Growth of Tensions
This Japanese policy kept the country largely isolated from foreign influence until the mid-19th century.
Isolationism
This naval base was attacked by Japan on 7 December 1941
Pearl Harbour
This battle in June 1942 is often considered the turning point in the Pacific War.
The Battle of Midway
Governments used this type of media to influence public opinion and encourage support for the war.
Propaganda
These two Japanese cities were destroyed by atomic bombs in August 1945.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
These American naval officers arrived in Japan in 1853, forcing the opening of Japanese ports.
Commodore Perry
The attack on Pearl Harbor brought this nation officially into the war.
The US
This campaign involved Australian and Japanese forces fighting along a jungle track in Papua.
The Kokoda Campaign
This policy required many Australian men to serve in the military or war industries.
Conscription (or manpower controls)
Japan formally surrendered aboard this American battleship.
The USS Missouri
This 1931 event marked Japan's takeover of Manchuria.
What is the Mukden Incident?
These British territories fell to Japan in early 1942.
Singapore and Malaya
This battle prevented Japan from invading Port Moresby by sea.
The Battle of the Coral Sea
This system restricted civilian access to food, fuel and other goods.
Rationing
This organisation was established in 1945 to promote international peace and cooperation.
United Nations
This international organisation condemned Japan's actions in Manchuria but failed to stop them.
The League of Nations
This bombing raid on 19 February 1942 brought the war directly to Australia.
Bombing of Darwin
This Allied strategy involved bypassing heavily defended Japanese positions.
Island Hopping
Women increasingly entered these sectors of the workforce during wartime.
Factories, Military services and war industries.
This military tribunal tried Japanese leaders for war crimes after the war.
Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal
This Japanese belief promoted expansion by claiming Japan should lead Asia.
The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere?.
This battle, fought between May and June 1942, convinced many Australians that Japan's southward advance could be stopped.
Battle of the Coral Sea
This General became Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in the South-West Pacific.
Douglas MacArthur
These people were often relocated, imprisoned or restricted because they came from enemy nations.
Interns or enemy aliens
This American-led occupation authority oversaw Japan's reconstruction after 1945.
Allied Occupation
These economic measures by the United States placed significant pressure on Japan before 1941.
Trade Embargoes/Sanctions
These two major military successes in early 1942 gave Japan control of vital resources and demonstrated the weakness of European colonial powers in Asia.
Capture of Singapore and the Dutch East Indies
This battle saw fierce fighting and significant casualties as the Allies moved closer to Japan in 1945.
Battle of Okinawa
This Australian organisation coordinated the mobilisation of labour and resources for war production.
The Department of War Organisation of Industry
This 1951 treaty officially ended the state of war between Japan and many Allied nations.
Treaty of San Francisco
This agreement between Germany, Italy and Japan formalised their military alliance in 1940.
The Tripartite Pact.
This strategic Japanese objective sought to secure resources and create a defensive perimeter across the Pacific.
The establishment of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.
These two key factors explain why Allied forces gradually gained the advantage after 1942.
Superior industrial production and naval/air superiority?
This term describes the total commitment of a nation's resources, economy and population to warfare.
Total War
Historians continue to debate whether this decision was necessary to end the war quickly and save lives.
The use of atomic bombs against Japan