The USS Panay incident was a Japanese attack on the American gunboat Panay while it was anchored in the Yangtze River outside Nanking (now spelled Nanjing), China on December 12, 1937. Like the infamous attack on Pearl Harbor four years later, Japan and the United States were not at war at the time. The Japanese claimed that they did not see the US flags painted on the deck of the gunboat, apologized, and paid an indemnity. Nevertheless, the attack and the subsequent Allison incident in Nanking caused U.S. opinion to turn against the Japanese. Some extra facts: Date December 12, 1937 Location Yangtze River, off Nanking, China Result USS Panay sunk Belligerents United States Japan Commanders and leaders James J. Hughes Rūku Hikkumotto Strength 1 gunboat 12 aircraft Casualties and losses 1 gunboat sunk 3 killed 43 wounded none Civilian casualties: 2 killed, 5 wounded
They include enforcing laws, appointing people to state offices, signing bills into laws, suggesting new state programs and laws, and proposing and directing the state budget. S/he also has the power to call special sessions of the legislature and can veto legislation
The answer is D) Citizens were targeted during combat. This is because total war is defined as a war that involves nearly everyone in the countries not just the soldiers and politicians.
Disability act of 1990 It expanded their civil and sociopolitical rights in a similar way that the voting act of 1964 expanded the voting rights of African American in the time.
