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What were the goals of Japan in WWll
Be the dominant power in Asia
Revive the Japanese economy from depression
Take over areas of Asia to get resources
Create the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
Promoted the cultural and economic unity of East Asian, southeast asia's, south asians and Oceanians led by Japan to “protect the people of Asia from Western imperialist powers”
Areas controlled by Japan during WWll
Several regions in China
French Indochina(Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos)
Hong Kong(UK)
Thailand
British New Guinea
Philippines(USA)
Guam(USA)
Dutch East Indies
Portuguese Timor
Malaya(UK)
Andaman and Nicobar Islands(India)
Straits Settlements(SIngapore)
KIngdom of Sarawak(UK)
Brunei(UK)
North Borneo(UK)
Nauru
Imphal(India)
Wake Island(USA)
Gilbert and Ellice Islands(UK)
Christmas Island(Australia)
Attu and KIska Islands(ALaska)
Areas Attacked but not Conquered
Air raids on Australia
Broome(western Australia)
Darwin(Northern Territory, Australia)
Newcastle (new South wales, australia)
British Columbia(Canada)
India
Sri Lanka
Mongolia
United states
Santa Barbara(California)
Pearl Harbor(Hawaii)
Midway Island
Fort Stevens(orgon)
Japan in the Mid 18000’s to Early 1900's
US commodore Matthew Perry sailed to Japan in 1853-54 and forch Japan to open its ports to Western nations
Japan had been extremely isolationist for hundred of years
This made japan realize they needed to become like the West so they didn't take them over
First Sino-Japanese War(1894-95)
Japan won and gained control of Korea and Taiwan
Japan in the Mid 1800’s to Early 1900’s
Japan defeated Russia in the Russo-Japanese War in 1904-05
This made Japan the Major power in Asia, replacing Russia
Japan fought fro the Allies in WWll
Took over many German Colonies and interests in Asia and extended their control in China
Felt disrespected and the Paris Peace COnference and the :Racial Equality Proposal” they proposed did not pass
Japan in the 1920’s
Joined the League of Nations
Signed the 4, 5, and 9 Power pact
4 Power Pact-US, GB, France and Japan would respect each other’s possessions in the Pacific
5 Power Pact-US, GB, France, Italy and Japan would limit naval size
9 Power Pact-US, GB, France, Italy, Japan, Belgium, Netherlands, Portugal and China agree to the Open Door Policy and guarantee Chinese independence
Signed the Kellogg-Briand Pact
The Great Depression had a negative impact on Japan
Needed to import many resources from the US. This no longer happened. Why? High Tariffs.
Japanese Invasion of Manchuria
The League of Nations condemned the action but could not enforce its authority as it had no military force
The message sent to aggressive countries was that a major power could get away with using force because Great Britain and France did not want war
Japan dropped out of the League of Nations shortly after invasion
Did Japan and the Soviet Union fight in WWll
Soviet-Japanese Border War
Fought between Japan(and Manchuria) and the Soviet Union(and Mongolia) from 1932-1939
Started the year after Japan took over Manchuria as Japan started looking into Soviet controlled areas in Mongolia
Eventually the war ended in 1939 when the Soviets and Mongolians defeated the Japanese
This soon resulted in the Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact
Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact
The USSR and Japan signed an agreement to not fight one another in April, 1941
Japan considered breaking this once Germany(their ally) invaded the USSR in June, 1941, but did not
USSR declares war on Japan
On August 8th, 1945, the USSR declared war on Japan breaking the neutrality pact
This was two days after the Hiroshima atomic bomb dropping and one day before the Nagasaki bombing
Stalin had promised in early 1945, that he would declare war on Japan once Germany was defeated(May 8, 1945)
Over one million Soviet soldiers invaded Japanese controlled Manchuria and were pushed back and suffered huge casualties
The Japanese were caught off guard so, along with the Hiroshima bombing, Emperor Hirohito pleaded with the Japanese military to surrender
Tuesday - I was gone (Got Notes From Chelsea)
Raping of nanking-Late 1937-Early 1938
A mass killing of Chinese people(up to 300,000)
Mass raping of Chinese women and girls(20,000)
Mass looting and arson
Other brutalities include
Shooting, stabbing, cutting open the stomach, drowning, burning, pushing the body and the eyes with an awl, and worse things
Some in Japan have denied that military killed civilian for no reason
Still causes tension between the two countries today
There was a war crimes trial after the war to try Japanese soldiers for participation
Overall, throughout WWll, Japan killed almost 6,000,000 people--CHinese, Indonesians,Koreans,Filipinos, indochinese, western prisoners of war, etc.
Two leaders of WWll
Emperor Hirohito
Became emperor in 1926 and ruled until his death in 1989
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