HIST 388 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Imperial Way Faction, Nations Of Nineteen Eighty-Four, Oahu
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King, stimson, tojo, yamamoto, husband e. kimmel, konoye, tankan bay, kure yokosuka kwajalcin, Miwa, yamazaki, sato, saratoga, lexington, enterprise, short, kunaiki koiso, chuichi nahumo, la pallice, saint-nazaire, When japan attacked hawaii they didn"t come from their island holdings but from further north. Situation in the pacific was that in 1898 the usa acquired the philippines from spain and now had to defend them the army and navy staffs in 1905 recommended the establishment of bases at lusan and ____ bay. President said no = could have been an irritant rather than a deterrent. June 1914 opening of the panama canal changed the situation as the usa could move navy from the atlantic to the. Pacific as needed = a more rapid response to attack was thus possible: japan was allied with the uk and so didn"t seem to be an immediate danger. Post-ww1 = japan acquired the german insular army marshall island exc.
