Essay On Japanese Militarization

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Skylar White
IB History of Americans
6th period Japan
Joseph Biagioli

Japan’s Militarization and Modernization In WWII

What is modernization? It is based on the Meiji Restoration. It was during a time in history in 1868 when the emperor assumed direct control over the nation. It lasted through 1868-1912, which was marked by the establishment of a centralized government. They were the first one who upgraded their skills. It allowed a small group to make their own decisions through ministries. Their idea was to prevent everyone from picking on them because they were so small. The restoration knew that they could convince many samurai. It was so big that Russia Britain and The U.S. tried to expand into Japan. What is militarization? …show more content…

They outsmarted a lot of people by thinking ahead and beating them to gun. For an example, they bombed Manchuria on purpose. They played it off so smooth that when they bombed it; they made it look like Manchuria did something to them first. They did it that way because the Japanese did not want the other countries thinking they were the bad guys. Japan knew if the other countries knew they did it on purpose they were going go to after them instead of trying to help them. Japan was the very first people to defeat a powerful western country. They were more modernizing than China. It shocked everybody that they won. There are papers that tell how excited they were and how mesmerizing it was to them. They talked about it for months. It was so powerful that Japan actually encourages everybody else and lifted their spirt up to doing anything.
They called the war the Sino- Japanese War. The Japanese forces made such a successful move that they basically occupied the coast of China. They took over the coast of China, because of how modernized they were. Even though China knew the war was over, they never surrendered. China suffered the consequences and battled it out until the end. China swallowed their pride bowed down to them and gave them their props for beating them. They also congratulated them for being the first to succeed in beating

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