CHINA: TO PROTECT JAPANESE INTERESTS JAPAN HAS HAD A MILITARY PRESENCE IN CHINA SINCE BEFORE THE FIRST WORLD WAR.
BUT NOW, THEY WANT MORE.
IN 1931 CHESES TROOPS HAD BEEN ATTACKED BY RADICALS IN THE JAPANESE ARMY, AGAINST THE WISHES OF TOKYO.
A RADICAL ARMY LEADERS: "LET JAPANESE GOVERNMENT DO WHAT IT WILL, THE JAPANESE ARMY WILL CARRY ON THIS SACRED MISSION TO SAVE CHINA. THE LAST WAR IN HUMAN HISTORY IS APPROACHING. A TITANIC WORLD CONFLICT WHICH WILL BE THE GATEWAY TO A HUMAN AGE OF CULTURE. THE ONLY WAY FOR ASIA IS TO ADVANCE TOGETHER."
1937 - MANCHURIA - RIGHT WING MILITARISTS NOW DOMINATE THE GOVERNMENT IN TOKYO. AN INCIDENT IN JULY 1937 BETWEEN JAPAN AND CHINA OUTSIDE PEKIN LEADS TO WAR.
JAPAN - THOUSANDS BETWEEN AGES 20 AND 40 ARE CALLED-UP TO FIGHT. GOVERNMENT SAYS THE WAR WILL BE OVER IN ONE MONTH.
CHINA - JANUARY 1938. GROUP OF JAPANESE BUSINESSMEN TOUR SHANGHAI, THE EMPIRES NEWEST CONQUEST. ONE FILMED IT IN COLOR. IT WAS HIDDEN FOR 65 YEARS. NOW THIS IS THE FIRST TIME TO SEE IT.
AFTER 6 MONTHS OF WAR, MOST OF EASTERN CHINA IS IN JAPANESE HANDS. 20 THOUSAND JAPAN SOLDIERS DEAD; OVER 250,000 CHINESE DEAD.
1937 - DECEMBER 13. ON JAPAN NEWS, CHINA CAPITAL HAS FALLEN. JAPAN CHILDREN HAVE TIME OFF SCHOOL TO CELEBRATE.
JAPAN JOURNALIST SAYS: "JAPAN ARMY WILL NOT DO ANY HUMANE THING TO CHINA PEOPLE."
A JAPAN SOLDIER IN CHINA RECORDS A DIFFERENT STORY: "5 THOUSAND PRISONERS TAKEN TO RIVER TO BE EXECUTED BY MACHINE GUNS. BAYONETS FINISH THEM OFF. I FELT A DEMONIC EXCITEMENT .... SOLDIERS, YOUNG, OLD, AND CHILDREN. I HAVE NEVER FELT ANYTHING LIKE IT IN MY LIFE."
GOVERNMENT IN JAPAN CENSORSHIP PREVENTS ANYTHING LIKE THIS GETTING OUT. FOR THEM THE WAR IS NOT A CONQUEST BUT A LIBERATION.
1938 - ROME - MAY 4TH - HITLER AND MUSSOLINI MEET.
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TO BE CONTINUED
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