The Pacific war (war in asia) Flashcards
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Japan and the road to the Pacific war
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- Togugawa period = insolation and peace, Meji period forced to open
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Japan forced to open
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- Meji Period
- Matthew perry (U.S commodore) demanded they open
- the ships were using coal and it was convinent location for U.S to stop on the way to China
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Japan and Imperalism
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- after opening Japan decided to embrace imperalism
- mindset: “when others use violence, we must be violent too”
- same tatics as west
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What is facism
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- Moussalini
- nothing outside the state - no internationalism
- everything for state, approved by state etc…
- ABSOLUTE POWER OF STATE
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why the state
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- alternative to inetrantional movement like socialism or commusnim
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How facism manifests in Japan
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- 1930 attempt assasination of Jap prime minster
- rejection of internationalism
- 1932 assasination of diff prime minster - rejection of restrictions on milatray
- 1936 attempted coup to bring down gov for miltary
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Marco polo bridge incident
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- soilder went missing, Jap officers want to search nearby town in China
- China refuses
- Japanse want to show off power to china and increase influence
- thought China wouldnt do anything because they didnt when Japan took manchuria
-beginning of WW2 in Asia
-took bejing in days - Japnese swept inland
- leader of China decided to confront Japan instead of just appealing to legue of nations
- “the china incident” - China put up resistance
- Japanese thought it would be fast and cheap, buts it long and becomes a war (secound sino-japanese war)
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Shanghai campagin
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- Japanese take shanghai
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Nanjing massacre
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- japan takes nanjing
- onece it falls, japanese start killing and raping citzens
- “the rape of nanjing
- soviet union, USA, great britan and france offer aid to china
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Japanse justfication of the nanjing massacere
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- create new order in east asia
- create permenant stabilty of east asia
- frenship + stabilty
- for economies
- protect against communism
- for china, japan and korea
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Exapansion of Japan - 1938
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- blocked of aid from sea into china
- Japanese relied on overseas resources to keep up war
- Japam afraid if it withdraws it will losses colonies and Japan is using its colonies for resources
- Japan continues to justify her actions
- Japan is small and needs more “living space” (nazis used this and Japan adopted it)
- they justified that since other countries (USA, australlia, canada) wouldnt let asians in they had to go into china (western countries put up tarrifs bc of Japans autrocties)
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Anti communism pact
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- Japan, italy and germany make pact
- against russia
- all withdrew from legue of nations and embraced facism
- this was followed by tripartide pact (aid if attacked by country not involved in war in europe)
- each country still acted inits own intrest
- germany signed non agression pact w russia
- japan later signed pact w russia
- not really that close allies
- germany asks japan to attack russia when germany invaded but Jap ignores (they are busy w china)
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Japan stalemate w china
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- Japan didnt want to withdraw bc of fear of loosing colonies
- jap tried to isolate china (railway)
- Jap keep up w justfying acts , saying they are helping china and east asia from west influence and effect of imperalism, say they are doing this for good of all asians (including greater asia @time aus and new zeland)
- 1941- Japan occupied all of french indo china and becomes to much of a threat to US, britan and holland (U.S needed rubber from japan occupied area)
- 3 countries set total embargo on japan
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how pearl harbour plan was came up w
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- Us bitan and holland set total embargo on Japan
- Japan needed oil from US- so hey try and make peace with US
- japan says they will widraw from indochina and most of china but US rejects
- Jap says US is being unreasonable
- so japan comes up w pearl harbour stratgey
- they think after pearl harbour they can negotiate peace w us and they will lift embrago
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Why japan thought that pearl harbour plan would not make US enter war w them
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- USA entered WW1 really late
- USA retired from intl poltics for “normal life”
- US public wanted to keep put of war
- “america first” - US public did not care what was heppening in europe and were stronly against going to war
- japan thought us would negotiate peace
- Japan wrong, bc it was suprise attack and US and Jpan were not at wae us has to go to war
- dec 7 1941- attack on pearl harbour - started state of war w us and japan
