WWII

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WWII

• Second Sino-Japanese War

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Second Sino-Japanese War

• 1936 Chiang Kai-shek was kidnapped
• Kidnapped by the communists
• In order to be freed, had to agree to fight the
  Japanese with the communists
• July 7, 1937 - Marco Polo Bridge Incident took
  place

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Marco Polo Bridge Incident

• Loss would isolate Beijing
• Japan tried to purchase this land, with no
  success
• Chinese soldiers stationed in the area
• 1937 Japanese soldiers carried out training near
  the bridge
• Did not warn the Chinese
• Japan thought Chinese had captured a guard

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Incident Continued

• July 8th the Japanese entered China and opened
  fire
• Cease fire was negotiated
• Japanese continued to fight
• By late July, full scale fighting took off

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Japan Moved to Soviet Union

• Japan pushed through Manchuria toward the Soviet
  Union
• Soviet Union defeated the Japanese badly
• Uneasy peace would last between the Japanese and
  Soviets until 1945
• Japan would again focus to the south

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Japan Continued

• 1940 Japan signed a military alliance with Italy
  and Germany
• Japan cut links between China and other nations
• China had no major military, communist used
  guerilla warfare
• By 1941 they were in a stalemate
• Japan held the north and central China, while the
  Chinese held the south

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Western Response

• U.S., Australia, the Dutch, and Britain stopped
  selling resources to the Japanese
• Petroleum
• Iron Ore
• Steel
• Imported oil made up 80 of domestic consumption
• Japanese could not continue much longer in China

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Western Continued

• Japans economy could grind to a halt
• Japan started planning to attack Western
  interests
• Eastern Plan
• Southern Plan

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Eastern Plan

• U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor
• Seizure of the Philippines
• Cut U.S. lines of communication by seizing Guam
  and Wake

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U.S. Pacific Fleet
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Philippines
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Guam
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Wake Island
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Southern Plan

• Attack Malaya (British) and Hong Kong
• Then attack Bismarck Archipelago
• Java
• Sumatra
• Isolating Australia and New Zealand

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Malaya
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Hong Kong
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Bismarck Archipelago
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Java
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Sumatra
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Australia and New Zealand