Bell Work Don’t’ forget to write down the question or incorporate into your response. Use complete sentences. The first war turned into a world war because of the alliances amongst countries, do you think this will be the case for WWII? Why or why not? How do you think WWI will the same or different from WWII?

The Japanese Path to War Causes of wwii; The Japanese Path to War

Main Idea: The need for natural resources fueled the Japanese plan to seize other countries.

The Japanese Path to War 1930; Japan took over Manchuria It had natural resources Japan needed To justify take over, Japanese created the “Mukden incident” This was a railway attack on Mukden, Japan Really Japanese dressed as Chinese League of Nations sent to investigate The League condemned Japanese attack Angry, Japan left the League

Japan strengthened its grip on Manchuria It began to spread over China

War with China Chiang Kai-shek; President of the Nationalist gov’t in China Civil War: Nationalist gov’t vs. Communist party Chiang preoccupied with civil war, ignored Japanese take over Appeased Japan (allowed it to govern parts of Northern China) Later fought Japanese & refused to surrender

The New Asian Order Japan wanted Chiang to form part of a New Order Japan, China and Manchuria New system of control in Asia w/ Japan leading Wanted to modernize East Asia Japan already modernized Take over Siberia from Soviet Union b/c of rich resources 1930’s deal w/ the Nazis

The New Asian Order After Hitler-Stalin non-aggression pact, Japan had to rethink plan Wanted raw materials to build military in Southeast Asia Risk war with U.S. & Europe 1940-demand economic resources of French Indochina U.S. declines & places sanctions Japan lost raw materials from U.S.

Japan attacks Southeast Asia (surprise attack) - This starts the war on the other front- The Pacific