HIST 11051 Lecture Notes - Lecture 38: Chinese People In Japan
28 Apr 2019
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Western criticism led japan to withdraw from league of nations. By 1936, japan was more closely aligned with germany/italy. 1940 1941: japan launched conquest of european colonies (indochina, malaya, 1937: major attack on the chinese heartland started wwii in asia. Burma, indonesia, and the philippines: presented themselves as liberators of their fellow asians, december 1941: attack on pearl harbor, world war ii: axis 1939 - 1942. Blitzkrieg: germany conquers western europe : 1939 1940. Blitzkrieg: lightening war of tank, air, mobility. Battle of the atlantic: german subs against british convoys. Battle of britain: british defeat german airforce. The german invasion of the soviet union. Germans ill-prepared for war, stalled at stalingrad. U. s. support of the allies before pearl harbor. Roosevelt sold, "loaned" arms , war material to uk. Later supplied the soviets and the chinese. Usa responded by freezing japanese assets, used oil embargo. Demanded withdrawal from china and southeast asia.
