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Japan Builds an Empire

Japan Builds an Empire. WWII notes. During WWI Japan joined the Allies Conquered several areas in the pacific After the war they began a parliamentary system and increased the number of people who could vote Helped found the League of Nations

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Japan Builds an Empire

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  1. Japan Builds an Empire WWII notes

  2. During WWI Japan joined the Allies • Conquered several areas in the pacific • After the war they began a parliamentary system and increased the number of people who could vote • Helped found the League of Nations • Pledged to solve all disagreements peacefully (Kellogg-Briand Pact)

  3. Manchurian Incident • Japan took over Manchuria because… • Needed land and resources for its growing population • Claimed that Chinese soldiers tried to blow up a railway line • Manchuria was now the independent sate of Manchukuo, under Japanese protection • Became a puppet state

  4. Manchurian Incident • League of Nations ordered Japan to give up Manchukuo • Japan refuses and withdraws from the League of Nations • This incident increased the power of the Japanese army • Radicals wanted complete control so they assassinated the prime minister • An uprising in 1936 led to murder of government officials • Civilian politicians feared for their lives so they did not criticize the military • Military gains complete control of government and uses Manchuria as a base for further expansion in Asia

  5. War against China • Japan wanted to expand and looked toward Beijing and Tianjing • Japan’s superior weapons were able to beat the size of China’s army • Japan’s planed bombed cities • “Rape of Nanjing”- Japanese soldiers brutalized or killed at least 100,000 citizens • US and other nations spoke out against Japan and international aggression • “the epidemic of world lawlessness is spreading”-FDR

  6. War Against China • Congress passed a series of Neutrality Acts to keep US out of foreign conflicts • Soviets also concerned and gave arms, military advisors, and war planes to China • Britain sent supplies through the Burma Road • By 1939 the war with China reached a stalemate • Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere- Statement from the prime minister that they would expand territory to Dutch East Indies • Declared that they would liberate Asia from European control • But really wanted natural resources to continue war with China • In 1940 Japan allied with Germany and Italy through the Tripartite Pact

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