Showa Japan: 1926-1945 - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
The Japanese army boasted it could control China in about three months, however it took them that time alone to capture this major coastal city in China	Shanghai	88%
Despite initial Japanese victories in the Pacific, the war against America began to turn against Japan after this battle	Battle of Midway	75%
Another war crime committed by the Japanese army in which thousands of women from primarily China and Korea were forcibly recruited as slaves for the army's soldiers	Comfort Women	75%
After the war, this American general was appointed to oversee the construction of a postwar Japanese government	Douglas MacArthur	75%
Upon the death of the Taisho Emperor, this man became the new emperor, being known in Japan as the Showa Emperor after his death	Hirohito	75%
On May 3rd, 1928, clashes between Kuomintang soldiers and Japanese soldiers occurred in this Chinese city because Japan sent soldiers to protect Japanese interests in Shandong province	Jinan	75%
Unlike the above organization, this faction within the army had the support of some higher ranking officers while still preaching the same ultranationalist, militaristic rhetoric	Kodoha	75%
In 1930, this treaty was signed, which limited naval ship building in Japan along with other World Powers. This was widely unpopular in Japan	London Naval Treaty	75%
In 1932, after completing the conquest of Manchuria, this puppet government was formed	Manchukuo	75%
On September 18th, 1931, this incident occurred in Manchuria in which a Japanese staged bomb lightly damaged a railway controlled by the country. This was then used as a pretext to conquer Manchuria	Mukden Incident	75%
After the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, this city was bombed next	Nagasaki	75%
The army then moved to Chinese capital, capturing it in December. Japanese forces then perpetrated this brutal massacre	Nanjing Massacre	75%
Meanwhile, in China, this event carried out by Chiang Kai-shek was happening, which would eventually lead to the nominal reunification of China under the Kuomintang	Northern Expedition	75%
This American naval base was then bombed by the Japanese Navy on December 7th, 1941	Pearl Harbor	75%
In order to make the above see more legitimate to the world, the Japanese convinced this man to become the nominal head of state	Puyi	75%
The Japanese army also invaded Southeast Asia, capturing most of it by the beginning of 1942. The fall of this British city on February 15th greatly humiliated the United Kingdom	Singapore	75%
After failed negotiations with the United States, Konoe resigned, being replaced by this man, who was his army minister	Tojo Hideki	75%
Name of the trials held in Japan that convicted many people of war crimes	Tokyo Trial	75%
In 1943 this top Japanese admiral was killed by American forces in Operation Vengeance	Yamamoto Isoroku	75%
This American led air raid on Tokyo occurred on April 18th 1942. It was then greatly exaggerated in media although it did little damage to the city and led to the deaths of thousands of Chinese citizens because of efforts by the Japanese to find the remaining pilots	Doolittle Raid	63%
Therefore, acting independently of civilian government and the army general staff, he planned to assassinate the warlord at this place	Huanggutun Railway Station	63%
This man also escaped prosecution as the United States thought he would be a useful ally in postwar Japan. He would later become prime minister from 1957-1960. He was responsible for managing the economy of Manchukuo, which instituted slave labor and other poor working conditions.	Kishi Nobusuke	63%
The army then forced the prime minister to resign in 1937, replacing him with general Hayashi Senjuro. Hayashi later resigned in the same year, being replaced by this man	Konoe Fumimaro	63%
Japan then withdrew from this world organization because of the condemnation received as a result of their conquest	League of Nations	63%
In July 1941, the United States placed an embargo of this good on Japan in protest of war in China	Oil	63%
This offensive was launched by Japan in order to connect Northern China to French Indochina and to destroy Chinese air bases	Operation Ichi-Go	63%
This event was then used as a pretext to start this conflict	Second Sino-Japanese War	63%
He opposed this alliance with Germany and Italy as he wanted to align Japan with the United States and the United Kingdom	Tripartite Pact	63%
This Manchurian based warlord who was backed by the Japanese, began to lose power because of the above.	Zhang Zuolin	63%
The country celebrated the ____ year anniversary of the ascension of the mythical Emperor Jinmu as the first emperor of Japan in 660 B.C in order to raise civilian moral in Japan due to the quagmire in China	2600	50%
Disobedience in the army culminated in this event in 1936, when a group of junior officers launched a coup attempt with the main goals of purging factionalism in the army and launching another Meiji Restoration in Japan	February 26th Incident	50%
Meaning to unify the eight corners of the world under Japanese control, this concept was used to justify Japan's imperial ambitions	Hakko Ichiu	50%
Japan signed this agreement with China in 1935, which effectively gave Japan control of Hebei province in Northern China	He-Umezu Agreement	50%
However, due to lack of support from the emperor, the coup lost most of its legitimacy and failed. The current prime minister, Okada Keisuke then resigned, being replaced by this man	Hirota Koki	50%
The new prime minister then used this American document as an excuse to go to war with the United States as he believed that Japan could win if it defeated the United States quickly in the Pacific	Hull Note	50%
In charge of biological unit 731, this man escaped prosecution of war crimes by handing over information to the United States	Ishii Shiro	50%
Name one of the two main conspirators of the above. One of the them would be executed after World War II whereas the other one escaped being suspected of war crimes	Itagaki Seishiro \| Ishiwara Kanji	50%
Skirmishes between the armies of the Soviet Union and Japan along the Mongolian border resulted in a massive Japanese defeat at this place in 1939	Khalkhin Gol	50%
Shortly into the premiership of the new prime minister, this incident occurred in China in which soldiers of the Kwantung army clashed with Chinese soldiers over a supposed missing Japanese soldier	Marco Polo Bridge Incident	50%
The leader of the above faction who was assassinated by a radical officer in 1935	Nagata Tetsuzan	50%
In addition, this failed offensive was launched in order to seize British India	Operation U-Go	50%
The allied powers called for Japan to surrender in this statement. Because of Japan's refusal, the atomic bombs were then used by the United States	Potsdam Declaration	50%
This Japanese general was also complicit in the above and managed to escape prosecution. He eventually died in 1981 at the age of 93	Prince Asaka	50%
This economic crisis occurred due to a combination of the Great Kanto Earthquake and heavy investing by companies post World War One	Showa Financial Crisis	50%
Within the army, radical elements believed in this idea, which gave the emperor more power so that a few people could lead the country rather than the political parties which dominated in the Taisho era	Showa Restoration	50%
To combat the influence of the above in the army, this faction was formed	Toseiha	50%
During his term, he sent negotiators to work with this top Kuomintang official. This eventually culminated in his defection and with him being placed as the head of a Japanese puppet government from 1940 to 1944	Wang Jingwei	50%
Dubbed the "Tiger of Malaya," this Japanese general was instrumental in the Japanese's swift conquest of British Malaysia	Yamashita Tomoyuki	50%
The new prime minister then brought back this controversial policy which limited the selection of the army and navy ministers to these types of people. This would then be used to topple civilian cabinets in the future	Active Duty Officers	38%
This man was the considered to be the main leader of this faction, with his ideas being very popular with lower ranking officers	Araki Sadao	38%
This Colonel in the Kwantung Army believed that by assassinating the above, Japan would be able to seize Manchuria due to the resulting instability	Daisaku Komoto	38%
The Prime minister held this conference in Tokyo, with its participants being Japan and all of its puppet states or allies in the Pacific	Greater East Asia Conference	38%
Name one of the ringleaders of this organization	Hashimoto Kingoro \| Cho Isamu	38%
This army minister then resigned as the army supported this alliance, toppling the entire cabinet. This man would survive the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and would later be convicted of war crimes, dying in 1962	Hata Shunroku	38%
In early 1939, the prime minister then resigned, being replaced by this man	Hiranuma Kiichiro	38%
That organization then planned for another coup, culminating again in another abortive coup attempt	Imperial Colors Incident	38%
Konoe Fumimaro was then appointed as the next prime minister. Doing away with political parties, he formed this organization in October 1940 which was the sole ruling party of Japan for the remainder of the war	Imperial Rule Assistance Association	38%
Because of his opposition to the military's increasing presence in politics, this prime minister was assassinated by navy officers on May 15th, 1932	Inukai Tsuyoshi	38%
Due to mounting pressure from the peace faction within the government and the increasing Japanese defeats in the pacific, the prime minister resigned in 1944, being replaced by this general	Koiso Kuniaki	38%
Vague political concept used by the army in order to justify its hold on civilian affairs. It defined among other things the role of the emperor as well as the nation	Kokutai	38%
Combined with the atomic bombings and the Soviet invasion of Northeastern China, the emperor broadcast a surrender message to the nation. However before this happened, a faction in the army attempted to destroy this broadcast in this coup attempt	Kyujo Incident	38%
Later in 1932, extremists carried out multiple assassination attempts on wealthy businessmen and liberal politicians as they viewed them as corrupting Japanese society	League of Blood Incident	38%
They then conspired to overthrow the government, culminating in this abortive coup attempt in 1931	March Incident	38%
This Japanese general was in charge of the forces that participated in the above, he was executed in 1948	Matsui Iwane	38%
The prime minister then resigned because of the above and the signing of this agreement between the Soviet Union and Germany	Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact	38%
The last Genro or elder statesmen in Japan who was influential in deciding future prime ministers until his death in 1940	Saionji Kinmochi	38%
As a result, this ultranationalist secret society was formed preaching the above	Sakurakai	38%
In 1938, the prime minister passed this law with the help of the military. The law put Japan in a state of emergency and effectively put the country under military control	State General Mobilization Law	38%
On June 4th, 1928, the Colonel's plan was successful. After finding out about the event, this prime minister of Japan and former army minister wanted to punish the Colonel, however because of lack of support from the army and the emperor, he ended up resigning	Tanaka Giichi	38%
In 1933, this ceasefire was signed between China and Japan due to the conflict in Manchuria, which then lead to the establishment of a demilitarized zone between China and Manchukuo	Tanggu Truce	38%
After the Chinese Communist's Hundred Regiments Offensive, the army implemented this policy, which resulted in the deaths of more Chinese citizens	Three-Alls Policy	38%
The coup attempted to make this army minister the new prime minister although he refused to cooperate with the conspirators and was largely unpopular in the army	Ugaki Kazushige	38%
After the short premiership of Abe Nobuyuki, this navy admiral was appointed Prime Minister	Yonai Mitsumasa	38%

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