Japan invades China
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Japan invades China A look into the second Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
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Japan invades China. A look into the second Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945. Japan invades Manchuria, 1931-1932. Second Sino-Japanese War. July 1937 – Japan invades China using Manchuria as a base for troops Compare strategy in 1937 (red) and 1939 (yellow). Rape of Nanjing. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Japan invades ChinaA look into the second Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
Japan invades Manchuria, 1931-1932
Second Sino-Japanese War
July 1937 – Japan invades China using Manchuria as a base for troops
Compare strategy in 1937 (red) and 1939 (yellow)
Rape of Nanjing
Nanjing was the Chinese capital at the timeJapanese senior officers allowed troops to ransack
Nanjing, murdering thousands as they went alongCasualties range from 100,000 to over 250,000 deathsChiang Kai-Shek had to establish a new capital at
Chongqing
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
Facing a stalemate in China, Japan turns its attention to the United States and attacks Pearl Harbor
Japan stretched
Japan is now fighting three enemies: China, the USA, and Russia.
Much like Germany having to fight on multiple fronts, Japan’s military is stretched.
End of the war for Japan
With troops stretched thin, a stalemate in China, and US troops advancing rapidly on Japan, things were not looking good
August 6, 1945, the US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima
The impact of the Atomic Bombs
70,000 Japanese citizens were immediately vaporized, an additional 100,000 died from burns and radiation sickness
Three days later, another bomb was dropped on Nagasaki- 80,000 vaporized
August 14, 1945, Japan surrendered
