Second Sino-Japanese War

Examples of Second Sino-Japanese War in the following topics:

• Japanese Incursions into China

  • The Second Sino-Japanese War lasted from July 7, 1937 to September 2, 1945.
  • The Second Sino-Japanese War was the largest Asian war in the 20th century.
  • The second Sino-Japanese war continued into World War II, with Chinese Communists and Nationalists in a temporary and uneasy nominal alliance against the Japanese.
  • Soldiers from the Japanese army entering Nanking in 1938, as part of Japan's incursion into China during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
  • Describe the events leading up to the Japanese invasion of Manchuria, and the subsequent Second Sino-Japenese War.

• The Rise of Japan

  • In response to post-World war I disarmament efforts, a movement opposing the idea of limiting the size of Japanese military grew within the junior officer corps.
  • From September 1932, the Japanese were becoming more locked into the course that would lead them into World War II, with Sadao Araki leading the way.
  • Various nationalist initiatives were intended to mobilize the Japanese society for a total war against the West.
  • The invasion started what would become known as the Second Sino-Japanese War, which after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 would merge into the greater conflict of World War II as a major front of what is broadly known as the Pacific War.
  • The Second Sino-Japanese War was the largest Asian war in the 20th century.

• Japanese Aggression

  • The invasion began what would become known as the Second Sino-Japanese War, which after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 would merge into the greater conflict of World War II as a major front of what is broadly known as the Pacific War.
  • The Second Sino-Japanese War was the largest Asian war in the 20th century.
  • It accounted for the majority of civilian and military casualties in the Pacific War, with anywhere between 10 and 25 million Chinese civilians and over 4 million Chinese and Japanese military personnel dying from war-related violence, famine, and other causes.
  • January 1942 marked one of the worst defeats suffered by the Americans, leaving over 70,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war in the custody of the Japanese.
  • Midway was a decisive defeat for the Japanese, and proved to be the turning point of the war.

• Attack on Pearl Harbor

  • In 1937, Japan invaded China, starting what would become known as the Second Sino-Japanese War.  
  • After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the war would merge into the greater conflict of World War II as a major front of what is broadly known as the Pacific War.
  • Of the eight damaged, two were raised, and with four repaired, six battleships returned to service later in the war.
  • One Japanese sailor was captured.
  • The following day (December 8), the United States declared war on Japan.

• Roosevelt's Second Term

  • In contrast to his first term, little major legislation was passed in FDR's second term.
  • When the Sino-Japanese War broke out that year, public opinion favored China, and Roosevelt found various ways to assist that nation.
  • In sharp contrast to the loans of World War I, there would be no repayment after the war.
  • Quezon, the second President of the Philippines, in Washington
  • Discuss the limits on Roosevelt's New Deal efforts during his second term

• The Battle of Leyte Gulf

  • The Battle of Leyte Gulf is generally considered the largest naval battle of World War II and possibly the largest naval battle in history.
  • The Battle of Leyte Gulf, also called the Battles for Leyte Gulf, and formerly known as the Second Battle of the Philippine Sea, is generally considered to be the largest naval battle of World War II and, by some criteria, possibly the largest naval battle in history.
  • In particular, US strategists hoped to deprive Japanese forces and industry of vital oil supplies.
  • The majority of its surviving heavy ships, deprived of fuel, remained in their bases for the rest of the Pacific War.
  • Kamikaze strikes were first used by the Japanese in the Battle of Leyte Gulf

• The Open Door Policy

  • In the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895, China at the time faced imminent threat of being partitioned and colonized by imperialist powers such as Britain, France, Russia, Japan and Germany.
  • After winning the Spanish–American War of 1898, with the newly acquired territory the Philippine Islands, the United States increased its Asian presence and was expecting to further its commercial and political interest in China.
  • Under these conditions, the Monroe Doctrine was used to justify American intervention abroad multiple times throughout the nineteenth century, most notably in the Spanish-American War and with the Annexation of Hawaii.

• MacArthur's Leapfrogging

  • Operation Cartwheel (1943–1944) was a major military strategy in the Pacific theater of World War II that aimed at militarily neutralizing the major Japanese base at Rabaul and was directed by the Supreme Allied Commander in the South West Pacific Area (SWPA)—General Douglas MacArthur.
  • Operation Cartwheel (1943–1944) was a major military strategy for the Allies in the Pacific theater of World War II.
  • Marshall, whose main goal was for the U.S. to concentrate its efforts against Nazi Germany in Europe and not against the Japanese in the Pacific, proposed a compromise plan in which the task would be divided into three stages, the first under Navy command and the second two under MacArthur's direction and the control of the Army.
  • In early November, MacArthur's plan for a westward advance along the coast of New Guinea to the Philippines was incorporated into plans for the war against Japan.
  • MacArthur eventually caught the Japanese off balance and cut off Japanese forces in the Wewak area.

• Indochina: The Background to War

  • The opposition against the French imperial presence, competing factions in Vietnam, and involvements of Western powers, China, and the Soviet Union led to the First Indochina and later Second Indochina Wars.
  • Following the cessation of fighting and the beginning of the Imperial Japanese occupation, the French colonial authorities collaborated with the Japanese.
  • The French continued to run affairs in Indochina, but ultimate power resided in the hands of the Imperial Japanese.
  • The war gradually escalated into the Second Indochina War, more commonly known as the Vietnam War in the West and the American War in Vietnam.
  • Summarize the factors leading up to the First and Second Indochina Wars.

• Changing Roles for Women

  • They were kept far from combat, but 67 were captured by the Japanese in the Philippines in 1942 and were held as Prisoners of War (POWs) for over two-and-a-half years.
  • Five Navy nurses were captured by the Japanese on the island of Guam and held as POWs for five months before being exchanged.
  • A second group of 11 Navy nurses were captured in the Philippines and held for 37 months.
  • The Navy refused to accept Japanese-American women throughout World War II.
  • By the end of the First World War, 24 percent of workers in aviation plants, mainly located along the coasts of the United States, were women and yet this percentage was easily surpassed by the beginning of the Second World War.