THE GREATER EAST ASIA CO-PROSPERITY

SPHERE

D R J A M E S H O G U E

. This was started by the Japanese

and it got all of the leaders from

Asia together.

. It united the counties and stated

that Asia should be ruled by

Asians.

. They rejected the imperialistic

Europeans and didn’t want

American intervention.

THE JAPANESE MILITARY STRATEGIES

. The Japanese military used unconventional tactics during world war II

. They believed in the way of the samurai.

. In their mind they believed in the emperor and they treated him as a

godlike person.

. Their tactics caused several thousand American deaths.

THE FLAG OF THE RISING SUN

THE FLAG

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. The flag stood for

the country and

the sun was rising

own a new era.

THE JAPANESE AERIAL STRATEGY T

. They launched several different types of attacks but they

had the same concept.

. Their first wave were attack fighters who would weaken the

enemy, The next wave was the dive bombers who would

come in and drop their bombs they where followed by

torpedo bombers who would come in and drop their

torpedoes into the hull of the ship.

VIDEO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv1niwxQgoY

KAMIKAZE

.The word Kamikaze stands for divine wind

. This strategy was a Japanese plane would be loaded up with bombs and

they would intentionally try to crash their plane into and enemy ship.

THE OHKA KAMIKAZE

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The ohka was a jet engine

plane dropped from

underneath a bomber.

The plane would then Reach

speeds upward of 900

MPH. Then crash into an

enemy ship.

VIDEO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMs4IJQVRYM

BANZAI ATTACK

. The Banzi was a land based infantry charge.

. The soldiers who put their lives own the line in a

desperate plea to overrun enemy positions.

.The Japanese believed in the samurai and they risked

their lives to be like the samurai and for their emperor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qTV4ZbEPOw

DEATH OVER SURRENDER

.The Japanese soldiers believed in serving the emperor.

.They would kill themselves rather than being captured

. In the battle of Tarawa there where Twenty survivors

THE JAPANESE

CIVILIANS’ MINDSET

DURING WORLD WAR II

THE EFFECTS OF PROPAGANDA ON JAPANESE

CIVILIANS

J A P A N E S E W W I I P R O P A G A N D A

P O S T E R . N . D . P H O T O G R A P H .

W W W . G L O G S T E R . C O M W E B . 3 1

M A R 2 0 1 4 .

.The media was making the Japanese feel

as though they are superior to the

United States.

.Often racist propaganda was used to

dehumanized the Americans.

.The media’s propaganda created national

pride and high morale for the

Japanese.

.Portrayed the soldiers as great warriors.

THE EFFECTS OF PROPAGANDA ON JAPANESE

CIVILIANS

B R I D G E M A N A R T L I B R A R Y . . N . D

.Propaganda uses a mixture of truth and

lies to help improve morale.

.Propaganda was used to pressure

citizens into supporting a certain

opinion by giving few opinions to

choice from.

.Propaganda forms a sense of unity for

the citizens because they support the

same cause.

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE EMPEROR TO THE

JAPANESE CIVILIANS E M P E R O R H I R O H I T O

. The Emperor of Japan is

considered a descendent of

Amaterasu

.Amaterasu is considered one

of the strongest gods in

Shintoism.

. Shintoism is a religion that

focuses on nature and is

practiced primarily in Japan.

M C F E E , H A R R Y . E M P E R O R

H I R O H I T O O F J A P A N . N . D .

P H O T O G R A P H .

W W W . H A R R Y M C F E E . C O M W E B .

3 1 M A R 2 0 1 4 .

WHY THE JAPANESE OBEYED THE EMPEROR

. Because the Emperor was a descendent of Amaterasu, he

was thought to have some properties of a god.

. It was believed that the Emperor was not an all-powerful

being, but that he was able to speak with the gods.

. The Emperor was considered superior to the citizens

because of his relation to the gods.

. The Emperor was obligated to perform rituals in order for

the gods to bring prosperity to Japan.

. The Japanese believed that because of these traits he

deserved to be obeyed and worshipped.

DEDICATION OF JAPANESE CIVILIANS TO THE

WAR

. The Japanese civilians obeyed

the Emperor because he could

talk to the gods and bring

prosperity to Japan.

. The media created a sense of

unity for the Japanese to

oppose the United States.

. The support of the citizens

allowed for high morale

throughout most of the war. T H E C I V I L I A N P O P U L A T I O N A S

W E L L A S T H E M I L I T A R Y W O U L D

H A V E R E S I S T E D T O T H E L A S T … ”

– W O R L D W A R I I I N T H E

P A C I F I C

“Up to now, we’ve been ordered not to wear white garments, not even when it is hot, because they were easy for the enemy planes to see. Now we’re warned not to wear black garments because they burn easily. So what in the world is safe for us to wear? We don’t know anymore.” –Aiko Takamashi

REFUSAL TO SURRENDER

A X I S M I L I T A R Y L E A D E R S

P H O T O G A L L E R Y . 2 0 1 4 .

P H O T O G R A P H .

W W W . H I S T O R Y . C O M W E B . 3 1

M A R 2 0 1 4 .

.July 26, 1945 the United States

issued the Potsdam

Declaration to Japan

. The Potsdam Declaration asked

the Japanese to accept an

unconditional surrender.

.On July 28, 1945 Japan’s Prime

Minister, Hideki Tojo,

announced that Japan would

ignore the Potsdam

Declaration.

CONSEQUENCES OF REFUSAL TO SURRENDER

“ W A S T H E A T O M I C B O M B I N G

O F J A P A N J U S T I F I A B L E ? . ”

W W W . P A C I F I C W A R . O R G . N . P . ,

N . D . W E B 4 M A R . 2 0 1 4

.Because the Japanese refused

to surrender, the United

States needed to choose

between attacking by land or

using the atomic bombs.

. An assault by land was

estimated to cause at least

one million Allied deaths.

. The large number of Allied

forces expected to die forced

President Truman to drop the

atomic bombs

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STATISTICS

0

500000

1000000

1500000

2000000

2500000

3000000

3500000

Low

High

Japanese Killed In World War

II

• Estimated 672000

Japanese civilians

killed during World

War II

• The total number of

Japanese killed

ranges from

1771000 to

3187000

Rummel, R.J.. “STATISTICS OF DEMOCIDE.” Chapter 3

Statistics of Japanese Democide

Estimates, Calculations, and Sources. www.hawaii.edu, 1 Jan.

1997. Web. 16 Apr. 2014

STATISTICS CONTINUED

Estimated LowPercentage OfJapanese CiviliansKilled

Estimated HighPercentage OfJapanese SoldiersKilled

Estimated HighPercentage OfJapanese CiviliansKilled

Estimated LowPercentage OfJapanese SoldiersKilled

38% 62% 79%

21%

Of the 1771000 to 3187000

Japanese killed the percentage

of civilian deaths range from

21% - 38%

IDEOLOGY

.Japanese generals

believed in “no

surrender”.

.This can perhaps best be

viewed, however, as extreme

patriotism — Japanese were

taught to give their lives, if

necessary, for their emperor

CHUICHI NAGUMO

. Born March 25, 1887 and died July

6, 1944

. Graduated from the Imperial

Japanese Naval Academy in 1908

. Started as a midshipman – promoted

to ensign (1910) – promoted to sub-

lieutenant after attending torpedo

and naval artillery schools –

promoted to lieutenant (1914) –

graduated from the Naval War

College and promoted to lieutenant

commander (1920) – promoted to

commander (1924) – promoted to

captain (1929)

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.While commanding Japan's carrier striking force, he executed the

December 7th, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor and January-April 1942

raids in the South Pacific and Indian Ocean. His force was decisively

defeated on 4 June 1942, during the Battle of Midway, losing all four

carriers present.

. Vice Admiral Nagumo retained command of the remaining Japanese

aircraft carriers into November 1942, leading them in the Battle of the

Eastern Solomons in August and the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands

in October. He was later placed in charge of naval forces in the

Marianas Islands area. In keeping with Japanese military traditions,

he died by his own hand on 6 July 1944, during the final stages of the

defense of Saipan.

CHUICHI NAGUMO

ISOROKU YAMAMOTO

.Born April 4, 1884 and died

April 18, 1943

.Graduated from the Imperial

Japanese Naval Academy

(ranked 7th in class 1904)

.Was a Marshal Admiral and

Commander in Chief

.Commander of the Attack on

Pearl Harbor.

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ISOROKU YAMAMOTO

.As diplomatic relations continued to break down,

Yamamoto began planning his strike to destroy the US

Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, HI. On November 26, 1941,

six of Yamamoto's carriers sailed for Hawaii. Approaching

from the north they attacked on December 7, sinking four

battleships and damaging an additional four beginning

World War II. While the attack was a political disaster for

the Japanese, it provided Yamamoto with six months (as

he anticipated) to consolidate and expand their territory

in the Pacific without American interference.

HIDEKI TOJO

. Hideki Tojo was born December 30, 1884

. Tojo was the a general of the Imperial

Japanese Army and was also the 40th

Prime Minister of Japan

. As Prime Minister he was responsible for the

attack for Pearl Harbor and was executed

as a war criminal in 1948.

. He advocated an aggressive foreign policy.

. He shot himself in the chest just before he

was arrested by the US Military in 1945 in

an unsuccessful attempt to commit suicide

and not surrender

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