Week 10

Lecture: Total War in East Asia

• READ:  Chapter 26 – War and Aftermath in Japan (1931 – 1964) to answer DQ#9

• DQ#9 is Due
• Identifying Genocide
• Comparing/contrasting Nanjing to the Holocaust.

DQ #9

Why did Japan go to war with China in the 1930s? What were Japanese justifications for war?  How was Japanese aggression experienced by people in China? How did the war with Japan impact the ongoing conflict between the Nationalists and Communists in China? Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor? Why did Japan lose World War II? What impacts did the Allied Occupation have on Japan?