| Show incidents 6 9 leading to japanese war L have long history bistor y back of the present war between the united states and japan lies a series ot of incidents based on an the modern technique of undeclared war the first ot of the series was we the mukden incident ot of 1031 and the others are me like it in that they all represent aggression under the guise ol of seu self defense july 7 1937 beginning of 0 the present sino japanese war with an incident outside peking july 16 1937 secretary ot of state cordell hull announced the 14 points which have since been the basis ot of our negotiations with japan december 12 1937 japanese planes sank the panay in the yangtze river two lives were lost december 30 1938 the united states protest to japan warned against interference with american rights in china and opened the way lor for a conference I 1 issues sues september 27 1940 japan joined the axis july 25 1841 1941 the united states froze japanese assets here july 28 1941 japanese troops began the occupation of french indochina august 28 1941 negotiations were resumed after president roosevelt received a peace appeal from premier konoye of japan november 18 15 1941 saburo kurusu u arrived from japan as a special envoy to aid ambassador in conference at washington november 25 1841 1941 The united states received reports of japanese Japa riest troop concentrations in indochina indo china with indications that thailand might le attacked december 2 1941 the state department part ment at the request of president roosevelt made formal inquiries ot of japan regarding her in eions and purposes in concentrating tra ting troops in indochina indo china december 7 1941 japanese planes bombed the american naval base at pearl harbor honolulu december 8 1941 congress passed a joint resolution declaring the united statis states at war with japan |
