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Prelude and Pacific War

Prelude and Pacific War. Discussion questions: China. The basics of Communist ideology Who were some important early Chinese Communists? How was the early Communist movement organized? What motivated the formation of the United Front? What caused its demise? What was the impact on the CCP?

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Prelude and Pacific War

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  1. Prelude and Pacific War

  2. Discussion questions: China • The basics of Communist ideology • Who were some important early Chinese Communists? • How was the early Communist movement organized? • What motivated the formation of the United Front? • What caused its demise? • What was the impact on the CCP? • What are some of the important elements of the life story of Mao? • What innovation did Mao bring to Communist ideology? (516-7) • What were some important policies initiated by the Nationalists after the 1927 Northern Expedition? • In the cultural sphere? In foreign relations? • What was Chiang Kai-shek's role in the Nanjing government? • How would you evaluate his leadership? • What distinguished Shanghai from other Chinese cities? • Describe the life of a Shanghai factory worker. Prelude and Pacific War

  3. Discussion questions: China • What led to the Long March? • What effect did it have on the Chinese Communist movement? • How did Japan justify further incursions into China? • What was Chiang Kai-shek's priority in the mid-1930s? • Evaluate Japan's treatment of China after 1936. • What seems to have caused the Rape of Nanjing? • How did Japan's expanding invasion affect the Communist movement? • How did Mao gain control of the Communist movement? • How did the People's Liberation Army (PLA) win its war with the Nationalists? • What made the Nationalists so unpopular? Prelude and Pacific War

  4. Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere What was it and why was it important? Prelude and Pacific War

  5. Japan’s Pacific War • What were some factors leading to Japan's increasing militarization in the 1930s? • What role did junior officers play? • What steps did Japan take to put itself on a war footing? (533-4) • How did Western nations respond? • What was the Potsdam Declaration? • What did it call for? Prelude and Pacific War

  6. Pacific War statistics • Chinese civilians killed at Nanjing: • ~80,000-100,000 • Japanese civilians killed in the firebombing of Tokyo: • ~80,000-100,000 • Deaths in Okinawa: • 62,500 • A-bomb deaths • ~180,000 Prelude and Pacific War

  7. Wartime “fashion” Women in mompe during wartime Prelude and Pacific War

  8. Education and Propaganda • Children at Naka-Meguro school, Tokyo • pledging allegiance to the Imperial Rescript on Educationand imperial regalia Prelude and Pacific War

  9. Homefront war production Mitsubishi aircraft plant Prelude and Pacific War

  10. Homefront production Exhortation to increase production of staple foods in support of the war effort Prelude and Pacific War

  11. WWII – Japan’s Homefront • Women exhorted to support the war effort • Woman as compassionate Kannon Prelude and Pacific War

  12. Homefront war support The various measures taken to aid the war effort Prelude and Pacific War

  13. Wartime political commentary “sweep away ‘Westernisms’ like dandruff out of hair” Prelude and Pacific War

  14. Conclusions • Japan fell into war as a result of: • Social, political, and economic turmoil in the first half of the 20th century • Unwise foreign adventurism – following the Western colonial model • An inability to keep its military in check • Even today, Japan has not officially fully confronted its wartime past. Prelude and Pacific War

  15. War Without Mercy • What is the main argument of this chapter? • How does Dower make the argument? • What evidence does Dower offer in support of his argument? • What do we learn from the examples he gives? • Anything surprising or interesting? • Compare and contrast Japanese propaganda about the Allies with US propaganda about Japan. Prelude and Pacific War

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