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- 1930 signed
- Revision to the 5 power treaty
- Japan argued to be slightly increased to
- Britain and usa having 10 battleships and japan to have 7 (so it would only be one more battleship increase)
- the other countries said no
- resigned with same ratios and if japan didn't like this they can get out of the alliance so the japanese delegate was force to sign it
- This pisses off the military and they write publications that the japanese gov't is being pushed aroung and the pol. parties lose more support
- Background: Shift in japanese leadership from political party to military
- reason for shift
- seeing west that the Shidehara diplomacy and it loses staus and belief
- great depression, raise in protective tariffs
- pol. parties are being blamed cuz they are in power
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| Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere |
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- VERY IMPORTANT SHE MENTIONED THIS TONS OF TIMES!!!!
- This was the goal for Japan beginning in the early 1930s but is intensified by the end of the 30s
- to have asia for the asians only, get rid of the western influence
- want WWII europe outta asia
- Asian region can be self-sufficient
- with japan at the center to help the other countries for industrialization and protection
- Background:
- Japan is fearful of russian takeover
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- Army in south Manchuria from 1905 russian war
- sept. 1931
- they draw the chinese into "trap" into a dispute over manchuria
- the Jap "accidently" blew up a portion of the railroad and claim that the chinese did it to start a fight over manchuria
- Chiang-Kai-Shek is reluctant to send troops against japanese cuz he thinks that the communist are more of a problem
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- Chiang Kai-shek (CKS) goes to the league of nations and this investagation begins
- the 1932 report states that the japanese were the aggressors and they should withdraw from manchuria, this is end of their involvement
- 1931 the japs had already completely taken over japan
- Japan withdraws from the league of nations
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- the new country that the japanese created in manchuria
- it was a puppet state allied with japan
- emperor puyi (last emperor of the qing dynasty)
- so int'l can't claim it is a colony
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- 1936-1945
- japan started to attack north china below the wall!
- alliance with the GMD and the CCP to fight the common enemy of japan
- 1935 the CCP moved to nw china in Yanan for headquarters
- reasons for move
- constant attacks fro CKS and GMD
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- Shaanxi city in same province as Yangan
- CKS spied on the CCP and his allies see that they need to fight japan and hold secret meetings with the CCp
- dec 1936 CKS goes there himself and is held hostage by his own troops they tell him he has 2 choices
- untied with CCP (he chooses this one)
- or be killed
- He resents this
- unite for 1937-1938 of real cooperation
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| Marco polo Bridge Incident |
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- 1st event in the WWII in the Pacific
- 1937 beginning of the war
- occured slightly south of Beijing
- jap troops stationed legally in north china (boxer rebellion) and had another trick to get china to fight with them
- jap troops can't move during the night and they sent troops at night to walk around to see if they would react and of course they do and shot them
- this is the 1st battle of WWII and the fighting now continues for the rest of WWII
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- Japs attack the capitial of Nanjing and CKS doesn't do anything about it at first but now HE DOES!
- Diasterous for the Chinese
- 200,000 chinese citizens are killed
- 20,000-30,000 chinese women are raped by japanese troops
- japs win
- results:
- 1.CKS abandons nanjing moves to Chongqing that is surrounded by gorges and has rough terrain that the japs don't even attempt to conquer
- 2. attack published in the west and at this point was one of the worst atrocities of war the world had heard and this gains the chinese int'l sympathy but no moneye
- by 1938 the jap control 80% of chinese population
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