An event which had a major impact on society was the invasion of Manchuria, in China. In September 1931, the Japanese Imperial Army sabotaged their own railway and then claimed that the Chinese terrorists had done it. So the Japanese army attacked the Chinese army. The Japanese then went on to conquer Manchuria and were successful by February 1932. There were a number of important causes to this invasion including the Great Depression, Manchuria was an easy target as it suited Japans needs. Also The Japanese army had strong control over their government. The invasion had a major impact on society for reasons including, The league of Nations showing the world that they have no teeth which impacted on many societies as Other countries
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They used men as slaves to work in the mines and the women as prostitutes. Perhaps the worst thing that happened impacting on the Chinese people was when the Japanese army became out of control and raped and killed over 200,000 people whilst continuing their invasion pf Manchuria into Nanking this event was probably the most horrific impact on the Chinese aside from Unit 371. Unit 371 was a research facility set up in the puppet state Manchuko and claimed that it was an epidemic prevention and water purification plant when in actual fact it was a site used for experiments on disease and weapon testing using Chinese prisoners and a few prisoners of war. Although an exact number is not known it thought that tens of thousands of men woman and children died of a result of these disturbing experiments which included injecting of diseases like syphllis and gonorrhoea to see the effects (which were disguised as vaccinations.) Many woman were raped and then forced into pregnancy, after infected with STIS to study the effect it had on the child born. There was also frost bit testing where victims were left until their limbs froze and then the best way to treat frostbite was investigated, often involving extremely painful practices and many people died from this. They also lined people up for target particle and experiment on weapon …show more content…
It was caused by the great depression, and how Manchuria suited Japans desperate needs to help them out of the depression. It was also a time when both the Japanese and the Chinese governments were weak and could be easily overpowered by Japans military. These political issues topped off with the league of Nations being weak and unwilling to do anything about the crisis in china provided an example for the rest of the world, and many countries would soon follow Japans lead and invade other countries. Which would have a flow on effect and impact upon most societies around world. Eventually this lead to world war 2, in which nearly every society in the world was impacted upon. This was the worst impact for Global society, However the Chinese people would suffer the most having their society deeply impacted on for 15 years as the Japanese continued to invade and enslave, torture, rape, kill and medically experiment on the people of
They used men as slaves to work in the mines and the women as prostitutes. Perhaps the worst thing that happened impacting on the Chinese people was when the Japanese army became out of control and raped and killed over 200,000 people whilst continuing their invasion pf Manchuria into Nanking this event was probably the most horrific impact on the Chinese aside from Unit 371. Unit 371 was a research facility set up in the puppet state Manchuko and claimed that it was an epidemic prevention and water purification plant when in actual fact it was a site used for experiments on disease and weapon testing using Chinese prisoners and a few prisoners of war. Although an exact number is not known it thought that tens of thousands of men woman and children died of a result of these disturbing experiments which included injecting of diseases like syphllis and gonorrhoea to see the effects (which were disguised as vaccinations.) Many woman were raped and then forced into pregnancy, after infected with STIS to study the effect it had on the child born. There was also frost bit testing where victims were left until their limbs froze and then the best way to treat frostbite was investigated, often involving extremely painful practices and many people died from this. They also lined people up for target particle and experiment on weapon …show more content…
It was caused by the great depression, and how Manchuria suited Japans desperate needs to help them out of the depression. It was also a time when both the Japanese and the Chinese governments were weak and could be easily overpowered by Japans military. These political issues topped off with the league of Nations being weak and unwilling to do anything about the crisis in china provided an example for the rest of the world, and many countries would soon follow Japans lead and invade other countries. Which would have a flow on effect and impact upon most societies around world. Eventually this lead to world war 2, in which nearly every society in the world was impacted upon. This was the worst impact for Global society, However the Chinese people would suffer the most having their society deeply impacted on for 15 years as the Japanese continued to invade and enslave, torture, rape, kill and medically experiment on the people of