I need to do a 10 page paper on Japan during world war 2. what should i write about?

Question

Military, Government, economics, a general overview, or something else?

Answer 1

Try to do something that has not been overdone. For instance, we have heard lots and lots about how awful America was for dropping the bomb that actually ended the war once for all, and for the last ten years, America has been made to look like the bad guys in this terrible war because of the devastatin of the bomb. But little is said anymore about the horrible part that Japan played in the war, and why the Americans had to strike back. I think you could easily find ten pages of material about the terrible prison camps, and the tortures and dreadful, inhumane things that went on there before the war ended, and the prisoners were set free.

Answer 2

I would think an interesting approach would be to chronicle the history of Japan from 1855 when Commodore Perry opened the fuedal island country to the West to the point 86 years later when a modern Japan took on the most powerful Western countries.

Prior to 1855 Japan wanted to be isolated from other countries. It had some ambitions in Asia, but mostly these were places near Japan, such as Korea and Taiwan.

The Meiji Restoration brought Japan from its feudal isolation to a point where it fought a war in 1805 with Russia and won. By 1941 Japan believed its role was to dominate and rule all of Asia, and it was well on the way to conquest.

As we know Japan attacked U.S. bases on U.S. soil in Hawaii in December of 1941. This was to prevent U.S. intervention in its military actions against the Philippines and the Southern Pacific regions.

You could detail how the plan backfired, and how the attack against the U.S. resulted in a systematic campaign to destroy most Japanese infrastructure and industrial capacities.

You could discuss the relationships of the government, the Emperor, the people and the military services--which had an intense rivalry against each other that bordered on hatred. You could also discuss how Japan used the religious beliefs--primarily Shinto and Buddhism--to direct and motivate military forces.

I find the transitions made by Japan in the century that preceded World War II to be one of the most incredible stories in modern history.

It is a fascinating study.

Answer 3

Why don't you write a general overview of their Military and Government and include how this affected their economics..... Include Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima & Nagasaki (Atomic Bombings) and segway this into something that you could use to write a longer paper on that would display the rebuilding of Japan and how the years FOLLOWING WWII shaped them for the success that they enjoy today.
Hope this helps... there should be a lot of information on Japan which will make for solid research.

Answer 4

How about how the warrior code "Bushido" dominated the Japanese way of life and thought. How the Japanese were capable of almost unimaginable cruelty to Prisoners of War and especially the Chinese populace they conquered in the 1930s.
They were a cruel, ruthless, imperialistic race and had no reservations about enslaving whomever they felt like to gain their political and military objectives.
Read about the "rape of Nanking" where they decimated the city of Nanking. Stuff that is so barbaric it's almost unbelievable, except it's true.

Answer 5

everything. it has to be ten pages. make a table of contents and touch lightly on all facets of japan during world war 2.