Essays Tagged: "japanese invasion"
Australian Foreign Policy since World War Two.
been wholly reliant on Great Britain, the Mother Country. World War II and the pending threat of a Japanese invasion brought about a prompt change in focus of foreign policy, from Great Britain to th ... drastically changed when Japan joined the war as an ally of Germany. On the 7th December 1941, the Japanese attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbour in Hawaii and commenced their invasion so ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Australian History
Lessons of the Imperialist Propaganda (Indonesian Colonial History).
Dutch regime which continued to dampen Indonesia's desire for an independent, sovereign state. The Japanese invasion, three-and-a-half years brief as it was, contributed significantly to the developm ... ious political interests strive to realise their aspirations for Indonesia. To one's amazement, the Japanese invasion of Indonesia is a relatively recent event in the history of the modern world, yet ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History
National Self interest
cause they were too weak without Britain or France.An example of National Self-Interest was the Japanese invasion of Manchuria. In 1931 the Japanese staged an attack on one of their railways in ea ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War I
"Empire of the Sun" Movie Review
Japanese soldiers, zero fighters, prisoners-of-war, British, prisoner camps, attacks. Ring any bells ... d young British boy, Jamie, living with his wealthy family in pre-World War II Shanghai. During the Japanese invasion, he is separated from his parents. With the help of a new friend called Basie, he ... e without a retinue of servants at his beck and call. By the time Basie and Jamie are tossed into a Japanese prison camp, the boy has picked up enough street smarts and developed enough courage to reg ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis
Why were Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communist Party able to gain control of China in the years 1937-49?
ularity was growing because people felt Chiang Kaishek was doing a good job because he was ignoring Japanese invasion and was battling against the CCP, people felt getting rid of foreign exploitation ... g Xueliang, son of Zhang Zuolin by now had got rid of his drug addiction and he wanted to fight the Japanese. He took Chiang as a prisoner and persuaded him to join with the CCP to fight the Japanese. ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History
Assess the impact and significance of Chin Peng's Achievements
endent democratic Malaysia. He potentially saved the lives of many by leading guerillas against the Japanese invasion during World War II, and he also terrorized and caused civil unrest throughout Mal ... ich has tarnished his mark.In 1942, Chin Peng saved Malaysia by leading the "Malaysia Peoples' Anti-Japanese army (MPAJA)," in a guerilla fight against the invading Japanese who occupied Malaysia duri ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History
The Joy Luck Club- Movie Vs. Film
was a group created by one of the characters, Suyuan Woo. This club was created in China during the Japanese invasion. The Joy Luck Club was made up of four women who each sat at a corner of the mah j ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
The Invasion Threat To Australia And Its Effects On The Australian War Effort
World War Two, Australians were faced with the threat of war on their own soil for the first time. Japanese anxiety had been brewing in Australia since the Russo-Japanese war of 1904-05 and Japan had ... n continually gaining territory and power since then. The culmination of this anxiety came with the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbour and the subsequent conquests of The Philippines, Malaya and Hong K ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
Why the Chinese Nationalist Party lost the Chinese Civil War.
Communist victory.On the other hand, the Communists were able to turn dismal rural poverty and the Japanese invasion into assets, using them to convince villagers that radical change was imperative a ... an is the "single most important cause for the downfall of the Nationalists" and "had there been no Japanese war, the situation in China would have been very different" (Hsu, 1990: 734). Many of the G ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History
Vietnam was the result of American alliance for future security insurance rather than a response to the threat of communism from the North.
liant on Great Britain, 'The Mother Country' since our colonisation. But in WWII when the impending Japanese invasion was imminent, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill responded to our request fo ... ever primarily tied the USA to Australian defense as a guarantee against future re-establishment of Japanese militarianism. According to Article III, "The parties will consult together whenever, in th ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Australian History
Was the fear of the Japanese aggression in South-East Asia in World War 2 justified?
Japanese aggression in South-East Asia sparked the Australian government's change in reliance upon B ... parked the Australian government's change in reliance upon Britain to the USA. Was this fear of the Japanese justified and what changes were brought about during the war years?Japan's grip on South-Ea ... ht about during the war years?Japan's grip on South-East Asia was getting stronger throughout 1941. Japanese troops were in Malaya and the Philippines and were getting closer and closer to Australia. ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Australian History
Why did the Chinese Communist Party Win the Civil War in 1949?
easant unions of Hunan from 1925-27, then in 1838-45 when Chiang had their attention focused on the Japanese Invasion, Mao and the CCP went to the rural areas, where the peasants were grateful for the ... nalists were far. Here, it shows that Mao learned from his mistakes. Furthermore in 1936 during the Japanese invasion, Mao forced the GMD to unite with them to defend the country, and here, we can als ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History
China: Facing the 21st century
history, China had faced several kinds of problems, for example the failure of the Imperialism, the Japanese invasion, the Civil War and Mao's dictatorship. The era of economic reform came until Deng ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies
Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War
ion's existence, has been wholly reliant on Great Britain. World War II and the pending threat of a Japanese invasion brought about a prompt change in focus of foreign policy, from Great Britain to th ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security