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The Second Sino Japanese War - Japanese Atrocities Against the Chinese The Second Sino Japanese War was one of great importance for the world as a whole. It is said to have been fought from 1937 till 1945 but many argue that this strife was much longer than those dates would imply. Not only did this war largely impact relations between Japan and China, but it made public many of the atrocities that the Japanese committed against the Chinese. While these atrocities had been ongoing for decades,…

Textbook A is the “New History Textbook” published by Fusosha, a Japanese publishing company, in 2005. This can be inferred based on the excerpt of Textbook A, which notably avoids the use of words with strong imagery - such as ‘massacre’ - in describing the event. The only comment on how “the Japanese military killed and wounded many Chinese soldiers and civilians” was made in passing as part of the footnotes, and its mention was accompanied with a note that stressed how “historical facts” are…

Tokyo, Japan. In 1899 Tojo entered the Army Cadet School. When Tojo graduated he was ranked 10th out of 363 cadets. In March of 1905 Hideki was commissioned as second lieutenant in the infantry of the IJA. 1928 Tojo became the Bureau Chief of the Japanese army. In the same year he was later promoted to Colonel. Tojo started to take pride in military politics and soon became a Major General in 1934. Hideki was involved with all types of politics. Tojo was a Fascist, Militarist, and Nationalist.…

liberation from the Japanese. These events were key to the CCP’s eventual victory over the nationalists. They were key not only in terms of military victories, but in persuading the Chinese people that the CCP cared for them far more than the “authoritarian” nationalist. And that a nationalist China would lead to the return of imperialism and misery for a majority of peasants. They were able to show that they were in tune with the people’s thought through an opposition to Japanese imperialism,…

throughout history, turned into a ruthless murder killing nearly millions of people during the second Sino-Japanese war. The 1938 Yellow River Flood, also known as “Huayuankou (Flower Garden mouth) embankment breach event” was one of the most severe ecological disaster and the largest act of environmental warfare in history. Though the flood was claimed to be a strategic decision in order to halt Japanese marching to Wuhan under a mood close to panic at that time , people kept questioning the…

Korean immigrants initially came to the United States for the same reasons as others, for economic reasons or to begin anew in a different country. However, after northern Korea was ceded to Japan, there was a shift in the actions and desires of the Korean immigrants that resided in the United States. These Korean immigrants changed from sojourning migrant laborers to political wanderers, fighting and promoting nationalism while also searching for other methods to assist their homeland.…

in 1912, officially ending Chinese dynasties. The era of Warlordism followed. Warlords were local bosses with private armies that had control over government. During the first World War, Chinese and Japanese tensions risened. Japan issued Twenty One demands in 1915. This led to a boycott of Japanese products in china and an increase in Nationalism. The may 4th movement showed the true emergence of Chinese nationalism. Chinese students protested the treaty of Versailles and the Chinese…

“N.O” by BTS –– No Offense to Education What’s your goal in life? Happiness? Success? Love? Whatever it may be, there’s no rea-son as to why you can’t achieve it––that’s what BTS is trying to tell us in their song “N.O.” Of-fering a futuristic view that is an astute commentary on South Korea’s restrictive culture, particu-larly among young people, “N.O” shouts power and invulnerability––telling adolescents to not tolerate monotonous goals set by adults and to find their own happiness before…

The Nanking Massacre. The invasion of China by the Japanese before and during the World War II lasted from 1930 to 1945. During this period, the Japanese military motivated by an unconscionable wish for expansion, aggression and imperialism commited major crimes. The atrocities and brutalities committed by Japanese military ended with destruction on Japanese soil-the atomic bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima in 1945. The victims’ of Japanese militarists’ aggression included peace-loving and…

Their Repatriation,” he argues that Sakhalin Korean were put in an awkward position that they were forced to leave their hometown to settle down in Sakhalin as soldiers, workers and comfort women under the colonization of Imperial Japan, but both Japanese government and South Korean government did not make obligated efforts to the repatriation of Sakhalin Korean to South Korea while Soviet government presented indifferent attitude towards this issue after the war between Imperial Japan and…