HIST 1F95 Lecture Notes - Hirohito, Marco Polo Bridge Incident
Document Summary
Outline: aggression in china, the axis, the pacific war. In may 1932, army and navy officers assassinated the prime minister. In 1936 there was an attempted coup d" tat. Khalkin gol- battle between japanese and soviets in outer mongolia. In the late 1930"s, over of japanese military leaders were killed. The japanese diplomats in 1939 took a very pro-western stance. Japanese wanted to cut off chinese supply routes. Navy was worried the americans would place an oil embargo on japan. Summer 1941, american sympathies were with the british, however the us had not yet directly involved in the war. The germans attacked russia combined with request for japan to attack russia also. 90% japan"s oil supplies were cut when americans placed a total embargo on oil supplies to japan. Japan needed oil to pursue this fight, the military decided to go to war. Aim- carve out sphere where they could control themselves more efficiently.
