Japan 1931-1945-Feb 18

East Asian Countries #8: Japan 1931-1945 

1930’s Great Depression

1931 Liutiaohu (Mukden) Incident (柳条湖事件) Manchuria=> Sino-Japanese War

-> 1932 Manchukuo under Pu Yi

1932 5.15 Incident: PM Inukai was murdered  歴代首相

1933 Withdrawal from the League of Nations (50+ states w/o US, 1920-1946)

1936 2.26 Coup attempt

Anti-communism The Axis Powers (Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, Italy)

=>1940 Tripartite Pact against Allies

1937 Marco Polo Bridge Incident (盧溝橋事件) China=> Second Sino-Japanese War

1938 National Mobilization Law (国家総動員法): government controls, nationalized industries, rations, price control

1939 Nazi Germany invaded Poland=> WWII

1940 Imperial Rule Assistance Association (大政翼賛会)

Democracy-> Imperial rule, totalitarianism, info control

1941 Pearl Harbor Attack (Dec.8) USA (Dec.7)=> The Pacific War

French Indochina (Vietnam)  British Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong Dutch East Indies (Indonesia)

1942 Midway, Leyte Gulf 

1944 Saipan/Guam-> Bombing by B29   1945 硫黄島、東京大空襲、沖縄、広島・長崎

Nazi  Pearl Harbor (2:41) Pacific War