paper 1 - japanese expansionism Flashcards
anti-comintern pact
- 1936
- japan signed this with germany and was later ratified by italy
- it was in opposition to communism but actually proved to be the foundation for diplomatic alliance between these three powers
tripartite pact
1940 alliance between japan, germany, and italy
mukden incident
- japanese blew up their own railroad in manchuria; blamed it on china
- excuse to go to war with china
rape of nanjing
brutal japanese attack on chinese capital 1937-1938
meiji restoration
- 1868
- involved the elimination of the shogunate and power being handed over to the japanese emperor, who had previously existed as mere spiritual/symbolic figure
marco polo bridge incident
- 1937
- clash between japanese and chinese troops in the outskirts of beijing
- the japanese government used this as an excuse to occupy beijing
- when chiang kai shek refused to give way, full-scale war broke out between china and japan
first sino-japanese war
conflict between china and japan from 1894-1895 over control of korea
second sino-japanese war
series of incidents between china and japan in the summer of 1937, most were open warfare
attack on pearl harbour
december 7, 1941
lytton report
- 1932
- evaluating fault of mukden incident
- blames japan for aggression causing japan to leave the league of nations
triple intervention
the combination of russia, france, and germany that pressured japan to renounce the liaodong peninsula in manchuria in 1895
russo-japanese war
(1904-1905) conflict between russia and japan over imperial possessions (korea) –> japan emerges victorious
second united front
alliance between the kuomintang (KMT) and chinese communist party (CCP) during the second sino-japanese war that suspended the chinese civil war from 1937 to 1946
21 demands
- 1915 - during WW1
- list of demands that sought to make china a japanese protectorate
shintoism
religion located in japan and related to buddhism