WWII in asia pacific Flashcards
russio-japanese war
1904 - 1905 (japanese won)
anglo-japanese alliance
1902 -> renewed in 1905
first sino-japanese war
1894 -> japan won
treaty of shimonoseki
1895
korean queen myeongseong assassinated after asking russians to help expel the japanese
oct 1985
japan annexed korea + ruled it directly
1910
USA passed chinese exclusion act
1882
japanese & korean exclusion league
1905
paris peace conference : prince fumimaro monroe proposed racial equality clause to be included in covenant of LON
1919
washington naval conference
1921
prime minister tsuyosbi inukai assasinated
may 1932
league of blood incident
1932
may 15 incident (FAIL)
1932
feb 26 incident (FAIL)
26-29 feb 1936
mukden incident
18 sep 1931
full-scale invasion of manchuria
19 sep 1931
japanese recognised new state of manchukuo
sep 1932
second sino-japanese war
1937
USA adopted isolationist policy
1930s
roosevelt cancelled 1911 commercial treaty with japan
1939
japan occupied vietnam + roosevelt imposed trade embargo on japan
1940
outbreak of war in europe
1939
prince fumimaro monroe resigned as prime minister
oct 1941
american pacific fleet move to pearl honour in hawaii
1939
pearl habour bombed
7 dec 1941