Hist
104, Lecture 14:
Japanese Empire Building
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South Manchurian Railway Company, The
Manchurian Incident, The Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-45), The Nanjing
Massacre, Tripartite Alliance, Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere
1.
Foundations for a New Japanese State and Empire
a.
From “Leaving Asia” to “Entering
Asia”
b. Toward a “Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere”
a. Institution-building
and military rule, 1910-1919
b. Economic development and cultural persuasion, 1919-1936
c. Totalitarian control and Japanization, 1936-1945
3. Manchuria
a. South Manchurian
Railway Co. and Japanese settlers, 1906-
b. Kwantung Army’s political control of Manchuria, 1928-
c. Manchurian Incident (Sept. 1931); establishment of puppet state
of Manchukuo, 1932
4. Aggression
on the Continent and the Undeclared War against China
a. Marco Polo
Bridge Incident, July 7, 1937
b. The Nanjing Massacre, December 13, 1937 (+ several weeks)
c. Japanese southern advance into China
5. War
against the Allies
a. Tripartite
Alliance with Germany and Italy (fall 1940)
b. U.S. embargoes steel and demands withdrawal of Japanese from China
c. Japan attacks U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941
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