War in the Asia Pacific

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War in the Asia Pacific

• Combined As it was Lived and
• Crisis and Conflict

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Assignments

• History Package
• SEQ Section on War in the Pacific
• Bukit Merah MYE 2008 Questions (a) and (b)
• Due Date
• Question (a) Term 1 Week 10 (Last EH Lesson)
• Question (b) Term 2 Week 2 (First EH Lesson)

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Syllabus Requirements

• This is a purely SEQ Topic
• Students will be able to
• Investigate the extent to which peace was
  challenged in the Asia Pacific in the 1930s
• Analyse the reasons for the onset of World War II
  in the Asia Pacific

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Topic Approach

• Content Structure from Crisis and Conflict with
  additional details from As it was Lived
• Use of these slides and attached notes to prepare
  for this topic

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From Crisis Conflict

• Why was peace in the Asia-Pacific region
  threatened?
• This deals with the reasons that made war likely
• Japans foreign policy aims between 1931 and 1941
• To build an empire in the Asia-Pacific region
• To free Asians from Western control
• Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
• Find room for Japans growing population
• To control resources

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Japanese Propaganda Poster What can you infer
about the purpose of the poster?
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From Crisis Conflict

• Why was peace in the Asia-Pacific region
  threatened?
• This deals with the reasons that made war likely
• Japans military aggression
• Growing influence in Manchuria and Mainland China
• The military acting without government permission
• The Marco Polo Bridge Incident

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Marco Polo (Lu Gou) Bridge Incident
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From Crisis Conflict

• Why was peace in the Asia-Pacific region
  threatened?
• This deals with the reasons that made war likely
• The League of Nations
• Too weak to stop Japans invasion of Manchuria
• Poor relations between Japan and the West
• Western bias and Japanese hostility

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From Crisis Conflict

• Why did World War 2 break out in the Asia-Pacific
  region?
• This deals with the reasons that made Japan start
  the war
• Japans war against China
• International situation
• Japans neutrality agreement with the USSR
• War in Europe left European colonies in Asia
  neglected

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From Crisis Conflict

• Why did World War 2 break out in the Asia-Pacific
  region?
• This deals with the reasons that made Japan start
  the war
• Worsening relations between the USA and Japan
• Japan saw the USA as a threat to its plans to
  build an empire
• US embargo on steel, scrap iron and oil
• Breakdown of US-Japan talks in 1941

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From Crisis Conflict

• Why did World War 2 break out in the Asia-Pacific
  region?
• This deals with the reasons that made Japan start
  the war
• Hideki Tojo becomes Prime Minister
• Japan orders the attack of Pearl Harbour

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Hideki Tojo

• 40th Japanese Prime Minister
• Born into a military family and pursued a
  military career
• Sentenced to death for war crimes

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