JAP100 History: 4.1 The Dark Valley

In this episode, we will be looking first at developments in Japanese society, starting with the murders and coup attempts of the period of “government by assassination.” Next, we will cover the transformation of Japan’s unofficial, undeclared China conflict into an all-out war in the summer of 1937, and the effects that this had. This will lead us right up to the Japanese attack on America’s naval base at Pearl Harbor.