The Manchurian Crisis-
Causes-
• Threats to Japanese interests in Manchuria through Chinese Civil War
• The Depression
• Weak Japanese government
• Pressure from the army
Events-
• The Mukden incident, 18th September 1931
• Japanese occupation of Manchuria
• China appealed to League of Nations
• Lytton Commission sent
• Recommended withdrawal of Japanese troops and then a negotiated settlement
• Japan quit League of Nations when the Assembly adopted the recommendations,
February 1933
The Sino-Japanese War-
• Japan determined to bring Northern China under control
• Incident at Marco Polo Bridge, 7th July 1937
• Escalating conflict in China 1937-45
Impact on the other characters-
• Pressure put on British and French colonial possessions
• USSR supplied aid to China and reinforced Mongolian Border
• Axis Powers welcomed Japanese expansion, as it threatened Britain, France, and USA
• US Congress enforced strict neutrality despite Roosevelt’s attempt to draw closer to
Britain and France
The Road to Pearl Harbour-
• Japan’s aim of creating the Greater Asia Co-Prosperity sphere
• USA’s implacable hostility to the creation of a closed Japanese-dominated trade bloc
• Japan exploited German victory in Europe to strengthen position in Asia
• Japan signed Tripartite Pact with Italy and Germany, September 1940
• Japan occupied southern Indo-China, July 1941
• USA imposed oil embargo on Japan, July 1941
• 7th December- Japan attacked Pearl Harbour
• 8th December- USA declared war on France
• 9th December- Germany declared war on USA
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Causes-
• Threats to Japanese interests in Manchuria through Chinese Civil War
• The Depression
• Weak Japanese government
• Pressure from the army
Events-
• The Mukden incident, 18th September 1931
• Japanese occupation of Manchuria
• China appealed to League of Nations
• Lytton Commission sent
• Recommended withdrawal of Japanese troops and then a negotiated settlement
• Japan quit League of Nations when the Assembly adopted the recommendations,
February 1933
The Sino-Japanese War-
• Japan determined to bring Northern China under control
• Incident at Marco Polo Bridge, 7th July 1937
• Escalating conflict in China 1937-45
Impact on the other characters-
• Pressure put on British and French colonial possessions
• USSR supplied aid to China and reinforced Mongolian Border
• Axis Powers welcomed Japanese expansion, as it threatened Britain, France, and USA
• US Congress enforced strict neutrality despite Roosevelt’s attempt to draw closer to
Britain and France
The Road to Pearl Harbour-
• Japan’s aim of creating the Greater Asia Co-Prosperity sphere
• USA’s implacable hostility to the creation of a closed Japanese-dominated trade bloc
• Japan exploited German victory in Europe to strengthen position in Asia
• Japan signed Tripartite Pact with Italy and Germany, September 1940
• Japan occupied southern Indo-China, July 1941
• USA imposed oil embargo on Japan, July 1941
• 7th December- Japan attacked Pearl Harbour
• 8th December- USA declared war on France
• 9th December- Germany declared war on USA
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