What effect did the Mongol invasion have on the Japanese people?
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i do not think the mongols invaded japan... they started with china and moved west. they conquered most of Asia and some parts of Africa and Europe. the japanese were not affected cuz the mongols aren't strong on the sea. they're mostly horse-rider people
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Yep it's happened, which explains their deep seated desire for security. Back in the good old days before the time of Prince Vladimir who christianized all Russia, the Varangians were invited in to rule, because the local tribes were constantly warring and fighting. They had ruddy complexions, so according to the legends, that's where the "Rus" in Russia comes from. \n\nLater, there was fairly constant mayhem and whatnot. The Mongols invaded around the time of the renaissance, causing the Russians to miss out on the experience due to what Russians call "The Tatar Yoke", the very long occupation of Russia by the Mongols. The Russians are still a bit upset about that. Then various European powers attempted conquest. The Swedes, the French, etc. \n\nIn the modern era, Operation Barbarossa comes to mind. The Germans were ruthless and brutal in their invasion, and the Russians suffered 20 million dead in WWII. A very tough period, but many Russians seem to think of it as one of their best times, since the entire country was for once united in their desire to throw out the Nazis. Of course, after the war, it was a long tough ride through Stalin's last years, followed by the chill of the cold war. \n\nYou have to give them credit. Most cultures, having gone through such a wringer, might just give it all up. The Russians have just gotten good at enjoying life and partying on the edge of the apocalypse.
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1. The security of the Western United States was severely threatened. The Pacific was no longer safe due to size.\n\n2. Public opinion regarding entering the war changed.\n\n3. War finally declared on Japan.
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after japan had invaded and slaughterd the population of naking china, the US stopped trading oil and metal with japan.  the japan govt at the time realized to secure it wants of oil and tin and other raw materials they would need to secure the south east area like singapore etc.  the biggest threat to japan's ability to do this was the US navy, hence the attack.
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South Koreans and the Chinese will certainly disagree with you. They KNOW how racist the Japanese can be at times. I mean , they lie about the rape of Nanjing which angers a lot of Chinese. The WESTERN MEDIA doesn't focus on it on that much because the problems that we are having with terrorism and because it doesn't affect us that much. But if you meet a South Korean or Chinese immigrant in Japan, I'm sure they will have horror stories for you.\n  Also, people don't shout racist because they don't KNOW  MUCH ABOUT JAPAN. They know more about Europe.
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Even during the seclusion, Japan had some trade going on, but exclusively with a few peoples.\n\nAnyways, I think you should mention something about it giving Japan a strong sense of unity or nationalism that other countries don't necessarily have. Or say something about how it allowed them to preserve their own culture longer than other countries that began extensive trading with other countries earlier.
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I certainly hope not!  This has actually happened before in the United States.  During World War II all Japanese-Americans were rounded up, taken from their homes, businesses, and lives, and placed into forced work camps.  There they were treated horribly.  Sound familiar?  Most of these people were good American citizens.  Some of them had immigrated from Japan, yes, but it didn't mean they were still loyal.  The American public was scared and angry after the attacks on Pearl Harbor.  Punishing the Japanese living in America was the easiest thing to do.  This was partially done because the government was afraid of spies, but it was mostly vengeance.\n\nThis country was founded on a principle of freedom of religion.  By rounding up Muslims simply because they're Muslim, you're infringing on that freedom.   If the purpose of studying history is to learn from past mistakes, this is one mistake we should learn from.
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No, Japan's military was basically defeated by the time the A-bombs were dropped. American bombers could fly over Japan almost completely unmolested, and the Japanese only contolled their home islands (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu).\n\nJapan had absolutely no ability at that point to go on an offensive. But what they did have was the willingness to fight to the death to defend their homeland, and the military government refused to surrender because of their Samurai "honor". So any conventional invasion would have had a huge cost in terms of casualties (I think US war planners estimated greater than 2 million total, but I'm not sure). The A-Bomb was dropped to force the Japanese into surrender without the bloody land war.
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one of their allies had the atomic bomb and were prepared to use it. also, Germany was the main foe, being so close to taking over Europe, they had to worry about them first. military strategy throughout history warns about fighting a battle on 2 fronts. depletes your resourses and manpower. Germany was the main concern then take on Japan.
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For the USA, it created the question "why should I die to further someone else's political ambitions"? It effectively killed the draft - which has repercussions right up to the last presidential election. It made the use of military force a very expensive tool for American politicians to use. It made Americans question their government, which improved democracy until recently.\n\nFor the Asians, it proved that a guerilla war done long enough would weary anyone who was trying use military might but didn't have the moral callousness to be as brutal as the guerillas.\n\nOnce the war was over, it proved that underneath the "east-west", "commie-freedom" fight was really a hidden ethnic battle that had been there for centuries - rmember all those boat people? A lot were ethnic Chinese "driven out" by the repression of Vietnam.\n\nIt also did what it was supposed to, and stalled the Communist expansion before it swallowed Malaysia, Thailand, and Burma.
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The attack on Pearl Harbor and the resulting war between Japan and the Allied powers appears to be the culmination of a series of events and decisions that began in the 19th century. By the mid-19th century, western imperialism had come to east Asia. Various European powers had taken control of India, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, and various islands in the Pacific. After defeating the Qin Dynasty of China in the Opium Wars, several western imperial governments forcibly exploited China's resources. The Japanese were shocked by the European defeat of the Qin dynasty and the resulting conquest of Chinese territory and resources. It was also around this time, in 1853, that Commodore Perry appeared in Tokyo Bay with the "Black Ships" and ordered the isolationist, Tokugawa shogunate government of Japan to open trade with the west. The U.S. appeared to support the other western powers in their exploitation of China, even sending troops to help put-down the Boxer Rebellion. The U.S. also gained control, through victories in the Spanish American War, of several significant territories in the east Asia/Pacific area by the end of the 19th century, most notably the Phillipines and Guam.\n\nIn 1868, Japan's Tokugawa shogunate was forcibly replaced with a new government model during the Meiji restoration. Japan's new government's decided to try to achieve parity with the western powers, believing that the only other alternative was helpless victimization, as had happened to the Qin Dynasty.\n\nThus, Japan embarked on a period of significant economic, political, and military expansion (citation pending). In order to fund this expansion, resource-poor Japan embarked on a series of their own imperialistic moves that brought it into conflict with neighboring powers. In 1894, Japan defeated the then current Chinese government and took control of Taiwan. In 1904, Japan defeated Russian forces and took control of Russian territories in and around China and the Korean peninsula. In 1910, Japan took all of the Korean peninsula. Japan supported the UK and U.S. side in World War I and, as a reward, was awarded control of former German possessions in the central Pacific. In 1931, Japan forcibly established a "puppet" state in Manchuria. In 1937, having made further progress in constructing a large and modern navy and army, Japan initiated a large-scale of invasion of mainland China, attacking from Manchuria and at several points along China's Pacific coast.\n\nJapan's invasion of China now appeared to directly threaten the assets and territories of several of the western powers, including Great Britain (UK) and the U.S., who were strong allies. The move also threatened the U.S.' "Open Door Policy" concerning China. The U.S. and UK responded at first with diplomatic pressure, condemning Japan's aggression in China. Japan didn't back down, but instead continued it's military campaign in China and formally aligned itself with the Axis Powers in 1940. The U.S. responded with economic sanctions, including partial or full embargoes of scrap metal and gasoline, renouncing previously-signed trade agreements between the two countries, and closing the Panama Canal to Japanese shipping. Again, the Japanese didn't back down and, in 1941, invaded northern Indo-China. The U.S. response was to freeze Japanese assets and initiated a complete oil embargo.\n\nOil was the most valuable and crucial resource that Japan required. In addition to fueling Japanese military operations, oil was vital for core economic activities. 80% of Japan's oil imports came from the U.S. Diplomatic negotiations climaxed with the Hull note of November 26, 1941, which Prime Minister Hideki Tojo described to his cabinet as an ultimatum. Therefore, Japan now had an important decision to make- either to comply with the U.S. and UK demands and back down from its aggression in China and the surrounding areas, or go to war w
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Holy cow, some really horrible answers so far........\n\nThe US had imposed economic sanctions on Japan because of their invasion and occupation of Manchuria, and their invasion and occupation of most of Western China.  We wanted them to withdraw from China, and imposed increasingly stringent sanctions that were hurting the Japanese economy, which not only prevented them from supporting their military activities but also hurt civilian production and consumption.\n\nThe Japanese decided that the best way to get the resources they needed (primarily tin, rubber, oil and other natural resources)  was to invaded the resource rich Dutch East Indies.  They also felt they needed to invade US possessions in the Phillipines and the Central Pacific in order to provide an outlying perimeter to protect their conquests.  The Japanese were well aware that such actions would cause the US, Enland, and the Dutch to declare war on them.  Since the English and Dutch were heavily involved in the war in Europe against Germany and Italy, the only real threat the Japanese faced was the US, primarily the US Pacific Fleet which was based at Pearl Harbor.  \n\nTherefor the Japanese devised a plan whereby they would launch a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, crippling the US Pacific Fleet to the point where it couldn't interfere with their plans for quite some time.  By the time it could, the Japanese would have built up their outlying perimeter making it extremely difficult for any US fleet to interfere.  They also hoped that the attack would so horrify the US civilian population that the US government would sign a peace treaty and accept the status qou.  Admiral Yamamoto and other high level militarly leaders warned that if the US decided to go to war, it was a war that Japan could never win because of the industrial and economic might of the US.\n\nSo, the attack was in response to US sanctions, sanctions which crippled the ability of the Japanese to conduct their war in China.  Since they were unwilling to give up their conquests there, and any further invasion would bring about war against the US, they decided on launching a surprise attack.\n\nHerbmueller99 gave a very short, essentially correct answer. Bobmarley and karatekaty are pretty much dead wrong, and everybody else besides nywrek are almost dead wrong. Nywrek is generally correct, although it was no secret that Germany, Japan, and Italy had signed the Tripartite Pact, and the entire USN wasn't based at Pearl Harbor, just a majority of the Pacific Fleet.\n\nHigh school and college history teachers must be doing a lousy job nowadays, or people simply don't read anymore.
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Japan defeated Russia in the Russo-Japanese War, from 1904 to 1905.  In the resulting Treaty of Portsmouth, Japan receives Korea as a protectorate nation, as well as the transfer of Russian interests in the area of southern Manchuria.  Japan then establishes itself as an imperial power in Taiwan and Korea.\nThese proceedings, of course, came after the Sino-Japanese War, which lasted from 1894 to 1895.  In this earlier war, China and Japan fought over control of Korea; Japan won.  In the resulting Treaty of Shimonoseki in 1895, Japan becomes an imperial power after ceding Taiwan and the Pescadores from China.\nAfter the Meiji Restoration and the fall of samurai and the traditional feudal class system, with Commodore Perry's arrival as a catalyst, Japan began rapid modernization and Westernization.  These events see the establishment of Japan as an ultra-nationalist, imperial power, with relatively equal standing amongst the great Western powers of the time.\nJapan controlled Korea during World War II, and they killed 35 million Chinese, 6 million Koreans, and 1 million Filipinos during their occupation of East Asia.
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The Americans.  He had to admit as part of the surrender that he was no longer a living god.\n\nAmericans began to alter the politics and government of the Japanese after they were defeated.  Japan also had to disband it's army.
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China.  They have an ongoing problem with Japan, and they could invade Taiwan.  This would be a BIG problem.
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German Hitler=megalomaniac, tried to create a dynasty by conquering Europe.  Japanese=pissed at the US over trade practices, attacks the US @ Pearl Harbor.  The US fights (with Allies) in Europe, Africa, and the Pacific.  Wins.