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HST303 L10 JMC
China, Japan & East Asia in World History - Lec 10: Japan's Military Campaign
Question | Answer |
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Dependent on import of _____, _____, and machine tools | oil; iron |
1938 – ______ _____ _____ – put all economic resources under government control | National Mobilization Act |
Rationing of _____, _____, _____, _____, and _____ were introduced. | gasoline; rice; matches; sugar; charcoal |
1940 – _____ on sales of non-essential goods | ban |
Individual clothing replaced with people’s _____ | uniforms |
1941 – U.S., U.K., and the Netherlands imposed economic sanctions on Japan, most importantly an embargo on _____ and _____ _____. | oil; scrap metal |
1940 – __% of Japanese oil supply had come from U.S. | 80 |
Japan had been fighting a war against China for 5 years already, & oil rich _____ _____ was seen as an alternative by Japan as Japanese oil supplies were dwindling, & the U.S. was beginning a massive military build up. | Dutch Java |
Japan thought their best chance of victory would lie in ____ soon | striking |
December 7, 1941 – attack on U.S. Pacific Fleet in _____ _____ | Pearl Harbor |
Dec 1941 – Japanese invasion of British _____ | Malaya |
____ _____ fell on Christmas Day. Manila declared open city on Dec 26. _____ fell Feb 8, 1942. | Hong Kong; Singapore |
March 9 – Java surrendered, giving the Japanese plenty of access to _____, _____, and _____. | oil; rubber; and tin |
Talk of a possible invasion of British India and of evacuating northern _____ began to circulate. | Australia |
Japan needed a few more victories because Japan wanted to form a ring of _____ _____ to ward off allied counteroffensive | island fortresses |
By luck, all U.S. _____ _____ had escaped Pearl Harbor attack by being out at sea at the time | aircraft carriers |
Turning point at _____ _____, June 1942. Massive naval air battle: 4 Japanese, 1 U.S. aircraft carriers sunk | Midway Island |