Japan and China played a large role in World War II. Their roles were interesting and important. Japan caused the United States to enter World War Two by the bombing of Pearl Harbor. If that didn't occur, the United States may not have entered World War II. That was a very important step in this war. China was more in a war with itself and Japan rather than the rest of the world.

The Russo - Japanese War made Japan a great power during the next quarter of a century. But, China was still an ancient empire. In the late 1920's, most of China was united under political and military leadership of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. He was born in 1887. He led the Chinese opposition to the Japanese invaders throughout the war. When Japan invaded China in 1937, Chiang was head of the ruling Kusrintang Party. His capital was at Nanking. He continued war with Japan from his new capital Chucking. Chiang was made chairman of National Defense Council in 1939 and chief of state in 1943. Americans expected Chiang and China to be the fourth of the great powers after the war - until the Nationalists took over the Communists in 1949. Japan overthrew Ch

It was a beautiful Sunday morning on December 7, 1941, on the Hawaiian Island of Oahu. The Japanese had been planning the attack of Pearl Harbor since September of that year. The plans were told to the pilots on October 5 and the order to begin; the attack was given December 5. They dispatched 214 machines. Some were 50 conventional bombers, 51 dive-bombers, and 70 torpedo planes.

When Japan went to War in 1941, it was one of the best-prepared belligerents. At that time, eight percent of their national product went on war materials. Since Japan is an island, it was not rich in raw materials; it had to import its raw materials. Oil, Iron Ore, and their most strategic metals were imported. From 1941 to 1944, its industry expanded. Truck production reached its peak in 1941. Tanks and artillery peaked in 1942. Also, small arms were at their highest peak in 1943 throughout 1944. Japan's ship and tank building ceased because of the lack of steel available to industry.

The Chinese National Government's Army numbered two million poorly trained and equipped troops. The Chinese communist army, comprising 150,000 guerilla troops in Northwest China, at first, they supported Chiang against the Japanese. There were no trained reserves, no navy, and only a few aircraft with inexperienced Chinese and foreign mercenary pilots. In 1937, the Chinese government invited United States Army Corps Captain Claire Chennault to become its aeronautics advisor. He accepted and was appointed Colonel in the Chinese Air Force. He spent the next three years training Chinese and foreign mer

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