What were the United States relations with Japan from 1939-1945?
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Well, I would think they weren't too good considering they were engaged in a war between 1941 and 1945.
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try here\n\nhttp://timelines.ws/20thcent/1942.HTML
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Because Japan was able to cooperate with European nations and thus avoid the destruction that affected most of southern Asia and Oceania, Japan was able to begin building a large industrial and military infrastructure, then with help from European mentors Japan started to push out and take responsibilities in Asia. Japan was able to seize Korea and Formosa (Taiwan) first in wars with China. Then, during the Russo-Japanese War, Japan was given economic power and right to defend Manchuria, which they later annexed as Manchukwo. During the First World War, Japan declared on the side of the Western Allies, and at the Versailles Treaty in 1919 Japan was given the League of Nations mandate over the former island posessions of Germany in the Pacific Ocean (Carolinas, Marshalls, Bismark Islands, etc). In 1937, after quarrels with China over Manchuria, Japan began the actual invasion of China, which would bog their military down for almost ten years. When France was conquered by Germany in 1940, Japan reached a protective agreement with the French authorities in Indochina, then actually seized the entire province in 1941 which led to America placing economic sanctions. In the opening move of Japan's part in the Second World War, Japan seized Hong Kong, Malaya and Singapore, Indonesia, northern New Guinea, the Philippines, Guam and Wake. In early 1942, Japan took the Solomon Islands and Guadalcanal, and made an effort to seize the remaining southern portion of New Guinea to isolate Australia and New Zealand, but were turned back at the aircarft carrier fight in the Battle of the Coral Sea. The Japanese army was advancing through Burma and into the frontier of India, but were stopped at Imphal. With these setbacks, Japan felt it had to knock the American navy out of the war right away, thus the overextended plan for the ambush at Midway, which of course turned out to be an ambush against the Japanese navy. From that point on, Japan was not able to mount offensive operations until late 1944 in the South China Sea with disastrous results in what was called the Leyte Gulf Turkey Shoot.
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Taiwan was ceded to Japan in 1895.  Many researchers, commentators, political analysts, etc. say that Taiwan was returned to China in 1945, but that is completely false.  Up until the present day, Taiwan is a territory under the jurisdiction of the United States, and that situation has existed from WWII up to the present day.  (The fact that the USA is the only country in the world with a "Taiwan Relations Act" and that that Act is a domestic law of the USA further confirms this analysis.)\n\nHow did Taiwan come under the jurisdiction of the USA?  The same way that Iraq did -- via "military conquest."   After the Declaration of War against the Empire of Japan on Dec. 8, 1941, all military attacks against Taiwan were conducted by US military forces.  Hence, the United States is/will be the "principal occupying power" of Taiwan.    All legal relationships for Taiwan in the post-WWII era arise from these facts. \n\nWhen the Japanese troops in Taiwan surrendered on Oct. 25, 1945, that marked the beginning of the military occupation of Taiwan.  (There was no transfer of sovereignty on that date.) The United States is the "principal occupying power"  and it has delegated the military occupation of Taiwan to the Chinese Nationalists (i.e. ROC).   In Dec. 1949, high officials of the ROC in the mainland fled to Taiwan and became a "government in exile."  Why are they a "government in exile"?  Because as of late 1949, Taiwan is being held under military occupation and has not been transferred to any country.   Thus the ROC is exercising "effective territorial control" over territory where it does not possess sovereignty. \n\nIn late April 1952, the post-war peace treaty came into effect.  Japan renounced the territorial sovereignty of Taiwan, but no recipient country was designated.  Under such circumstances, the territory remains under the jurisdiction of the "principal occupying power,"  which is the United States. \n\nHence, the ROC on Taiwan has the dual roles of  (1) subordinate occupying power beginning Oct. 25, 1945, and (2) government in exile beginning late Dec. 1949.  \n\nThis explanation fully shows why the ROC on Taiwan is treated as an orphan by the international community, although under casual analysis the ROC appears to be a real country.    In fact (obviously) the ROC on Taiwan is not a country, because it does not have 'TITLE" to the territory of "Formosa and the Pescadores." \n\nThe PRC maintains that Taiwan is a part of the PRC based on the Successor Government Theory.  This theory claims that since the ROC obtained the sovereignty of Taiwan on Oct. 25, 1945, and the PRC is the successor goverment to the ROC, so the PRC holds the sovereignty of Taiwan now.  The fatal flaw in this argument is that there was no transfer of sovereignty on Oct. 25, 1945.  \n\n(Why are most people are totally unfamiliar with the style of  reasoning presented above, and the conclusions reached?  It is because they do not research the subjects of the laws of war, territorial cession, international treaty law, etc. and their relationship to military government and military jurisdiction.)
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1937 is the year to remember because this is when China and Japan go to war. Prince Konyoye, Japan's Foreign Minister and Hidikei Tojo, Japan's military dictator want a Pacific Rim Empire. They believed Japanese people were ethnically superior to the people in the surrounding countries. As Japan grew industrially it needed raw materials and therefore, it had to invade territories to get them like the Dutch East Indies and China. \n\nThe U.S. placed an embargo on Japan after the China invasion. The one good of importance was oil. Since the U.S. could control oil imports to Japan and the US was cutting Japan off Japan felt threatened by the US fleet at Pearl harbor. Around this time Konyoye flew to Berlin to sign the axis pact with Italy and Germany. \n\nDuring this time Admiral Yammato was testing new torpedoes and bombing techniques to prepare his strategy for attacking Pearl Harbor. At the same time Japan decided to negotiate with the US, but it was a stall for time. On Dec 6,1941 the war department intercepted a message to the Japanese embassy in Washington, which contained everything but a declaration of war. The Japanese government wanted the US to know of an upcoming attack, but waited until the seventh to deliver the ultimatum. However the embassy in Washington delivered the declaration of war after Pearl had been attacked. Yammato was shocked and uttered "I'm afraid we've woken a sleeping giant."
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Japan Invaded Shanghai, which was formerly held by the int'l concession (USA and UK) and the french concession. Japan used Chinese citizens as tests for biochemical activities, and at one time planned to bild a zepplin with gas to poison target californian cities. Oh, and Japan had a mutual war pact with the nazis. Other than pearl harbor and the previous reasons stated..., I see no reason to be alarmed.
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The Germans made a deal with the Japanese that if they attacked America then they (the Germans) would help the Japanese fight against the U.S. This did not happen.The Germans wanted the Japanese to keep the U.S. busy while the Germans did there thing. America had a deal with Great Britain that the U.S. would send equipment and supplies to help in the war. It was called "lend and lease". This would help the war effort and keep the Americans from the fighting. This was working to some point until the raid on Pearl harbor. There is speculation that the Brits knew of the attack on pearl but didn't say anything because they wanted the U.S. to join the war. There were a few stipulations G.B. had to agree to for the U.S. to officially join in the war effort. The most important was that G.B.(great Britain) would have to remove it's self from ALL of it's colonies. such as India and others.
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U.S. entered WW2 after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Almost immediately after the attack, the congress almost unanimously declared war on Japan. (only one person was against the war).  \n\nWhen U.S. declared war on Japan, Germany declared war on U.S. So, U.S. unanimously declared war on Germany. \n\nA) Italy and Japan were allied with Germany\n\nRussia was also allied with Germany but Hitler broke the Hitler-Stalin Pact and attacked Russia. Russia joined the Allied forces afterwards.\n\nPoland was never allied with Germany.\n\nAustria and Hungary were allied with Germany in WW1.
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DJ Noek has it right.  Germany was Japan's ally. We declared war on Japan immediately, so Germany declared war on us.  So then we declared war on Germany.
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That depends on which treaty you are talking about. Japan and Italy were Germany's ally. Germany had a treaty with Russia that Hitler stupidly changed his mind about and then attacked Russia. After Germany surrendered, there was a treaty with United Kingdom, France, Russia and the United States.
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see links.\nBasically. us cracks japanese code, we go on offensive, becomes pivitol point in war.
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Japan was in a land war with China and needed oil from Malaysia and the Americans threatened to block them. They thought if they took out the American naval fleet they would have complete control of the Far East. They not only attacked Hawaii, they also attacked and invaded the Philippines along with many other British and American outposts. Bottom line: It was about the oil.
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We would have had no diplomatic relations with Germany during our involvement in WWII.  I am not sure if we continued Diplomatic Relations after the Nazi's came to power until our entry into the War.  We may have had an Ambassador to Germany from 1939 to 1941 when we entered the war, which would have also been considered World War II.
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Nope; the planners of the attack were firmly convinced that it would strike a crippling blow against their eventual rival in the Pacific, forcing the U.S. to make more favorable arrangements to split spheres of influence in the Pacific Rim.\n\nThe Japanese Empire was shamelessly and eagerly imperialist; they wanted everything in Asia subservient to them.  They saw the U.S.A. as the only serious obstacle to that hegemony, since the English, French, and Dutch were tied up in World War.
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They should go back to Japan. The US gave Japan their islands back after WW2
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go to\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan
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September 1, 1939 for the war in Europe, December 7th 1941 United States enters World War II in both Europe and Asia.\nGermany declared war on the United States on December 10th, 1941.Germany surrenders May 8th 1945, Japan bombed on both August 6 and again on the 9th formally surrenders Sept 1, 1945.