Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!tomockey.ddo.jp!news.tornevall.net!news.nonexiste.net!news.nonexiste.net!news.glorb.com!postnews.google.com!y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: "the Fucking Boudha" Newsgroups: japan.asia.china Subject: Re: History of Japan. Mistakes. Date: 4 Apr 2007 02:22:04 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 88 Message-ID: <1175678524.048152.283690@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com> References: <459dbb42$2$308$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <1171749934.429481.134970@v45g2000cwv.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 202.47.103.242 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Trace: posting.google.com 1175678532 7196 127.0.0.1 (4 Apr 2007 09:22:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 09:22:12 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <1171749934.429481.134970@v45g2000cwv.googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1),gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com; posting-host=202.47.103.242; posting-account=a7fh9g0AAADnkYAFDcxAu1exZdsAqmVr Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org japan.asia.china:2843 White American , WASP, still look upon the Japs as racially inferior in this new Century . On Feb 18, 5:05 am, "Philip" wrote: > You have made a few mistakes for example: > > First World War Japan was not an ally of Germany it was an ally of > Britain. > Quotation from the war museum. > > The First World War 1914-1918 > > By the outbreak of the First World War, Japan had an army of over > 300,000 men, the fourth-largest navy in the world and a booming > economy which could produce many of the armaments it needed. Japan was > now the strongest power in east Asia and took full opportunity to > strengthen its position while the European states were distracted > elsewhere. > > As a consequence of its alliance with Britain, Japan fought on the > Allied side, declaring war on Germany on 23 August 1914. It moved > quickly to seize Tsingtao, the only German port on the Chinese coast, > and German island possessions in the Pacific. Apart from sending light > naval forces to the Mediterranean in 1917-18, however, Japan was not > otherwise involved militarily in the war. > > The rise of Japan over the last sixty years had created significant > problems. To feed a growing population and acquire the cheap and > plentiful raw materials which were not present at home but were > essential for sustained success, expansion overseas was vital. In > January 1915, Japan moved to exploit the temporary power vacuum in the > region by presenting the Chinese with the "Twenty-One Demands". This > harsh ultimatum was designed to extract widespread political and > economic concessions to make Japan the dominant colonial power in > China. > > Although the Chinese capitulated on many issues, they managed to > resist the most extreme Japanese demands, the acceptance of which > would have turned China into a Japanese puppet state. Japan's > rapacious policy towards China, driven by an awakening nationalism > which fuelled the belief that Japan deserved a special position in > that country, left a significant legacy of bitterness and mistrust > between the powers after the war. > > The First World War changed the political situation in east Asia. It > had eliminated German and Russian influence and weakened that of > Britain and France in the long term. The USA and Japan, which without > an active involvement in the conflict had been spared the cost and had > taken the chance to strengthen its trade and industry, were left to > struggle for supremacy in a China weakened by civil war between > Nationalists and Communists. Despite acquiring the former German > Pacific colonies as mandated territories, Japan felt aggrieved that > its objectives were not fully realised at the Paris Peace Conference. > This sentiment added to the feeling that, just as in 1895 and 1905, > the potency of its military victories had been watered down by > political interference from the West, which looked down upon the > Japanese as racially inferior. > > _________________________________________________________ > > 1980s > There's been a bomb in Oxford Street! And in the > days before Al'Qaeda, there's only one prime suspect. > U.S.A sponsoring terrorists as always. > > The U.S.A has sponsored every terrorist organisation in the world. > One way or another throughout history the U.S.A as attempted > to kill you. > > Who's the Governor! You wankers. Keyboard warriors. Put up or shut the > fuck up. > > http://media.putfile.com/On-The-Streets-Of-America-3 > It shows you just how backward yanks are pathetic fucking yanks. > ____________________________ > ID signature > Freedom, if you don't use it you lose it. > Philip Davidson, > 10 Ronald Avenue > West Ham > E15 3AH > East London > Mobile phone 07906821566http://philipdavidson.blogspot.com/