Imperialism
Aims of the Japanese in the Pacific
What is to build a Japanese empire in the Pacific?
The attack on America which brings them into the war
What is the attack on Pearl Harbour on 7th December 1941?
The Battle of the Coral Sea
What is to invade further southward in the Pacific by capturing Port Moresby in New Guinea, but intercepted by the US Navy, Japan has a tactical victory (didn't stop their advance) but strategic defeat (lost planes and men)?
The different political systems of Japan and Australia
What is Japan had a military dictatorship and Australia had a constitutional monarchy?
Name as many Allied strategies as possible to help win the war
What is breaking codes, sea battles, island-hopping, leap-frogging, blockade of Japan, bombing of mainland Japan (conventional and nuclear)?
Aims of the British and US in the Pacific
What is to protect their colonies and trading interests, at the expense of the Japanese?
The countries Japan controlled by the end of 1942
What are Indochina, Malaya, Burma, Singapore, Borneo, the Philippines?
The Battle of Midway
What is to beat the US in 'decisive' battle, the US won (Japan lost 4 aircraft carriers, experienced pilots and planes, limited the IJN ability to launch further invasions in the Pacific)?
The name for managing consumer resources
What is rationing, both Australia and Japan had this?
Reasons for Japanese defeat
The country Japan had colonised and was exploiting in the Pacific
What is Korea?
The battles in the Pacific
What are the Battle of the Coral Sea, the Battle of Midway, the Battle of Guadalcanal and the battle for New Guinea?
The Battle of Guadalcanal
What is to prevent the Japanese from using the islands of Guadalcanal, US win (Japanese fought off the island, but US lose a lot of troops)?
What is control over the message that goes out to the home front, and the repressing of information which criticised the war effort?
The A bomb or the Russians
What is which event caused Japanese defeat?
The country Japan invaded in 1937
What is China?
What are to aim a knockout blow to US capacity to wage war in the Pacific, not as successful as it could have been?
The Battle of New Guinea
What is to capture Port Moresby and use its airfields to continue Japanese domination of the Pacific, Australian win (battle of attrition, finally halts Japanese expansion into the Pacific)?
Describe life under Japanese rule
What is exploitation, slave labour, POW camps, starvation?
The Status of the Emperor
What is Japan was able to keep their emperor to maintain a political stability in the region (otherwise the Communists might have overtake the East as well as the West)?
The ratio decided at 1922 Washington Conference
What is 5:5:3?
The Americans decoded this to help turn the tide of war
What is MAGIC?
The situation for the Japanese at the end of 1942
What is they had expanded as far as they would during the war?
Shortages
What is Japan experienced the worst shortages (food, fuel, materials) brought about by the Allied naval blockade of mainland Japan?
Dates of Allied Occupation
What is 1945 to 1951?