The Problem of Japan - WW2

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The Problem of Japan

By Ellie, Lauren and Oli


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Japan in the 1920s

a!or e"onomi", military and imperial po#er

$t had se"ured% &ormosa 'present day Tai#an(,

)orea, all *ermany+s "olonies in hina and the

Pa"ifi" north of the e-uator. /ubstantial interests in an"huria, hina

onstitutional monar"hy, under Emperor

irohito. urin 1920s o3erned by a su""ession of

Liberal o3ernments.


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$mpa"t of epression

it Japan hard

estabilisin politi"al effe"t

*ro#in number of radi"al nationalists4 espe"ially in the army

5anted to pursue a poli"y of territorial

e6pansion


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an"huria

/eptember 1971

Japanese army units sei8ed a number of

points in an"huria They #ere a"tin #ithout orders from their

o3ernment

o#e3er, due to popular support theJapanese o3ernment did little to halt the

army


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rti"le 1:

on"ern that this may be in3o;ed

rti"le de"lared% $f any member of the

Leaue resorted to #ar, this #ould amountto an a"t of #ar aainst all other members

of the Leaue.

The Leaue #as then empo#ered to

sub!e"t the aressor to e"onomi"

san"tions.


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o#e3er, it #as not "lear that Japan had

"ommitted a


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Battleships in ba";round = Japanese militarism

The shell

fired from

the un

represents

the in3asionof

an"huria

$t blasts a hole

throuh all thetreaties that the

"ountries of the

#orld had made in

order to a"hie3e

pea"e. >enders

themmeaninless.

The messae of the "artoon is that, of Japan is prepared to betray

its treaty promises and the o3enant of the Leaue, all hopes of


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BritainCs rea"tion

ost politi"ians #ere "riti"al of Japan+s a"tion.

They #ould not re"onise an"hu;o as a state.

o#e3er, did not #ant a ma!or #ar #ith Japanbe"ause%

1. Britain had serious e"onomi" problems 1971472

2. &or"es in &ar East #ere limited

7. /ome sympathy for Japan, due to friendliness formany years. an"huria "ould possibly no# pro3ide a

barrier aainst /o3iet aressionD. Japan had brouht relati3e prosperity to an"huria, as

hina #as in a state of politi"al "haos.


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The Lytton ommission

Leaue of @ations set this up to loo; into therihts and #rons of the an"huria situation.

$n O"tober 1972, de"lared Japan+s rie3an"es#ere !ustified, but "ondemned its methods ofredressin those rie3an"es.

>e"ommended an"huria should ha3eautonomous status under hinese super3ision

Leaue a""epted this re"ommendations D2

3otes to 1 Japan, the only nation to 3ote aainst the

de"ision, #ithdre# from the Leaue.


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nlo4Japanese >elations

Britain "ondemned Japanese a"tion, but

did little else.

Japanese imperialism #as not seen as an

immediate daner.

$ndeed Japanese e6pansion in northern

hina "ould be seen as redu"in the ris;

of Japanese e6pansion in other areas

sensiti3e to Britain.


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