https://padlet.com/sna241_1/7et1939c8agztmt2 Hello, this is my timeline. Red represents Japan. Green represents Korea. Yellow represents China. en-us 2021-02-08 11:14:33 UTC 2024-05-28 22:54:57 UTC hello@padlet.com sna241_1 https://padlet.com/sna241_1/7et1939c8agztmt2/wish/1176295580 The firebombing of Tokyo was led by the United States air force, in revenge for mistreatments of its American prisoners in Japan, and the huge amounts of American death caused by Pearl Harbor. The pilots purposely used bombs that ignited so that it could cause fire, causing a huge fire in Tokyo leaving large amounts of homeless civilians.  Over 100,000 civilians were killed in a single bombing spree from the American forces, around 1945, leaving civilians of Tokyo frightened and feared, with many people becoming homeless, but the Imperial Japan government did not surrender to this. ]]> 2021-02-08 11:15:28 UTC https://padlet.com/sna241_1/7et1939c8agztmt2/wish/1176295580 sna241_1 https://padlet.com/sna241_1/7et1939c8agztmt2/wish/1176296249 2021-02-08 11:15:41 UTC https://padlet.com/sna241_1/7et1939c8agztmt2/wish/1176296249 sna241_1 https://padlet.com/sna241_1/7et1939c8agztmt2/wish/1176296999 2021-02-08 11:15:56 UTC https://padlet.com/sna241_1/7et1939c8agztmt2/wish/1176296999 sna241_1 https://padlet.com/sna241_1/7et1939c8agztmt2/wish/1186945793 2021-02-10 12:09:25 UTC https://padlet.com/sna241_1/7et1939c8agztmt2/wish/1186945793 sna241_1 https://padlet.com/sna241_1/7et1939c8agztmt2/wish/1186952392 2021-02-10 12:11:41 UTC https://padlet.com/sna241_1/7et1939c8agztmt2/wish/1186952392 sna241_1 https://padlet.com/sna241_1/7et1939c8agztmt2/wish/1186963104 Korea was formally annexed by Japan on August 22, 1910. This symbolizes that Japan became the most powerful country in the Asia-pacific region, as China and Russia both faced internal and external conflicts, forcing these countries to hand over Korea. Japan rules Korea with brutal force, both socially (culturally)  and economically under one government located in Tokyo to modernize Korea with dominant control. Therefore, Japan was now safe and secure from its Asian countries, as it occupied "the dagger" which faced Japan and could be a pathway to invade China and Russia for manpower and resources. 

]]> 2021-02-10 12:15:24 UTC https://padlet.com/sna241_1/7et1939c8agztmt2/wish/1186963104 sna241_1 https://padlet.com/sna241_1/7et1939c8agztmt2/wish/1186965296 Taisho period occurred after the Meiji restoration that lasted for about 14 years. There were economic and social leaps, because Japan got more modernized and westernized with middle classes working in jobs living in major cities. This was a chaotic period in Japan’s history since Japan was still very conservative, and therefore these ideas clashed with others who wanted nationalism and life under the Meiji period, where people lived in harmony under the emperor’s rule. Therefore, the Taisho period was a societal change where Japan experienced many social differences, but failed due to opposing viewpoints inside where some feared that Japanese traditions and cultural might be lost, evoking nationalism and facism inside Japan. 

]]> 2021-02-10 12:16:09 UTC https://padlet.com/sna241_1/7et1939c8agztmt2/wish/1186965296 sna241_1 https://padlet.com/sna241_1/7et1939c8agztmt2/wish/1191794831 The warlord period in China occurred during the mid-1920s, after the death of Yuan Shikai, the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty. Warlords held control of approximately a small landmass, which divided China, preventing a strong formation of the central government.  However, the warlords had gradually supported either the Nationalist or the Communist government, which eventually led to the civil war. Therefore, this made it easy for the Japanese army to invade China, (Second-Sino Japanese war) since the country was brutally torn apart, as each warlords wanted to gain more territory, resulting in multiple deadly conflicts. ]]> 2021-02-11 11:53:05 UTC https://padlet.com/sna241_1/7et1939c8agztmt2/wish/1191794831 sna241_1 https://padlet.com/sna241_1/7et1939c8agztmt2/wish/1191808884  World War one lasted from 1914-1918, where its central powers, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottomans tried to expand their force into Europe, which failed against the allies. Japan sided with the Allies, to get the German territory located on China. Japan plans to expand its sphere of influence to the rest of Asia. Therefore, when China declared war against Germany, the Americans gave economic aid to China, and pressured the Japanese government to relinquish its power in China, causing relation to deteriorate between Japan and America. 

]]> 2021-02-11 11:58:10 UTC https://padlet.com/sna241_1/7et1939c8agztmt2/wish/1191808884 sna241_1 https://padlet.com/sna241_1/7et1939c8agztmt2/wish/1200922948 Violence occurred near the Marco Polo bridge in 1937. At a night shift, the Japanese commander realized that one Japanese soldier was missing during the night exercise. The Japanese military group demanded a search so marched to Wanping, a neighboring village, however, the Chinese military denied entry to the city.  Suddenly, a shot was heard, provoking both the Chinese and the Japanese soldiers to fight. This marks the start of the second Sino-Japanese war. Therefore, as China became strengthens, with the unification of Southern China by the nationalist government, and the imperialist style Japan inherited from Western countries, the war between China and Japan would have been inevitable. ]]> 2021-02-14 11:48:47 UTC https://padlet.com/sna241_1/7et1939c8agztmt2/wish/1200922948 sna241_1 https://padlet.com/sna241_1/7et1939c8agztmt2/wish/1200926048 Japanese policies on expansion and imperialism forced the country to get resources and manpower from Manchuria which was part of China. On September 18, 1931, Japanese soldiers planted small dynamite on their own railway station. Then, a small bombing on the railway station occurred, and the Japanese government blamed the Chinese government for bombing the railway station, making a justified reason to invade the rest of Manchuria. However, after the investigations led by the league of nations, this incident was purposely conducted by the Japanese government. Therefore, this event "saved" the Empire, as Japan faced several economic hardships, with a rapid population boom, resulting to a less living space, but Manchuria was the perfect area to execute Japanese plans, which was the mining of natural resources, with more spaced for their population to live.

]]> 2021-02-14 11:50:42 UTC https://padlet.com/sna241_1/7et1939c8agztmt2/wish/1200926048 sna241_1 https://padlet.com/sna241_1/7et1939c8agztmt2/wish/1203369635 Republic of China’s government fled from communist China to Taiwan,  resulting in the Communist’s victory, ending the bloody civil war. On October 1st, 1949, The People's Republic of China was declared in Tienanmen square, where Mao Zedong, the leader of PRC presented a series of speeches about leading China into a world superpower, with the help of a unified military, a democracy, and the equality of all Chinese political parties. Therefore, for first time in a few decades, there was no military uprising, or any major violence within China, symbolizing that a new country, with new government policies, mainly of land reforms.

]]> 2021-02-15 11:40:48 UTC https://padlet.com/sna241_1/7et1939c8agztmt2/wish/1203369635 sna241_1 https://padlet.com/sna241_1/7et1939c8agztmt2/wish/1203384419  Mac Author received permission from the United States government to go through the Japanese government Tokyo war crimes tribunal. The tribunal consisted of 11 allied judges, which focused on the eminent Japanese government and military officials for orders of massacring, starving, torturing civilizes, raping, and forced labor during the Japan's conquest in the Pacific. Seven members were executed including Hideki Tojo, who was the Prime Minister of Japan during World War. Therefore, this helped developed a more justifiable society, helping the society.

]]> 2021-02-15 11:47:27 UTC https://padlet.com/sna241_1/7et1939c8agztmt2/wish/1203384419 sna241_1 https://padlet.com/sna241_1/7et1939c8agztmt2/wish/1203392172 Pearl Harbor occurred on Sunday, December 7, 1941 lead and planned by Isoroku Yamamoto. This was a surprise attack from the Japanese, to cut off American ship’s supply chains and invade the large American colonies in Asia. Japan hoped to end the American influence on the pacific. This tragic incident caused over 2,000 American casualties, and the famous speech, "The Date Which Will Live in Infamy" was spoken by Theodore Roosevelt. Therefore, this forced America to join WW2, and eventually lead to a defeat of Germans and the Japanese.

]]> 2021-02-15 11:50:50 UTC https://padlet.com/sna241_1/7et1939c8agztmt2/wish/1203392172 sna241_1 https://padlet.com/sna241_1/7et1939c8agztmt2/wish/1210697170 Willson’s speech inspired the Koreans that were suppressed under harsh colonial rule from the Empire of Japan, hence they organized a mass demonstration which would start in Seoul by reading the declaration of independence, then large amounts of protest all over Korea, with the primary goal of liberating Korea from Japan on March 1st, 1919.  The Japanese suppressed brutally, by using guns and killing over 16,000 civilians during the process. Therefore, Japan changed some of the governing polices, and also strengthened the national identity of Korea, (Minjok), displaying resistance to Japan. 

]]> 2021-02-17 11:29:23 UTC https://padlet.com/sna241_1/7et1939c8agztmt2/wish/1210697170 sna241_1 https://padlet.com/sna241_1/7et1939c8agztmt2/wish/1210709961 With the gradual rise of militarism, nationalism, and fascism in Japan, lead to a new government, which was the Showa period. The Great Depression and the uncertainty over Japan also caused chaos in this time period. The militaristic government swiftly took control, with the emperor of Hirohito in charge, implementing nationalist and militaristic policies in Japan, in expanding the sphere of influence, while America gradually cut trade ties with Japan. Therefore this forced Japan to militarize even further, to become prepared for war, mainly against China to extract resources and manpower, for Japan to economically and socially function.

]]> 2021-02-17 11:34:55 UTC https://padlet.com/sna241_1/7et1939c8agztmt2/wish/1210709961 sna241_1 https://padlet.com/sna241_1/7et1939c8agztmt2/wish/1210720615 When Chang Kai-Shek did not surrender to the Japanese government when the army invaded Shanghai, the Japanese army brutally invaded Nanjing, which was the capital Chinese city. Matsui ordered the Nanjing massacre, which was the murdering of thousands of innocent Nanking civilians. Japanese soldiers brutally murdered tens of thousands of Nanjing civilians, by using them as targets. The army also executed at least 80,000 Chinese troops. 

]]> 2021-02-17 11:39:23 UTC https://padlet.com/sna241_1/7et1939c8agztmt2/wish/1210720615 sna241_1 https://padlet.com/sna241_1/7et1939c8agztmt2/wish/1247955456 The Qing dynasty was humiliated and was suffering both economically and socially from internal and external forces, therefore there was much political unrests. The Xinhai revolution, which occurred in the autumn of 1911, in the city of Wuchang, began the process of overthrowing the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, the protest also occurred in other cities in China, forcing the final dynasty to abdicate and establishing a new government, which was the Republic of China. 

]]> 2021-02-27 10:56:24 UTC https://padlet.com/sna241_1/7et1939c8agztmt2/wish/1247955456 sna241_1 https://padlet.com/sna241_1/7et1939c8agztmt2/wish/1249315833 The Great Depression was an economic recession that started in October 1929, due to the overspending of the American government, leading to gargantuan amounts of debt. This frightened Wall Street traders therefore losing millions of investors. Banks and businesses became bankrupt overnight, causing supply to drop, therefore factories started to close and mass employment rose, causing panic to the global economy. Therefore, this was the biggest economic disruption after the industrialized era, which led to doubts, causing change in economic polices especially Japan, where it was dependent on America severely.

]]> 2021-02-28 06:48:41 UTC https://padlet.com/sna241_1/7et1939c8agztmt2/wish/1249315833 sna241_1 https://padlet.com/sna241_1/7et1939c8agztmt2/wish/1249343559 President Truman became increasingly worried that the American army had to face severe fighting as they were approaching the Japanese mainland, with the harsh victory over Okinawa. The Manhattan project led by prominent scientists made a creation of a highly destructive weapon, the atomic bomb. This bomb was dropped on Hiroshima then on Nagasaki, killing at least 200,000 civilians in total, resulting in the Japanese surrender, therefore, marking the end of World War 2. Therefore, the atomic bombs symbolize American power with the end of WWII, but also a strong political will to outpace the Soviets, ultimately becoming a cold war.

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