Nationalism as stated in our textbook is the idea that members of a shared community called a “nation” should have sovereignty within the borders of their state. Racism is the belief that certain races of people are by birth inferior or superior to others promoting hatred and discrimination to others based on race. Some have misinterpreted the term nationalism and turned it into an excuse to attack other groups of people. We can see it clearly in the Holocaust and how the Japanese treated their “inferiors”.
The anti-Semitism that was introduced by Hitler did a lot of damage to the Jews. Hitler brought out and validated the prejudice against Jews justifying their alienation, discrimination and segregation. I think that discrimination and prejudice had been there, but it was not that eminent until someone who had power made it possible to exercise hatred against this particular group of people. The Holocaust evolved until Jews were persecuted and
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Japan invaded Manchuria in 1931 and proceeded to launch an attack against the rest of China in 1937. The Japanese were unable to achieve China’s submission, but committed some atrocities with the population After reaching a pact with Germany in 1940, the Japanese occupied French Indochina in 1941. The United States was obstacle for Japan and in 1941; they launched a surprised attack to the US in their American Naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Japan proceeded to turn against Philippines and the Dutch East Indies that were an American colony at the time. Japan seize Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaya, and Burna. Japan claimed that they were anticolonial and wanted to drive the Europeans out. At the end, Japan was unable to continue their military actions against the United States, but they did not want to give up. United States under president Truman’s order dropped an atomic bomb in the city of Hiroshima. Japan finally surrendered and the war