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 Conquest of Korea 1910

Second Sino-Japanese War Japan had been at war with China since Conquest of Manchuria September 1931

Second Sino-Japanese War Japan had been t war with China since Japanese Conquest

Nanking Massacre December 1937 “The Rape of Nanking” Over 300,000 people butchered

Yangtze River Patrol Background US Navy had a presence on Yangtze River Fallout from the “Unequal Treaties” negotiated by Western powers after the Opium Wars ( & ) 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 Attack on Ship Preliminary Events Sinking of Ship 2:15

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) Japan abandoned northern strategy Reader’s Companion to Military History: Khalkin Gol Soviet victory Significance: Turned south Set up confrontation with US USSR able to divert resources toward the west and Germany Established Gen. Georgi Zhukov as armor commander

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) US embargos iron & steel exports to Japan (Sep 1940) Vichy government accedes to Japanese request for bases in southern Indochina (July 1941) 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)

Japan’s Oil Lifeline Cam Ranh Bay Japan Occupies Southern Indochina

Japan’s Path to War Increase in Militarism in Japanese society US moves Pacific Fleet to Hawaii (May 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) 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)

Events December 7, 1941 US Pacific Fleet attacked at Pearl Harbor

Japanese Decision to War Calculated risk? Risky calculation? or

Instruments of National Power Diplomacy Information Military Economic Power Resolve What did the Japanese miss?

Instruments of National Power Allied and Axis GDP Economic Power

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Instruments of National Power Diplomacy Information Military Economic Power Resolve What else did the Japanese miss?

Instruments of National Power Diplomacy Information Military Economic Power Resolve What else did the Japanese miss? Resolve

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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