Call to Duty: Outagamie County in World War II
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China

Japan invaded China in 1937. Japanese military leaders wanted China's natural resources. The Chinese fight to stop Japanese expansion in their country started a war in the Pacific. This regional war became a world war when Japan attacked the US naval base at Pearl Harbor. Japan, Germany, and Italy declared war on the United States in 1941.

 

 

 


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A Chinese child cries after a Japanese bombing raid on Shanghai's South Station, August 28, 1937
A Chinese child cries after a Japanese bombing raid on Shanghai's South Station, August 28, 1937
Courtesy of the National Archives; War & Conflict # 1131

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