Nina Matkava May 4 th Background Two empires two independent countries Japan v China War of Aggression July 7 1937 September 9 1945 Marco Polo Bridge near Beijing in a province called Warping ID: 830337
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Slide1
Second Sino-Japanese War
Nina Matkava
May 4
th
Slide2Background
Two empires, two independent countries
Japan v. China
“War of Aggression”
July 7, 1937 –
September 9, 1945
Marco Polo Bridge near Beijing, in a province called Warping
Slide3Research Questions
How did the war between those two great nations emerge?
What was the reason behind the second Sino-Japanese War?
What was China’s position on internal and foreign affairs?
What served as a cause of Japan’s defeat?
Slide4Leading Factors
Japan’s strong will to become regional hegemony
Resources
Weak China – great time to act
Power/Authority
Slide5Significance Of the War / Thesis Statement
Number of important reforms
Economic structural changes
Political
reform
Battles and protests
“The Significance of this war lies in the number of reforms, economic structural changes and political outcomes, due to different battles and protests taking place during those times in both nations.”
Slide6Japan v. China
Slide721 regular divisions of
462,000
well organized, well-trained officers and soldiers
1.5 million trained men in reserve
2.5 million partly trained forces
Extra forces – additional Manchurian, Mongolian, and Chinese puppet troops
Slide8Weak military
Torn apart between CCP (China’s Communist Party) and the nationalist Guomindang
Slide9China’s Internal Affairs
Poor internal sovereignty
National Crisis
Struggle between maintaining the same regime and establishing democratic government
Eight Principles
Slide10Delineation of Authority and Responsibility between the Central Government and the Local Government
Institution of Joint Provincial Office System
Promotion of Experimental Hsien
Initiation of New Hsien System
8 Main Principles . . .
5. Improvement in personnel administration
6. Maintenance of Local Security
7
. Implementation of Land Policy
8. Special Administrative Inspector System
Slide11Foreign Affairs
Moral support from People of Nations towards Chinese foreign policy
Banned trade with Japan
International Anti-Aggression Campaign
Slide12Conferences:
World Conference
to save China in London, United Kingdom (35 Nations)
Anti-Bombing Conference
in Paris, France (35 Nations)
Slide13Japan’s Surrender
External Powers
Atomic-bomb on
Hiroshima
(
August 6, 1945
)
3 days later
Soviet Union attacks the Japanese in Manchuria
August 9, 1945
– Another atomic-bomb on
Nagasaki
August 15, 1945
– Emperor Hirohito officially surrenders to the Allies
Signed on
September 2, 1945
Japanese forces in China surrendered officially on September 9, 1945
Slide14Citation
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, Frank.
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. New York: Macmillan, 1974.
Citation: Hu,
Puyu
.
A brief history of Sino-Japanese war
(1937-1945). Taipei, Taiwan: Chung Wu Publishing Co., 1974.
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.
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Slide15Questions?