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Japan:
Hirohito: 1926 came to power because his father died
1928: incident >< Japan and China
China, Pearl Habror, Oceanic Islands, Iwo Jima, Okinawa: More land and more ressources, attack and weaken the enemy, get islands as quickly as they could, dig tunnels in the islands, fight to the death.
Washington Naval treaty: 1922, reduced naval size. signed with FR, GB, IT and USA.
War goals: south Asia, Oceania and China. Use slave labor to cultivate resources for Japan.
Japan was isolated from WWI and struggled in finding natural goods and supplies. Needed more space.
casualties: 2 870 000 because of kamikaze methods
54 trillion dollars in claims from other countries
Leaders:
Hideki Tojo: died in 1948, prime minister in 1941, was hanged.
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Homefront: not well organized, paid more for propaganda, not enough mobilization of man power, lack of food and supplies. were always evacuating people from cities,
Us bombed 65 japanese cities. 400 000 to 600 000 deads. 100 000 tokyo. 200 000 hiroshima and nagasaki.
the battle of okinawa: 100 000 civilians deaths
1937-1945: military fatalities: 2,1 million
iwo Jima: 22 000 soldiers and 216 survivors
housing stocks were destroyed.
civilians left Japan
birth rate went down 25%
Tokyo rose: generic name given by allied troops. broadcasted japanese propaganda, made people feel homesick.
Propaganda: against USA, Japan was better than every other country.
Battle strategies: upset by the treaty of Versailles. joined alliance with italy and germany. took over many islands in south pacific. neutrality pact with URSS.
Yamamoto: came up with the attack of pearl harborSuzuki: admiral. prime minister of japan and made japan sign.
Why they lost: attacked Pearl Harbor, bringing usa to war, atomic bombs dropping, us had better equipment, fought to the last man and kamikazes.
impact: cities were destroyed, atomic bomb destroyed, lack of resources, birth rate and deads
Mr bruns pwpt:
China was to japan what soviet union was to germany: wanted resources but weren't expecting fighting back. size of the country. did good at first.
1920: joined the league of nations
1931: invasion of manchuria, nreaking treaties for raw materials
Mass killing of chinese people up to 300 000. raped chinese women and girls in the city of Nanking, mass looting and arson, burning, stealing,
1937: invasion of china by Japan
Japanese leaders: hideki tojo: dictator, prime minister. emperor hirohito: gave the order to attack to Pearl harbor on december 7 1941.
Battle of Midway: june 1942:
battle of the corail sea: the first one that japan didn't win: may 1942
Guadalcanal: august 1942
Philipinnes, iwo jima
Hiroshima, nagasaki. august 6 1945
VJ: september 2 1945: on battle ship US missouri
Postdam conference: july 1945, announced the terms for Japan's surrender:
Dismantle the current japanese gov, allies will occupy Japan, Japan will lose land gained during the war and previous years, military forces will be disarmed and allowed to come home, there will be war crime trials.
japan didn't surrender and bombing happened (hishima and nagasaki).
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