Lecture 7 Flashcards
Yasukuni Shrine
Shrine that commemorates Japan’s war dead, but also includes war criminals, which makes it controversial politically
Sanctions
Measures taken by one country or countries to try and change the behaviour of another country or countries. Often in the form of a ban on trade of certain items, like oil, scrap metal which the U.S. banned after Japan gained control of indo-china.
embargo
Much like a sanction
Tripartite Pact
Signed by Japan, German, and Italy and more later. Basically, we all agree with what the other is doing
Vichy France
Authoritarian French Government established after the fall of France. Openly collaborated with the Nazis.
French Indochina
Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos
Neutrality Pact
With Soviet Union. Signed in 1941, agreed to be neutral to each other. Broken by Soviet after the atomic bombings
Prime Minister General Tojo Hideki
General, Prime Minister, Class A War Criminal Hanged for war crimes.
Pearl Harbor
Naval Base of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Attacked by Japan on December 7, 1941 in a surprise attack.
General Douglas MacArthur
Commander of the US Army Forces in the Far East during the war and later the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers during the Occupation of Japan.
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.
The Idea put forward by Japan that Asians need to stick together against Anglo-Europeans
Indian National Army
An army formed by Indian Nationalists in alliance with Imperial Japan to throw off the British
Draconian
An adjective that mean very severe. Named after the perhaps legendary Ancient Greek Lawmaker Draco
Imperial Rule Assistance Association
Its goal was to make Japan a single party state with unelected officials to make the running of the war more efficient and less contested. All members of the Diet had to join
Hedonism
A doctrine that states happiness and or pleasure is the best thing in life.
