Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor? Video questions, differentiated.

A very detailed analysis of the background and build-up to Pearl Harbor. Covering: Japan’s 1937 advance across China ends, USSR and Japan clash at Khalkhin Gol in Mongolia. The Molotov-Ribbentrop non-aggression pact. Splits in Japanese leadership, Japanese forces overstretched; Hitler stops German assistance to Chiang: USSR, Britain, France and the US step up, FDR lends $25 million; the Flying Tigers. Chinese counter-offensives in 1939. German invasion of France, Japan occupies Northern Indochina. The Tripartite Pact. The Hundreds Regiment Offensive, the “Three Alls policy”. US Naval increase. The Bakuryo. Japan occupies south Indochina. US sanctions, inc. oil. Diplomacy fails. Konoe replaced by Tojo: a “strike south”. Analysis of different historical interpretations of the attack.

Find the film on YouTube by searching the Real Time History Channel for “Did Japan Attack Pearl Harbor Because Of China?” My link omits a 3-min trailer at the end, the film will stop straight after my sheet’s final question if you use my embedded link.

15 questions for the 20-min film (not inc. the omitted 3-min trailer). Differentiated! Both versions look very similar, but “B” version has subtle clues. Questions right up to the end, no slack time! Excellent subtitles, scripted, not auto-generated. Answer sheet. Very easy to mark. .doc & .pdf for all files.