HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939
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The attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941
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The surrender of France on June 7, 1940
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Japan capturing the Phillipines on March 3, 1942
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Detailed explanation-1: -On December 7, 1941, following the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, the United States declared war on Japan.
Detailed explanation-2: -Japan intended the attack as a preventive action. Its aim was to prevent the United States Pacific Fleet from interfering with its planned military actions in Southeast Asia against overseas territories of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and those of the United States.
Detailed explanation-3: -The relationship between Japan and the United States had soured in the years leading up to Pearl Harbor. This began with the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931, an expansion throughout the Chinese mainland that led to the Second Sino-Japanese war between China and Japan in 1937.