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The Second Sino- Japanese War

The Second Sino- Japanese War. Why are we talking about this?. Next case study is the Nanjing Massacre Context: Second Sino-Japanese War. JAPAN. CHINA (prefix: “Sino-”). Nanjing. The Chinese Civil War. Dates: 1927-1936 and 1945-1950

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The Second Sino- Japanese War

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  1. The Second Sino-Japanese War

  2. Why are we talking about this? • Next case study is the Nanjing Massacre • Context: Second Sino-Japanese War

  3. JAPAN CHINA (prefix: “Sino-”) Nanjing

  4. The Chinese Civil War • Dates: 1927-1936 and 1945-1950 • War between Communists and Nationalists for control of China • Interrupted by Japanese invasion and WWII

  5. Communists and Nationalists Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Goals: reunify China; start socialist revolution Leader: Mao Zedong Kuomintang (KMT) • Goals: reunify China; establish republic • Leader: Chiang Kai-shek

  6. Japan Invades • 1931: Japan invades Manchuria • KMT ignores the Japanese to focus on the Communists • Japan establishes a puppet state called Manchukuo

  7. Now who wants China? 1. Communists 2. Nationalists 3. Japan

  8. The Second United Front • Date: 1937-1945 • Communists and Nationalists unite to drive out the Japanese • Nationalists do most of the fighting; Communists take time to regroup

  9. Second Sino-Japanese War • Date: 1937-1945 • Japan rapidly advances • Chiang’s strategy: trading space for time • 1940: stalemate • 1945: Japan surrenders in WWII and withdraws from China

  10. The Nanjing Massacre • Date: 1937 • Japanese troops slaughter 300,000 Chinese civilians, mostly women and children, in Nanjing • Widespread rape – estimated 20,000 • “The Rape of Nanjing”

  11. Exit Ticket 2 quiz questions + answers about this lecture content

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