HISB58H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Mukden Incident, Second United Front, Appeasement
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*the marco polo bridge incident (july 7, 1937) was the formal start to the anti-jap. war. Treated as backward and uncivilized like the chinese. *all provided public supp. f/ jap. to grab cheap labour, markets, etc to use imperialist tactics that westerners had been using before. Supernatural power (pegasus flying over the globe); represents their sense of mission to dominate white races and the world; bring world under its control by defeating western powers and strengthening its milit. force. *1930 jap. prime minister assassinated for being too rightist and forsaking jap. interests. The mukden incident (sept. 18, 1931) - jap abandoned relations with euro. powers and felt entitled to grab the largest territory in asia (china) wanted to civilize china and to help. Westerners weren"t popular in asia because many countries were former colonies of euro. powers. Zhang xueliang took chiang as prisoner (b/c enemy wasn"t jap. but the ccp) Formed the second united front against the japanese, early 1937.
