An example of western (American) propaganda against Japan during World War Two
The Second World War began two years after the start of the Sino-Japanese War in 1939. It wasn't until after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941) that the West really got involved in the conflict. The USA immediately sided with the Chinese, sending a representative (former attache General Joseph W. Stilwell) to encourage a Chinese offensive. The alliance with the allied forces allowed China help with military strategy in their fight to maintain as much sovereignty as possible.
This alliance between the Chinese and Allied forces also led to the eventual - catastrophic and forever altering - dropping of the Atom bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Japan).
The propaganda is an example of why the USA sided with the Chinese in the Sino-Japanese war and the antagonistic feelings that were the consequence of the bombing of Pearl Harbor (US Naval Military base in Hawaii).
The Second World War began two years after the start of the Sino-Japanese War in 1939. It wasn't until after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941) that the West really got involved in the conflict. The USA immediately sided with the Chinese, sending a representative (former attache General Joseph W. Stilwell) to encourage a Chinese offensive. The alliance with the allied forces allowed China help with military strategy in their fight to maintain as much sovereignty as possible.
This alliance between the Chinese and Allied forces also led to the eventual - catastrophic and forever altering - dropping of the Atom bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Japan).
The propaganda is an example of why the USA sided with the Chinese in the Sino-Japanese war and the antagonistic feelings that were the consequence of the bombing of Pearl Harbor (US Naval Military base in Hawaii).
The atom bomb was no great decision... It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness.
-President Harry Truman
No compromise is possible and the victory of the democracies can only be complete with the utter defeat of the war machines of Germany and Japan.
- G.C. Marshall, Chief of Staff
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