Initial Japanese victory
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Updated: 31 Mar 2024
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Created byAlexander Morgan
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Anti-Commintern PactMarco-Polo bridge incident 1937Rape of Nanking Dec 1937
-150,000 japanese (led by Matsui)
- 6 weeks
- 300,000 casualtiesTripartite Pact Sept 1940Japan enters North Indo-China Sept 1940
- to prevent arms to china (Sino-Vietnamese railway)Japanese-Soviet Neutrality PactImperial conference
- Great East Asia Plan formed
- Invades South Indochina JulyJapan out of LONBy end of 1948 most Chinese cities held by JapaneseBrussels Conference 1937
- Japan breach of 9-power treaty
- US isolationism + Other powers more concerned with own colonies
- Nothing happensPrince Konoe Succeeded by Hideki Tojo
- Hideki was tosei-ha (control faction)
- former minister of war; did not belive in diplomatic measures
- Konoe resigned as he didn't want to bring japan to warHull note- US Ultimatum
- fell throughPearl Harbour 7 dec 1941
- US and GB declare war on Japan (8th)
- Germany and Italy declare war on US (11th)IRAA formed (Imperial Rule Assistance Association)
- "Voluntary liquidation" of political partiesNational Mobilization Law
- march 1938
- rations, control of media, etc.Periods
ABCD encirclement/line
- US Export Control act 1940
Cuts oil, iron, and steel exports to Japan
- US 1941 Selling arms to China
- Britain freeze assets & Dutch restrict Oil
- US 1941 completely bans oil exports to japan
90% japan oil import, US 75%Oriental Blitzkrieg
- Sumatra Dutch east Indies 15 feb 1942
- Singapore feb 1942
- Philippines may 1942 + a lot of Burma
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