HIS284H5 Lecture Notes - Buffer Zone, Kim Il-Sung, Militarism
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2 - trying to get power from eastern part of world to defend from russia. Japanese and chinese canadians volunteered to fight for canada"s interest. Japanese prisoners of war was very heavy. 1 - follower mentality among military and citizens. 2 - rise in fascism and dictorship in other places as well. 3 - no one can morally say that japan can"t have a colony because other countries like england and russia ectalready did this. Democratic movement, had to be suppressed before war. 1 - tried to escape responsibilities to international laws by saying they are accidents. Usa took primary occupation of japan after war. 1 - asian ppl who suffered most under japanese imperial movement had nothing to do with japan (ppl impacted by this was only secondary) Against peace, conventional war crimes and humanity. All imprisoned were released eventually, no more then. 50 eligit war criminals were releasedwar crimes were ignored.
