Steering off from Germany and into the Conflict in the Pacific frame of mind.. ...I have a question for conflict that I can't think of naything to say for it.
If thought about it for quite some time...and still can't come up with any ideas
This is the 2011 conflict question:
"How successful was the Allied Occupation of Japan in achieving its aims to 1951?"
Would I have a paragraph on Demilitarisation of Japan, and one on restoring the nation to position of relative power in Asia....and ahy other ideas?
Any help is much appreciated thankyou!!!
Hello! Do you do Speer as well? Then we would do the same topics. Anyway onto the question - so my plan follows four points;
1. Dearm and Demilitarise: Things like bringing all the soldiers back into the country, destroying their ships and planes, shipping 7 tonnes of samurai swords to san Francisco (kind of irrelevant but funny), introducing a clause in the constitution in which Japan renounced war and in which their defence force could only be used in self-defence and police powers restricted
2. Democratise: This includes the four main focuses of the new constitution - Emperor's positioned is retained yet he renounces his divinity, creation of two new parliaments in which the Cabinet members and PM had to be civilians (to remove militarist influence in society), Japan renounces war and a number of civil liberties introduced.
3. Americanisation: passed a whole bunch of laws that allowed for greater civil liberties; e.g. Women were given the vote, land reforms were undertaken (where the Supreme Commander of Allied Powers sold land of absentee landlords to peasants, meaning that 90% of peasants became self-sufficient - this was a decision to gain support from the rural sectors, who were traditionally the most militarist), Introduction of Trade unions, minimum wages etc., zaibatsu removed from positions as head of big businesses and education fixed so that indoctrination was removed and instead had a greater focus on free thinking.
4. Establishing Japan as a bulwark against Communism: includes purging the country of communists, boosting their economy by using the nation as a base in the Korean war, essentially ensuring Japan was an ally and an example to communist powers of 'what the west could do'
That's basically what I had, but you could switch stuff around and add it in