By: David Kim
Japan's War in Asia & the Pacific
- Japan attacks China, Which became the first Global conflict after the Great War
- The conquest over Manchuria was the first step of expansionism and aggression
- After the Great War Japan gain great power
- Political division arose after the Great War
- Politicians who supported Japan's roll in international system faced with many oppositions
- Many people were inclined to have a militarist vision of a self-sufficient Japan that would control all over East Asia
- The conquest over Manchuria was the first step of expansionism and aggression
- After the Great War Japan gain great power
- Political division arose after the Great War
- Politicians who supported Japan's roll in international system faced with many oppositions
- Many people were inclined to have a militarist vision of a self-sufficient Japan that would control all over East Asia
China's Territory
- Manchuria had been Chinese territory
- China's unification, which was aided by the international attempts to reinstate its sovereignty threatens Japan's economic interest in Manchuria
- By the twentieth century, Japan took the Manchurian railroad from China
- In 1931 Japan started to take control over the region
- China's unification, which was aided by the international attempts to reinstate its sovereignty threatens Japan's economic interest in Manchuria
- By the twentieth century, Japan took the Manchurian railroad from China
- In 1931 Japan started to take control over the region
The Mukden Incident
- In 1931 Japanese troops used explosives to blow up a few feet of rail
- This rail was Japanese built railway south of Manchuria railway and North of Mukden
- The Japanese accused the Chinese of attacking their railroad
- This incident became the pretext for the war between Japan and China
- This rail was Japanese built railway south of Manchuria railway and North of Mukden
- The Japanese accused the Chinese of attacking their railroad
- This incident became the pretext for the war between Japan and China
Japan's New Territory
- After the Mukden Incident, Japan took control of Manchuria in 1932
- Japan gain a long term economic boom and industrial development in the region
- The Japanese established a puppet state called Manchukuo
- During this Japan truly took over Manchuria into it's own
- Japan gain a long term economic boom and industrial development in the region
- The Japanese established a puppet state called Manchukuo
- During this Japan truly took over Manchuria into it's own
The Invasion of China
- In 1933 the League of Nations condemned the actions that Japan did over in Manchuria
- Japan left the League of Nations and began following a ultranationalist and pro-military policy
- The pursue for expansion in Asia had a slogan called "Asia for Asian"
- This implied that the Japanese would lead Asians to independence over the Europeans
- In reality this slogan was actually meant for the Japanese, "Asia for the Japanese"
- In 1937 Japan sent a full out assault over China
- The battle between the Japanese and Chinese at the Marco Polo Bridge was the first assault against China
- Japanese troops took Beijing than Shanghai, Nanjing, and the capital of China
- This began Japan's control over large areas of North and East China
- Japan's invasion was an international opposition
- Countries other than China did not respond to well because of the depression and military aggression in Europe
- Soon later Japan join the Axis powers by signing a ten-year military and economic pact, The Tripartite pact in 1940
- Japan did not face opposition to its expansion until 1941, when conflicts between the United States was made
- Japan left the League of Nations and began following a ultranationalist and pro-military policy
- The pursue for expansion in Asia had a slogan called "Asia for Asian"
- This implied that the Japanese would lead Asians to independence over the Europeans
- In reality this slogan was actually meant for the Japanese, "Asia for the Japanese"
- In 1937 Japan sent a full out assault over China
- The battle between the Japanese and Chinese at the Marco Polo Bridge was the first assault against China
- Japanese troops took Beijing than Shanghai, Nanjing, and the capital of China
- This began Japan's control over large areas of North and East China
- Japan's invasion was an international opposition
- Countries other than China did not respond to well because of the depression and military aggression in Europe
- Soon later Japan join the Axis powers by signing a ten-year military and economic pact, The Tripartite pact in 1940
- Japan did not face opposition to its expansion until 1941, when conflicts between the United States was made