America Sanctions Trade to Japan
July 26, 1941
Japan signs Tripartite Pact and Joins Axis Powers
September 27, 1940
Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941
The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor (located near Hawaii), they also attacked the Philippines, Wake Island, Guam, Malaya, Thailand, Shanghai and Midway -all territories owned by the US. By May 1942 the U.S. surrendered and were taken as prisoners of war. This was done to discourage the US from interfering again.