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Pearl Harbor December Seventh: “A Day Which Will Live In Infamy” Following a series of shocking events of the second World War, the immense world power known as the “Home of the Brave” was inevitably forced to join in the war effort, by a drastic and detestable movement of war on their country by Japan. Japan at the time, was a somewhat struggling empire, looking to expand their influence and make its mark among a world of larger, more threatening nations. The road to war between Japan and the United States began in the 1930s, when differences over the country of China drove the two nations in opposing directions. Japan was on its march, further expanding its empire into China, and the United States was going to do all in its power to prevent it. 1 The struggle began in 1931, following the conquering of Manchuria, which until then had been a part of China. Succeeding this somewhat easy victory for Japan, the Japanese government decided in 1937, to begin a long and ultimately unsuccessful campaign to conquer the remaining regions of China. By 1938, Japan occupied much of China and had taken Nanking, longtime capital of China, where Japanese troops killed more than war, japan, united, states, japanese, pearl, harbor, world, china, attack, nations, nation, roosevelt, began, 1941, asia, america, two, japan’s, however, germany, fleet, country, americans, against, pacific, off, military, after, president, leaders, government, american, allied, washington