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Lesson 13 - Part 2
WW II -- Global War, Global StrategyJapan’s Road to War
Meanwhile ….In the Western Pacific
Japan had been at war with China since 1931
Japanese ExpansionEmpire of Japan - 1910
Conquest of Korea1910
Second Sino-Japanese War
Japan had been at war with China since 1931
1937 - 1945
Conquest of ManchuriaSeptember 1931
Second Sino-Japanese War
Japan had been t war with China since 1931
1937 - 1945
Japanese Conquest1937-1941
Nanking MassacreDecember 1937
“The Rape of Nanking”
Over 300,000 people butchered
Yangtze River PatrolBackground
US Navy had a presence on Yangtze River 1856-1941• Fallout from the “Unequal Treaties” negotiated by Western powers after the Opium Wars (1839-1842 & 1856-1860)
Yangtze Patrol began 1922 as part of US Asiatic Squadron• Protected US interests (shipping) along the river
Attack on USS PanayDecember 12, 1937
USS Panay sinking - 12 Dec 1937
Attack on USS PanayDecember 12, 1937
Attack on ShipPreliminary Events Sinking of Ship
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Thesis
The grand scope of World War II was determined by a battle you never heard of fought before the war in Europe began.
Japan’s Next StepAfter China
Two factions in Japanese government
• “Northern” Faction (Northern Strike Group)
• Led by Army
• Favored move north into USSR
• “Southern” Faction (Southern Strike Group)
• Led by Navy
• Favored move south into Dutch East Indies
Events
July-August 1939 Battle of Khalkin Gol (Nomonhan)
The most significant battle you’ve never heard of!
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Events
July-August 1939 Battle of Khalkin Gol (Nomonhan)
• Japan abandoned northern strategy
Reader’s Companion to Military History: Khalkin Gol
Soviet victory
Significance:
• Turned south • Set up confrontation with US
• USSR able to divert resources toward the west and Germany• Established Gen. Georgi Zhukov as armor commander
Japan’s Path to WarIncrease in Militarism in Japanese society
Japan’s Path to War
Increase in Militarism in Japanese society
US moves Pacific Fleet to Hawaii (May 1940)
US embargos iron & steel exports to Japan (Sep 1940)
Vichy government accedes to Japanese request for bases in southern Indochina (July 1941)
Great East-Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere declared (Aug 1940)
Move into northern French Indochina (Sep 1940)
Berlin-Rome-Tokyo Axis formed (Tripartite Pact, Sep 1940)
Japan’s Oil Lifeline1941
.Cam Ranh Bay
Japan Occupies Southern Indochina
Japan’s Path to War
Increase in Militarism in Japanese society
US moves Pacific Fleet to Hawaii (May 1940)
US embargos iron & steel exports to Japan (Sep 1940)
Vichy government accedes to Japanese request for bases in southern Indochina (July 1941)
US embargos shipments of oil to Japan (Aug 1941)
Great East-Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere declared (Aug 1940)
Move into northern French Indochina (Sep 1940)
Berlin-Rome-Tokyo Axis formed (Tripartite Pact, Sep 1940)
Events
December 7, 1941 US Pacific Fleet attacked at Pearl Harbor
Japanese Decision to War
Calculated risk?
Risky calculation?
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Instruments of National Power
Diplomacy
Information
Military
Economic Power
Resolve
What did the Japanese miss?
Instruments of National Power
Allied and Axis GDPhttp://www.onwar.com/articles/f0302.htm
Economic Power
Economic Power
Wikipedia
Instruments of National Power
Diplomacy
Information
Military
Economic Power
Resolve
What else did the Japanese miss?
Instruments of National Power
Diplomacy
Information
Military
Economic Power
Resolve
What else did the Japanese miss?
Resolve
Japanese Decision to War
"One can search military history in vain for an operation more fatal to the aggressor."
Samuel Eliot Morison, History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Vol. III, The Rising Sun in the Pacific
To be continued …
Lesson 14
WW II -- Battle of Britain
Lesson Objectives
• Understand the implications of strategic air warfare in World War II.
• Be able to describe and analyze the German strategy in the Battle of Britain.
• Describe the impact of new technology on the Battle of Britain.
• Describe and analyze the strategic bombing campaign against Germany.
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