Fascist Ideology in Japan during the 1930's

The aftermath of the Great Depression resulted in an international surge of fascism and the creation of several fascist regimes that adopted fascist policies. The most important new fascist regime was Nazi Germany, under the leadership of Adolf Hitler. With the rise of Hitler and the Nazis to power in 1933, liberal democracy was dissolved in Germany, Nazis mobilized the country for war, with expansionist territorial aims against several countries. 

Timeline showing the steps of aggressive expansion by nations

The war in the Pacific started on December 7, 1941, when Japanese warplanes launched a surprise attack on an American Navy base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. By this time Japan has been in war with China for several years and has successfully seize the territory of Manchuria. After the Pearl Harbor attack, Japan began a massive campaign of expansion throughout the Southeast Asia-Pacific region. This provoked the Americans to wage war against the Japanese. There were a number of naval attacks but this climaxed in the Battle of Midway on Jun. 3-6, 1942, in which Japan suffered a catastrophic defeat. The war continued throughout the Pacific in 1944 and early 1945. This included a number of major attacks namely the ones in Leyte, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. By the late spring of 1945, most of Japan's conquest was liberated. When the Allied Forces was closing in to Japan mainland they began to hold a heavy bombing campaign against major cities which included Japan and many more. This continued until early August they finally dropped two bombs on two cities namely Hiroshima on August 6 and Nagasaki on August 9. Japan was stunned by the devastation therefore they surrendered a few days later.

Penalties on Japan and reconciliation with harmed countries  

According to the treaty of San Francisco (Treaty of Peace with Japan) which was an agreement between 48 nations. They agreed that Japan would pay ¥1.03 trillion for the countries whom renounced reparations from Japan. ¥72,000,000,000 ( US $ 200,000,000) will be going to Burma, ¥198,000,000,000 ( US $ 550,000,000) will be going to Philippines,  ¥ 80,388,000,000 (US $ 223,080,000) will be going to Indonesia, ¥14,400,000,000 (US $ 38,000,000) will be going to Vietnam,  With a total of  ¥364,348,800 ( US $ 1,012,080).

Accounts of Veterans and Witnesses of World War 2

Fleet Commander, Vice Admiral Nagumo

• He is a Japanese fighter jet pilot during the Pearl Harbor attack. He was shocked because they were unchallenged in their command of the skies. 

Lt. Colonel William Dyess

• Lieutenant Colonel William Dyess is from the American Army to help the Filipinos to get their freedom from the Japanese. He was shocked that the Japanese land fleet was very prepared to go to an all out combat with them until they were driven to their last stand in Corregidor, Bataan. He was also a part of the Bataan Death march which he endured the harshness of the Japanese Government.

Joseph Hallock

• a British first lieutenant serving as a bombardier aboard "Ginger" a B-17 flying out of London. His first attack was on December 31 and he was sick because he understood that his chances of living/surviving is very slim.

James Fahey

• a seaman first class he was a part of the naval force during the time of the Japanese kamikazes he was there to witness a dive bomber kill himself by crashing his plane towards the 40 mm gun which threw his fleet mate far away from the artillery. 

Robert Guillain

• He is a French reporter in Japan he was there during the bombing in Tokyo, American bombed Tokyo because they destroyed Pearl Harbor.

Michihiko Hachiya

• He is a Director of the Hiroshima Communications Hospital. He lived  around a mile away from the epicenter of the explosion. He was in the hospital during the bombing which was safe, but on the other hand the hospital had a lot of patients that year because of the nuclear bomb.

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