Question: Japan starting World War II in the Asia-Pacific was more about ambition than survival. How far would you agree with this statement? Explain your answer. [12]
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I agree to a large extent that Japan starting World War 2 in Asia-Pacific was more about ambition than survival .
Firstly , Japan had all along planned to expand its own territories . One example is the ' Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity' , which Japan would dominate the whole of East Asia and Southeast Asia by expelling the European colonial power from these regions and replace them with satellite states loyal to Japan . As many Southeast Asians were discontended under colonial rule and wanted independence . This clearly shows us that the ' Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity' is a plan of Japan to expand by gaining all these regions so as to benefit its economy and support Japan's expansionist effort . Hence , Japan starting World War 2 was about ambition .
In addition , Japan had gained confidence after defeating Russia , which was the first time whereby the East defeated Europeans . Japan was afraid that Russia may be a threat to them in their interests and influence of Korea . She could choose not to go to war with Russia and not take Korea as their territories and trade instead . But they did not . And when Japan defeated Russia , Japan gained confidence of its ability and fuelled their ambition to expand more which led them to become more aggressive in their action . Hence, Japan starting World War 2 was about ambition as Japan developed the mindset that they are stronger through this incident and make them want to gain more territories since they are strong .
Although we can say that Japan starting World War 2 in the Asia-Pacific was about ambition but we can also say that it is for survival .
Firstly , Japan's population is increasing rapidly . Since the population is increasing , the demand for food and housing increases , but Japan faced the problem of shortage of land since Japan is very mountainous . That is why Japan has a need to expand by invading Manchuria so as to prevent Japanfrom being overcrowding by letting some of its people to resettle in Manchuria . At the same time , there will be sufficient land for people to farm to earn profit to feed themselves and Japan can also gain resources from there . Hence , Japan starting World War 2 was for survival .
In addition , the Great Depression taught Japan a bitter lesson . US blocked Japanese goods to protect its people's jobs . So Japan could not sell its own goods and could not earn money . Unemployment and poverrty rose as a result . That is why Japan was forced to invade other countries such as Manchuria , Korea to get people from such countries to buy its goods . In this way , Japan's economy can still grow and people will be able to have jobs since Japan do not only have to depend on its own people to buy these goods which is insufficient to help its economy . Hence , Japan starting World War 2 was for survival .
In conclusion , I still think that Japan starting World War 2 was more for ambition than survival . Japan can choose to go trading with other countries rather than to invade other countries to get people to buy its goods And Japan was not under any threat that forced them to go to war , but it was Japan who is greedy that wanted to gain more territories and expand after they had won the war with Russia . Hence , all this while Japan chose to go war and had all along planned this .
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Question: Japan starting World War II in the Asia-Pacific was more about ambition than survival. How far would you agree with this statement? Explain your answer. [12]
Answers: I agree to this statement to a large extend.
Japan starting WW2 in Asia-Pacific was more about their ambition as they had planned on attacking pearl harbour for a long time already. They also have enough land in Manchuria, Korea and Taiwan for survival purpose, therefore Japan starting the war in Asia-Pacific was more of ambition than survival. Japanese rejected the Anglo-America treaty during the Treaty of Versailles in France, saying that if the British does not open up their colonies market, they will use force to take over them. Also, they already have Taiwan and Korea to trade from, they need not to start war by bombing pearl harbour and could survive on trade and think of ideas to solve untradeable goods. This means that they had already had the plans to start war in Asia-pacific, which then is no longer a survival reason but a more for their plan, their ambition, therefore Japan starting WW2 in Asia-Pacific was more about their ambition
However, Japan started war in Asia-Pacific can be a survival reason as during the great depression, Japan was taught a bitter lesson that they could not rely on trade to survive as they could just close the market from you during crisis period, ending up not buying Japanese goods, and does not allow Japan to set up companies in America , that why the Japanese resort to war as they could sell their good to those countries that had conquered. Therefore after conquering Southeast Asia, there is larger market available to them, making trading possible any point of time. That is why Japan started war in Asia-Pacific can be a survival reason too.
In conclusion, Japan started war in Asia-Pacific was more of an ambition than survival because the Japanese have enough land after having Manchuria, Taiwan and Korea, therefore there is no reason for japan to start war in Asia-Pacific other than to expand bigger their empire for their own ambition. They only wanted more resource for themselves and make Japan stronger as a nation only. They could also negotiate with the American on what to do to get their trade back , and the American only wanted is them to retreat from Manchuria, so if the Japanese retreated and stop having plans to invade weaker countries, the American would then do trade with Japanese, enabling them to survive without war, but they did not so they were more of an ambition than survival reasons, that is why Japan started war was more of an ambition than survival
-Xin Liang( i dont have a printer.)
Question: Japan starting World War II in the Asia-Pacific was more about ambition than survival. How far would you agree with this statement? Explain your answer. [12]
Answers: I agree to this statement to a large extend.
Japan starting WW2 in Asia-Pacific was more about their ambition as they had planned on attacking pearl harbour for a long time already. They also have enough land in Manchuria, Korea and Taiwan for survival purpose, therefore Japan starting the war in Asia-Pacific was more of ambition than survival. Japanese rejected the Anglo-America treaty during the Treaty of Versailles in France, saying that if the British does not open up their colonies market, they will use force to take over them. Also, they already have Taiwan and Korea to trade from, they need not to start war by bombing pearl harbour and could survive on trade and think of ideas to solve untradeable goods. This means that they had already had the plans to start war in Asia-pacific, which then is no longer a survival reason but a more for their plan, their ambition, therefore Japan starting WW2 in Asia-Pacific was more about their ambition
However, Japan started war in Asia-Pacific can be a survival reason as during the great depression, Japan was taught a bitter lesson that they could not rely on trade to survive as they could just close the market from you during crisis period, ending up not buying Japanese goods, and does not allow Japan to set up companies in America , that why the Japanese resort to war as they could sell their good to those countries that had conquered. Therefore after conquering Southeast Asia, there is larger market available to them, making trading possible any point of time. That is why Japan started war in Asia-Pacific can be a survival reason too.
In conclusion, Japan started war in Asia-Pacific was more of an ambition than survival because the Japanese have enough land after having Manchuria, Taiwan and Korea, therefore there is no reason for japan to start war in Asia-Pacific other than to expand bigger their empire for their own ambition. They only wanted more resource for themselves and make Japan stronger as a nation only. They could also negotiate with the American on what to do to get their trade back , and the American only wanted is them to retreat from Manchuria, so if the Japanese retreated and stop having plans to invade weaker countries, the American would then do trade with Japanese, enabling them to survive without war, but they did not so they were more of an ambition than survival reasons, that is why Japan started war was more of an ambition than survival.
XinLiang( Dont have printer)
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