Notes for a research project (Second World War in the Pacific)• “Japanese expansion into East Asia began in 1931 with the invasion of Manchuria and continued in 1937 with a brutal attack on China. On September 27, 1940, Japan signed the Tripartite Pact with Germany and Italy, thus entering the military alliance known as the 'Axis'” (Holocaust Encyclopedia 1). Also earned “from the Philippines to Burma to the Aleutians to the Solomons” (Pacific Theater 1). • “Seeking to curb Japanese aggression and the withdrawal of Japanese forces from Manchuria and China, the United States imposed economic sanctions on Japan. Faced with a severe shortage of oil and other natural resources and driven by an ambition to replace the United States as the dominant power in the Pacific, Japan decided to attack U.S. and British forces in Asia and seize the resources of Southeast Asia ” (Holocaust Encyclopedia 1).• Pearl Harbor: The Japanese led a surprise attack on the United States on December 7, 1941, damaging the U.S. Navy fleet, the United States declared war on Japan, and Germany declared war on the United States United States and subsequently the United States declared war on Germany.• After Pearl Harbor Japan had a highly successful military campaign they acquired Guam and Wake Island in December 1941, Hong Kong, Malaya Burma, Singapore and the Dutch East Indies in 1942. L 'India manages to stop the Japanese advance' (Holocaust Encyclopedia 1). • Turning Point of the War: Naval Victory at the Battle of Midway (June 1942) The Japanese fleet began to turn back due to heavy losses suffered at the Battle of Midway . The Japanese had too large a territory to protect well with their military. MacArthur also in the same long period... half of paper... ds of people died in the initial explosion, and many more died later due to radiation exposure. Three days later, the United States dropped a bomb on the Japanese city of Nagasaki. Approximately 120,000 civilians died following the two explosions. On August 8, the Soviet Union declared war on Japan and invaded Japanese-occupied Manchuria. After Japan agreed to surrender on August 14, 1945, American forces began occupying Japan. Japan formally surrendered to the United States, Great Britain and the Soviet Union on September 2, 1945.” (Holocaust Encyclopedia 1). Bibliography "Great Battles of the Pacific". PBS. PBS and Web. 04 December 2013."The Pacific Theater." Pacific Theater. Interesting.com and Web. 04 December 2013."The Second World War in the Pacific." Holocaust Encyclopedia. Washington DC: Holocaust Memorial Museum, 2013. Print.