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Mount Holyoke College

International Relations: Relations With Japan 1938 1940

For Students 9th - 10th
This publication from the U.S. Department of State lays out the attempts the United States made between 1938 and 1940 to influence the behavior of Japan through "moral embargoes" and eventually a complete embargo of all strategic...
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Primary
Yale University

Yale: Avalon Project: Tripartite Pact Between Axis Powers, 1940

For Students 9th - 10th
Original 6 -art article. Italy, Germany and Japan enter agreement that none will agree to an armistice or peace without the reciprocal agreement of the three.
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Primary
Yale University

Yale: Avalon Project: Protocol Concluded by Italy, Germany, and Japan

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides the text of the protocol concluded by Italy, Germany, and Japan at Rome on November 6, 1937.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Isoroku Yamamoto

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Wikipedia provides a biography of Japanese naval commander, Isoroku Yamamoto. Includes information on his accomplishments and his involvement in World War II and the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Website
Other

Pacific War: Increasing Tensions Between the United States and Japan

For Students 9th - 10th
A look at actions taken by the United States and Japan that eventually resulted in the attack at Pearl Harbor. Read about the treaties signed by each, the economic embargo against Japan, and the increased militarization of Japan.
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Mussolini's War Statement

For Students 9th - 10th
This Ibiblio.org site contains the text to Mussolini's war statement to the world on December 11, 1941.
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Website
ibiblio

Ibiblio: Hyper War: Tripartite Pact

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Ibiblio.org contains the text of the five articles of the Tripartite Pact, the treaty establishing the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis.