Manchuria

Others point to 1931, when Japan seized Manchuria from China. Others to Italy’s invasion and defeat of Abyssinia (Ethiopia) in 1935, Adolf Hitler’s re-militarization of Germany’s Rhineland in 1936, the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939), and Germany’s occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1938 are sometimes…

Farewell, My Concubine is a Chinese film that presents the lives of two men who found great fame in Peking opera in 20th century China. While the film shows their skill within the art and the successful lives they gained with it, it also shows the hardships that they had to face as children, then later as adults when the government and society of China changes before them as they age. This film is not only a great introduction to the vibrant and beautiful art of Peking opera, but also provides a…

maintain peace, which lead to the treaty of versailles, would eventually take the turn for the worst. The clash of the nations would affect the lives who involved and lives of today 's society. The war of nations started with Japan’s invasion of Manchuria, which caught the attention of countries…

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,…

With The Kingdom of France, Austrian-led Holy Roman Empire, the Russian Empire, Bourbon Spain, and Sweden on the other side. The Russo-Japanese War was fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and Korea. Fighting over iron and other natural resources, Russia and Japan would eventually be forced to sign a treaty. Russia was humilated, Japan felt deprived of its assured victory.…

Japan had created a puppet state called Manchuria where they created more living space, more natural resources, and more minerals. The puppet state was a controlled state by Japan. Japan wanted to start expanding to take over everything, to get revenge, and to make it better for them. One reason…

China and gained the control of Korea, Taiwan, and the southern Manchurian Peninsula. Soon after the war a Tripartite Intervention was held between Japan, Germany, Russia, and France. Doing so Japan was forced to “return” the southern Peninsula of Manchuria. This…

For Japan, the 1920’s are generally depicted as a period of liberalization and democratization, contrasting fiercely with the militarism and imperialism of the 30’s, and the oppressive years before. While it is true that there were significant advancements to the rights of Japanese citizens during the 20’s, there was always a substantial undercurrent of dissent towards the corrupt bureaucratic diet and their allies in business. Liberal parties gradually faced more and more pressure from nearly…

Inquiry project-WW2 I recently changed my inquiry project topic from drugs effect on the brain to WW2. For my first blog post I am going to summarize World War two and the book I just finished, Front Lines by Michael Grant. WW2 was a war from 1939 to 1945 that involved over 30 countries, 100 million people and all of the great powers which would turn into 2 sides the Axis and the Allied. Marked by mass deaths of civilians, including the Holocaust in which approximately 11 million people were…

A Review on Freedom From Fear Freedom From Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945, by David M. Kennedy, is a historical work that describes the era of war and depression throughout the nineteenth century. David M. Kennedy is an prize-winning historian who specializes in American History. His work mainly focuses on depression and wartime America, and this book, Freedom From Fear, is what he is mostly known for, which he received Pulitzer Prize for History for writing it. The…