In my investigation I intend to explore the aggression shown by Japan and Germany and whether Japan’s was greater. Arguing on both sides I will explore many aspects of this question to come to a clear conclusion. I will use Library books from my School, internet sources and videos to gain the necessary information needed.
I will be discussing 3 main ways in which aggression was shown.
Aggression is defined as ‘the action of attacking without provocation’, this is the definition of aggression in general and in the context of the 1930s and World War 2 this was shown in the form of aggressive nationalism, not only by Germany and Japan but by Italy and Spain with the rise of fascism and dictators with absolute power. In Japan and Germany’s case however there were 3 ways of aggressive nationalism. 1. Taking over Land for resources and Living Space. 2. In the form of Political Power over neighbouring countries. And 3. Belief in racial purity. This was in very dangerous times with Japan having a monarchy-like system with an Emperor with divine, absolute power, and with fascism appearing to be
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The effects of it was devastating, it killed over 2,500 people and sunk 18 ships and damaged or destroyed nearly 300 aeroplanes. This was a critical strike to the US, and in the 1940s Roosevelt did an oil and steel embargo on Japan, leaving Japan with only a 2 year stockpile of oil as Japan imported over 80% of its oil from there. Japan didn’t mind too much because they wanted to end relying on the US. They had already intercepted trade routes in China with the invasion of Manchuria which was very valuable to Japan because of it vast natural resources, and some Japanese generals even thought of using it as a settlement country for people to live in. Japan wanted to eventually conquer China. Japan lacked its resources; it needed oil, rubber, tin, and iron