LoN 1930's Manchuria Crisis
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- Manchuria Crisis (1930's)
- Why Japan wanted it
- Great depression meant Japan had to look elsewhere for resources
- Japan was made up of small islands with little open space and few natural resources.
- Many people were unemployed in Japan
- Manchuria was geographically close to Japan.
- There was a history of confusion of who owned the area. In 1931 it was owned by a Chinese warlord who's power was fading.
- Japan was scared that China might kick out the Japanese industry.
- Great depression meant Japan had to look elsewhere for resources
- The Mukden incident
- On 18th September 1931,there was an explosion on the South Manchurian railway.
- Japanese army claimed the train had been attacked by the Chinese army.
- The Chinese denied this and said their soldiers had been asleep.
- The name of the Japanese army that then invaded Manchuria were called the Kwantung army.
- The people of Japan were delighted with the incident and openly celebrated.
- Japanese government weren't happy but had to go along with it.
- What did the League do?
- League didn't want to act against Japan
- Didn't want to cause a big fight.
- Japan was a powerful member of the league, and claimed they had been attacked by China first.
- Commission of Inquiry decided Japan was in the wrong.
- In 1933, Japan invaded Jehol, another Chinese region.
- Japan start to invade the rest of China in 1937.
- In 1932, the Japanese army kill their prime minister.
- Japan leaves the League, and the league has failed.
- League can't control big countries and can't protect small countries.
- League didn't want to act against Japan
- Why Japan wanted it
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