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Japanese Invasion of Manchuria - Coggle Diagram
Japanese Invasion of Manchuria
Impact
Short Term Impacts: A major short term impact of the Japanese invasion of Manchuria was the League of Nations being exposed as an organization that was could not maintain world peace. While consisting of many large nations (excluding the United States), it had no clear plan other than economic sanctions to stop aggressive nations, which could be circumvented by leaving the league, as Japan ended up doing.
long-term
Japanese occupation of China during WW2 - Political
Gave Japan a steady supply of oil, lumber and rubber. Also gave Japan land for its overgrowing population - Economic
Lead to the second Sino-Japanese War - Political
Responses
short-term
the USA had tried to enforce Kellogg-Briand Pact
the Pact was an agreement to outlaw war signed in 1927
Japan and China had both signed this pact
Appeals of the pact were ineffective in preventing the war
Stimson Doctrine
stated that the US would not recognize any treaty or agreement between Japan and China that violated US rights or agreements
proved ineffective in ongoing Japanese expansionism
the US stopped considering itself bound by the naval limitations agreements
Lytton Report
a report written by the LoN and US delegates that divided the blame for the conflict in Manchuria equally between Chinese nationalism and Japanese militarism
stated that it would not recognize Manchukuo since it had violated the territorial integrity of China
Japan had left the LoN - Japan then signed a truce with China
China had appealed to the league
wanted to invoke the principle of collective security and get action against Japan as shown in Article 16 of the Covenant
league acted cautiously
no further action was taken against Japan - France believed that it would become weakened if Japan had been sanctioned. even sanctioning Japan was not in the British interests - Great Depression and fear of communism made Japan an ally