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world war 2

To say that the United States wouldn't have entererd World War II if Japan hadn't attacked us would be an understatement. I think that the United States would have entered it if Japan hadn't attacked us, but not at the time that we actually did. It all started in the year of 1931, when Japan wanted an expansion and an overseas empire. They occupied Manchuria for six years until Japan invaded China, tortured the people in Nanking, and started the war between Japan and China. In 1941, Thailand invaded the French Indo-China and later Japan occupied it. Japan's need to be expanded caused the United States to impose sanctions with the Pacific nation. Japan then decided to attack the United States, because they were low on oil and steel supplies. December 7th, 1941, Japan made their attack against the United States naval forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. After the wreck, Japan mastered the islands around the Pacific, which brought World War II to them.

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Posted by: Janet Valerio

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