During the first battle of the Philippines from December 1941 until May of 1942, the Mayor of Manila declared it an OPEN CITY so that it would not be destroyed by invading Japanese Forces.
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Yes, Japan bombed Shanghai particularly. However, China also bombed the Japanese Navy and ground troops.
This is a statement not a question. Yes, On December 7th, 1941 World War 2 started for the Americans when the Japanese bombed ... Pearl Harbor.
The US became part of WWII after its military base Pearl Harbor was bombed by Japanese forces. The reason why the Japanese bombed the US was because the US stopped distributing oil to Japan. The Japanese figured that the US would appease them if they bombed Pearl Harbor, but they were wrong. Japan ended up being bombed by an atomic bomb in Hiroshima, Japan and Nagasaki, Japan. These atomic bombings led to Japans surrender to the US.
The US joined WWII because of Pearl Harbor.The Japanese bombed the naval station of Pearl Harbor Hawaii December 7, 1941 at around 8:30