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PRELUDE TO PEARL HARBOR

PRELUDE TO PEARL HARBOR. POST WW1-AMERICAN/JAPANESE RELATIONS. “Japan never declares war before attacking”—Billy Mitchell. Planes of WW1 Trench warfare—stalemate & high death tolls “strategic bombing”—immoral “use the brawny might of industrial revolution”--ships. General BILLY MITCHELL.

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PRELUDE TO PEARL HARBOR

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  1. PRELUDE TO PEARL HARBOR POST WW1-AMERICAN/JAPANESE RELATIONS

  2. “Japan never declares war before attacking”—Billy Mitchell • Planes of WW1 • Trench warfare—stalemate & high death tolls • “strategic bombing”—immoral • “use the brawny might of industrial revolution”--ships

  3. General BILLY MITCHELL • Wants a separate Air Force & Defense Department • Ships “outdated” • German battleship—Ostfriesland • Critical of military & President • Suspended for 5 years • April 1926—warned US that Japan would start a war in the Pacific with aerial attack

  4. JAPANESE POLICY • ABCD ENCIRCLEMENT • League of Nations—”League of Anti-Japanese nations” • Japanese “Spirit warriors” • “smashed jewels”—obligation to die; never surrender • “Gyokusai of 100 million”—wait for enemy to abandon the will to fight even if it costs lives

  5. US-JAPANESE RELATIONS • Sept. 1940—Japan part of Axis powers • Nov. 1940—US embargoes “war supplies” • Freezes Japanese assets in US • No shipments of gasoline • US wants Japan out of China • FDR expects an attack on Malaysia or Philippines

  6. THE DATE THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY—DEC. 7, 1941 • 8 battleships destroyed • 3,000+ casualties • “backdoor theory” • Dec. 8, 1941—US declares war on Japan • Dec. 11 1941—Germany & Italy declare war

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