JPN 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Pacific War, Japanese Communist Party, Hirohito
28 Nov 2016
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The us declared war on japan the next day. After the sino-japanese war, the us started to have an impact on the japanese economy. After japan advanced into central china, they couldn"t make any further progress because the nationalist gov. Dif cult, because local resistance supported the nationalist and communist parties. This slowed down the japanese advancement in china. Not enough fuel to make it back. The attack was successful (on the us) Greater east asia co-prosperity sphere- an imperial propaganda concept forced on asia in. 1940: a zone that centred on japan, manchukuo, and china and included french indochina and the netherlands east indies. If you"re between 16-40, you would likely be noti ed to go to war (men). For females, they had to do labour work, such as working in factories (both light and heavy industries). > particularly more prominent during the second half of the war.
