TCP CH.2-4 Flashcards
What was the name of the new war plan MacArthur received in October?
Rainbow-5.
What was the approximate total strength of forces in the Philippines when MacArthur received Rainbow-5?
Around 101,550 officers and men.
What party dominated the Philippine national election in November 1941?
The Nacionalista Party.
How did the majority of Filipinos react to the Japanese invasion, placing hope in MacArthur?
By reacting as American wards.
What major post-war economic objective does modern Japan pursue, similar to her wartime goals?
The same imperialist objectives.
What is the contrast noted between pre-war and post-war Filipino attitudes towards Japanese people?
From condescension/suspicion to uncritical acceptance/admiration.
What is the “naive acceptance” of Japan’s new image attributed to, besides propaganda?
A deficient understanding of the dynamics of international economic and political forces.
What post-war status has Japan attained, not foreseen by her allies?
Heights of wealth and power.
According to the nationalist view, what should Filipinos view American and Japanese policies as, relative to Filipino interests?
A unity contraposed to the interests of the Filipino people and other nations of Asia.
What is nationalism described as providing for the people’s struggle to complete their independence?
The ideological underpinnings.
As a late-comer imperialism, name two factors that strongly projected state leadership in Japan’s imperialist career.
The paramount role of the state and domestic pressure for the imperialist road.
What type of companies largely planned and executed Japan’s expansionist program, working with the military and state bureaucracy?
The big business companies - the zaibatsu.
What specific raw material, crucial to Japan’s military, did the United States restrict exports of from July 1940?
Crude oil and scrap iron.
What was the primary reason Japanese leaders felt all-out war was the only solution, due to US action?
The economic squeeze, particularly in oil.
What was the Japanese “Asia for Asians” appeal designed to eradicate?
Western influences.
What were the three categories of political status envisioned by Japan in the Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere?
Full independence, protectorates, and Japanese colonies.
What was the primary goal behind Japan’s cultural program, beyond promoting native culture?
To facilitate integration of occupied countries into her empire and control their economies.
For nationalist leaders in Southeast Asia, collaboration with the Japanese was often considered a matter of what?
Tactics.
What specific Japanese policy did nationalists take advantage of, which fostered unity and organizational experience?
The creation of monolithic national mass movements.
Unlike other Asians, Filipinos never came to see the war as an opportunity for what?
Real national liberation.
What became the emotional focus for the rest of the country due to the presence of thousands of Filipinos serving there?
Bataan.
What was the operative US defense plan in the event of Japanese invasion, prior to MacArthur’s plan?
War Plan Orange (WPO-3).
What was the main objective of MacArthur’s defense plan for the Philippines?
Total defense of the islands by stopping the enemy on the beaches.
According to Major General Jonathan M. Wainwright, name two things units in the Philippine Army largely lacked at the time of invasion.
Training, equipment, complete mobilization, and assembled/trained units.
