Transcript L11c-GlobalWar

Lesson 13 - Part 2
WW II -- Global War, Global Strategy
Japan’s Road to War
Meanwhile ….
In the Western Pacific
Japan had been at war with China
since 1931
Japanese Expansion
Empire of Japan - 1910
Conquest of Korea
1910
Second Sino-Japanese War
1937 - 1945
Japan had been at war with China since 1931
Conquest of Manchuria
September 1931
Second Sino-Japanese War
1937 - 1945
Japan had been t war with China since 1931
Japanese Conquest
1937-1941
Nanking Massacre
December 1937
“The Rape of Nanking”
Over 300,000 people butchered
Background
Yangtze River Patrol
US Navy had a presence on Yangtze River 1856-1941
• Fallout from the “Unequal Treaties” negotiated by Western powers after
the Opium Wars (1839-1842 & 1856-1860)
Yangtze Patrol began 1922 as part of US Asiatic Squadron
• Protected US interests (shipping) along the river
Attack on USS Panay
December 12, 1937
USS Panay sinking - 12 Dec 1937
Attack on USS Panay
December 12, 1937
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Preliminary Events
Attack on Ship
Sinking of Ship
Thesis
The grand scope of World War II was determined
by a battle you never heard of fought before the
war in Europe began.
Japan’s Next Step
After China
Two factions in Japanese government
• “Northern” Faction (Northern Strike Group)
• Led by Army
• Favored move north into USSR
• “Southern” Faction (Southern Strike Group)
• Led by Navy
• Favored move south into Dutch East Indies
Events
July-August 1939
Battle of Khalkin Gol (Nomonhan)
The most significant battle you’ve never heard of!
A
Events
July-August 1939
Battle of Khalkin Gol (Nomonhan)
Soviet victory
Significance:
• Japan abandoned northern strategy
• Turned south
• Set up confrontation with US
• USSR able to divert resources toward
the west and Germany
• Established Gen. Georgi Zhukov as
armor commander
Reader’s Companion to Military History: Khalkin Gol
Japan’s Path to War
Increase in Militarism in Japanese society
Japan’s Path to War
Increase in Militarism in Japanese society
US moves Pacific Fleet to Hawaii (May 1940)
Great East-Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere declared (Aug 1940)
Move into northern French Indochina (Sep 1940)
Berlin-Rome-Tokyo Axis formed (Tripartite Pact, Sep 1940)
US embargos iron & steel exports to Japan (Sep 1940)
Vichy government accedes to Japanese request for bases in southern
Indochina (July 1941)
JapanJapan’s
Occupies
OilSouthern
Lifeline Indochina
1941
Cam Ranh Bay
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Japan’s Path to War
Increase in Militarism in Japanese society
US moves Pacific Fleet to Hawaii (May 1940)
Great East-Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere declared (Aug 1940)
Move into northern French Indochina (Sep 1940)
Berlin-Rome-Tokyo Axis formed (Tripartite Pact, Sep 1940)
US embargos iron & steel exports to Japan (Sep 1940)
Vichy government accedes to Japanese request for bases in southern
Indochina (July 1941)
US embargos shipments of oil to Japan (Aug 1941)
Events
December 7, 1941
US Pacific Fleet attacked at Pearl Harbor
Japanese Decision to War
Calculated risk?
or
Risky calculation?
Instruments of National Power
Diplomacy
Information
Military
Economic Power
Resolve
What did the Japanese miss?
Instruments of National Power
Economic Power
Allied and Axis GDP
http://www.onwar.com/articles/f0302.htm
Economic Power
Wikipedia
Instruments of National Power
Diplomacy
Information
Military
Economic Power
Resolve
What else did the Japanese miss?
Instruments of National Power
Diplomacy
Information
Resolve
Military
Economic Power
Resolve
What else did the Japanese miss?
Japanese Decision to War
"One can search military history in vain for an
operation more fatal to the aggressor."
Samuel Eliot Morison,
History of United States Naval Operations in World War II,
Vol. III, The Rising Sun in the Pacific
To be continued …
Lesson 14
WW II -- Battle of Britain
Lesson Objectives
• Understand the implications of strategic air warfare in World War II.
• Be able to describe and analyze the German strategy in the Battle of
Britain.
• Describe the impact of new technology on the Battle of Britain.
• Describe and analyze the strategic bombing campaign against
Germany.
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