From an isolated nation, to a world superpower; the modernisation and growth of Japan that led to its involvement in WWII
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Created by Gabriela Simoni
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Created by Gabriela Simoni
about 5 years ago
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Ultranationalism
Iwakura Mission
Meiji Restoration
Meiji Constitution
Privy Council
Diet
Military
Radical nationalism
Education
Special mission
Militarism
Shogun
Emperor
Industrialisation
WWI
Korea 1876 - 1905
Japan-Korea Treaty 1876
First Sino-Japanese War 1894-1895
Treaty of Shimonoseki
Tripartite Intervention
Taiwan
Russia
Anglo Japanese Alliance 1902
Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905
Boxer Rebellion 1899-1900
Treaty of Portsmouth 1905
Battle of Tsushima Straits 1905
Impact of Russo-Japanese War
Great Powers
Shantung Peninsula 1914
China 1915
21 demands
Paris Peace Conference 1919
League of Nations
Mandates
Japan is now an important military power
GOALS
Shidehara diplomacy
Washington Naval Conference 1921-1922
(5 power treaty)
4 Power Treaty 1922
9 Power Treaty 1922
London Naval Conference 1930
Economy
Zaibatsu
Economic crisis
26 February Incident
Political crisis
Peace Protection Law 1925
The Showa Restoration
Military factions
March Incident & October Incident 1931
League of Blood Incident 1932
15 May Incident
Toseiha Faction
China - Warlord Era 1916-1928
Manchuria
Northern Expedition
Newly united China
End of Shidehara diplomacy
Positive Policy 1927
The Manchurian Crisis
Mukden Incident 1931
Responses to Manchurian Crisis
Lytton Comission
Japan withdraws from LoN 1933
China signs Tanggu Truce 1933
Open Door Policy (US & China)
Stimson Doctrine
Japan's govt towards crisis
Debate on crisis
Second Sino-Japanese War 1937-1945
China Garrison Army
Umezu-He Agreement 1935
East Hebei Autonomous Council
Second London Naval Treaty 1935
Doihara Kenji-Qin Dechun Agreement 1935
Mengjiang 1936
Second United Front
Marco Polo Bridge Incident 1937
Actual Second Sino-Japanese War 1937-1945
(By its outbreak, Japanese military controlled govt and political parties were banned)
Nanjing Massacre
Chongqing
Further expansion in China
(rapid expansion from 1931-1937, mostly through treats and military action)
Responses to 2nd Sino-Japanese War
China appeals to League
Japanese & Soviet troops battled at Mongolia, May 1939
USA response to 2nd Sino-Japanese War
Germany's response to 2nd Sino-Japanese War
1936: Japan and Germany agreed to oppose communism in the Anti-Comintern Pact
Nazi-Soviet Pact, August 1939
(Non Agression Pact)
Japan alarmed
Tripartite Pact 1940
Neutrality Agreement 1941 (Japan and USSR)
Wuhan 1938
China's response to conflict with Japan
Collapse of Second United Front (Nationalists & Communists) against Japan, 1941
French Indochina
The oil embargo
Japanese planning by Admiral Yamamoto
The Hull Note, November 1941
Attack on Pearl Harbour, December 1941
Attacks on other US territories
Attacks on British territories
