Japanese Militarism in WWII

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    Can you send me your recources? that would be really nice. my e-mail is: mikhaila.tortuga@gmail.com. please! i am doing this for a ten page paper on hiroshima and nagasaki for my history final!
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  1. Militarism in Japan
  2. 1918-1932
    • Emerged from WWI with strong economy
    • Began making democratic reforms
    • Hit hard by the Depression
    • Military Dictatorship takes control
  3. Japanese Goals of the 1930’s
    • Revive economy hit by Depression
    • Lead economic modernization in Asia - hoping to one day rival Europe and the United States
    • Free Asia from western colonial influences
    • Set up “East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere”
    • Dominate Asia economically and militarily
  4. Question
    • What might limit Japan’s ability to dominate Asia?
  5. Aggression in Manchuria
    • September 1931, needing the resources of Manchuria the Japanese army invaded
    • China protested to the League of Nations
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  7. Aggression in Manchuria
    • League and United States condemned Japanese action in China, but took no further action
    • Japan withdrew from the League in 1933
    • What does the Japanese minister claim?
  8. Tensions Rise in China
    • By 1937, Japanese forces overran much of the northern part of China
    • Rape of Nanking – in 1937 Japanese forces brutalized the population of Nanking – murdering over 300,000 civilians and soldiers in a few months
  9. WWII in Asia
    • Berlin, 1940 - Japan joins alliance with Germany and Italy
    • Looked to European colonies in Southeast Asia for resources
    • FDR threatened to cut off supplies of scrap metal, rubber, and oil
  10. Events leading to Pearl Harbor
    • Believing the United States will not only cut off supplies, but also declare war, the Japanese planned a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor to eliminate the American naval presence in the Pacific
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  12. Events leading to Pearl Harbor
    • December 7, 1941, the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor
    • Japanese miscalculated American response – instead of cowering, the American people rallied together
    • December 8, 1941, the United States declares war on Japan
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  23. Failure of the Co-prosperity Sphere
    • Original idea involved a system that benefited both Japan and occupied territories - “Asia for Asians”
    • Instead, Japanese imperial troops simply replaced European troops
    • Resources were diverted to supply the Japan war machine – in some cases causing food shortages and famine
    • Attempted to institute Japanese customs – insulting the native peoples
    • Forced some to work in factories and on plantations for little or no wages
    • Some nationalist groups cooperated with Japanese and some secretly assisted the Allies
    Failure of the Co-prosperity Sphere
  24. Japan’s Eventual Defeat

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