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4. Japan in the 30s-40s was ultranationalist and imperialist

Thu Jan 7, 2021, 03:28 AM

Jan 2021

it certainly could be called a form of fascism. Japan had an alliance with Germany and Italy, but the vast distances involved made any kind of coordination difficult. They exchanged what technology and raw materials they could, and a German U Boat flotilla operated out of a Japanese base in the Dutch East Indies. Germany would have loved for Japan to open a second front against Russia in the Far East. Japan, having fought a short, but bloody and inconclusive border conflict with Russia over Manchuria in 1939, was not interested.

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So, our armed forces, at Iwo Jima, was fighting against...fascism?? [View all] Roland99 Jan 2021 OP

A lot of books have been written about fascism in the 20s-40s. Eyeball_Kid Jan 2021 #1

I wish that my father, who fought at Iwo Jima, was still alive. TexasTowelie Jan 2021 #2

I'd always learned it was imperialism re: Japan Roland99 Jan 2021 #3

That, and racism . . . Journeyman Jan 2021 #5

My dad flew a fighter plane from an aircraft carrier. ananda Jan 2021 #8

Japan in the 30s-40s was ultranationalist and imperialist Ex Lurker Jan 2021 #4

Bottom line: while the Japanes during the WWII fighting were not technically Fascists they were abqtommy Jan 2021 #6

Not even close Kaleva Jan 2021 #9

From the 1860s on, the Japanese modeled themselves on the British Empire Klaralven Jan 2021 #7