggresion: •Roosevelt shuts off American trade •Embargo on exporting aircraft to Japan •Freezing all Japanese assets in the United States US fleet at Pearl Harbor remained the only serious threat to Japan’s navy(blocking oil tankers). Japan reacted. Attack on Pearl Harbor: •2400 Americans dead •Pacific fleet crippled •US fully involved in the World War II •Hitler declares war on US and Great Britain (result of US aid to Allies) US supplied Allies with war material worth more than $50 billion during the next four years Chief battlegrounds: •Europe •Asia •North Africa •Atlantic & Pacific Oceans First US troops on British Isles – January 1942 Allies carry out air strike on Germany – May 1942 (not so effective) War in the Pacific: December 1941 - May 1942, time of unbroken Japanese military victories By late 1942 Japan had established great Empire (as a result of more flexible politics) Unlike the Nazis, the Japanese made negotiations with local nationalists In mid-1942, events take a different turn United States gained superiority in Pacific Huge advantage by cracking Japanese secret code (Situation had been fluctuating since 1940) In May 1943, Allies defeat the combined German and Italian forces (the Battle of Tunisia) Anglo-American forces land in Morocco and Algeria In 1945, after the invasion of Berlin, Japan was issued an unconditional surrender by the United States, Great Britain and Soviet Union. After ignoring the ultimatum, United States dropped atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and August 9, 1945, killing more than 130, 000 civilians. Japan surrendered instantly, ending the Second World war Thank You For Your Attention!