Humanities Homework Help

59.Treaty of Non-Aggression Between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 1939

[ Including Secret Additional Protocol ]

• On the surface, what is odd about this alliance between Hitler and Stalin?
• Whose death warrant was signed here?
• What might Stalin have expected to gain from this agreement?
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• 60. Japan’s
  Justifications and Goals for War, 1930s-1942 (Shumei and Kingoro):
• Okawa
  Shumei – The Way of Japan and the Japanese
  
• Hashimoto
  Kingoro – The Need for Emigration and Expansion
• 1. Explain
  and discuss Okawa Shumei’s interpretation of the conflict between Japan and the
  Western powers.
• 2. According
  to Hashimoto Kingoro, what alternatives did Japan’s leaders consider as
  possible solutions to the problem of their nation’s expanding population? What
  strategy does he propose? Explain and discuss his views of European expansion
  and imperialism. Compare his ideas with those of Adolf Hitler.
• What
  is the underlying philosophy behind Japan’s plan for establishing a Greater
  East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere? What are its short- and long-term military,
  political and economic objectives? What is its view of Wester political and
  cultural influence in Asia? What does it require of the people of Asia?