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China is in 4th year of Japanese resistance 1939-40
Chinese people face possibility of race without a nation
Salient geographic areas are resource areas in SE Asia (like bauxite, iron, and mostly petroleum) |
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Tri-Partied treaty
from Japan's point of view: want US to stay out of this because for Japan this would be a 2 front war and US would conduct stronger policies |
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| Iriye's ideas toward the possibility of the US getting involved |
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| Roosevelt's threat in July 1940 to cancel sanctions, but instead later increases them: a calculated bluff |
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| Geo-political background of Axis power Treaty |
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Fall of France and Netherlands before Nazi offensive
Defeat of British during evacuations, and British struggling
Germany launch air forces to gain air superiority
Power vacuum in SE Asia (countries that have territories there -like Britain and France- no longer are as powerful) |
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1. Japan pledges for leadership in Europe
2. Germany and France pledge for leadership in Japan
3. refers to US and USSR, two that were possible of alliances, Germany, Italy, and Japan would help each other out economically and militarily |
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| Japanese/Soviet Neutrality Agreement |
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| It wasn't Soviet Union that tri-partied treaty was directed at |
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| Japanese army: start of Pearl Harbor and by end of 1942 |
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Just as strong as blitzkrieg
Using same force again and again
Bring these SE Asia resource areas |
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Japan's war leader - July 1940
Leader of pro-war faction, pushes Axis Treaty
From his perspective: once in a lifetime opportunity to pursue the SE Asia lands
Matsuoka: foreign minister, one that provides diplomatic background for Japan's war |
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