4.  History Package: › SEQ Section on War in the Pacific:  Bukit Merah MYE 2008 Questions (a) and (b)  Due Date:  Question (a) – Term 1 Week 10 (Last EH Lesson)  Question (b) – Term 2 Week 2 (First EH Lesson)

5.  This is a purely SEQ Topic  Students will be able to: › Investigate the extent to which peace was challenged in the Asia Pacific in the 1930s › Analyse the reasons for the onset of World War II in the Asia Pacific

6.  Content Structure from Crisis and Conflict with additional details from As it was Lived  Use of these slides and attached notes to prepare for this topic

7.  Why was peace in the Asia-Pacific region threatened? › This deals with the reasons that made war likely:  Japan’s foreign policy aims between 1931 and 1941  To build an empire in the Asia-Pacific region  To free Asians from Western control  Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere  Find room for Japan’s growing population  To control resources

8. Japanese Propaganda Poster What can you infer about the purpose of the poster?

9.  Why was peace in the Asia-Pacific region threatened? › This deals with the reasons that made war likely:  Japan’s military aggression:  Growing influence in Manchuria and Mainland China  The military acting without government permission  The Marco Polo Bridge Incident

15. Marco Polo (Lu Gou) Bridge Incident

19.  Why was peace in the Asia-Pacific region threatened? › This deals with the reasons that made war likely:  The League of Nations  Too weak to stop Japan’s invasion of Manchuria  Poor relations between Japan and the West  Western bias and Japanese hostility

23.  Why did World War 2 break out in the Asia-Pacific region? › This deals with the reasons that made Japan start the war:  Japan’s war against China  International situation  Japan’s neutrality agreement with the USSR  War in Europe left European colonies in Asia neglected

24.  Why did World War 2 break out in the Asia-Pacific region? › This deals with the reasons that made Japan start the war:  Worsening relations between the USA and Japan  Japan saw the USA as a threat to its plans to build an empire  US embargo on steel, scrap iron and oil  Breakdown of US-Japan talks in 1941

25.  Why did World War 2 break out in the Asia-Pacific region? › This deals with the reasons that made Japan start the war:  Hideki Tojo becomes Prime Minister  Japan orders the attack of Pearl Harbour

26.  40 th Japanese Prime Minister  Born into a military family and pursued a military career  Sentenced to death for war crimes