1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
hodyreva [135]
3 years ago
15

How did Japan get divided?

History
1 answer:
muminat3 years ago
3 0

Answer: Do you mean after world war 2, this is how it happened

It did. To explain, first you have to understand what happened in Europe. The 4 allied nations of USA, USSR, UK and France made plans before the war's end on how to administer the defeated nations. They would divide them up into zones, with each country having a zone they controlled, and they'd begin the process of recovery and establishing viable governments and economies in the defeated nations. Plus major cities (Berlin, Vienna) would be divided into 4 zones themselves, so even though the USSR controlled all the ground around Berlin, a portion of Berlin was controlled by the US, France, and UK, too. The US, France, and UK established governments friendly to themselves and capitalist economies and democratic governments in the areas they controlled. The USSR set up puppet communist states out of all of the eastern countries under their administrations, even making some, like Latvia, into parts of the USSR. Tensions heated up between the two factions and Winston Churchill coined the term "iron curtain" to define the figurative wall separating the west from the soviet-controlled eastern bloc countries. Since both the US/UK/France controlled part of Germany, and the Soviets controlled another part, they couldn't agree on a single state, and two states were set up. Berlin was deep in the Soviet controlled East Germany, but the US wouldn't cede control of it to the Soviets, so we ended up with East Berlin from the Soviet controlled area, and West Berlin from the US/UK/France controlled area.

OK, so what happened in Asia? The Soviets declared war on Japan only a couple days before the Japanese surrendered. They knew Japan was surrendering within days so that's why they declared war--they had a mad land grab. They seized the Sakhalin islands north of Japan that were controlled by the Japanese, and they seized the northern part of Korea--at that time, Korea was part of Japan. Japan had annexed it in 1905 and Korea lost its status as a sovereign nation though they yearned for independence. Then, the US almost alone took control of the post-war Japanese occupation. The Soviets kept the Sakhalin Islands. The Americans took away from Japan the lands that had been under Japanese control but that were not originally Japanese, such as Taiwan and the Philippines, and set up new governments. Okinawa was also one of the areas seized by the Japanese. The USA kept Okinawa until 1972--it was not part of Japan nor was it its own nation. In 1972 the US released it to determine its own future, and they decided to be part of Japan, so now they are. The US and the Soviet Union each administered the part of Korea that they controlled. But there was no agreement between them about what to do about Korea, since both the US and USSR wanted to set up their own puppet government. In 1950, the Soviet and Communist China-backed Korean area, led by Kim Il-Sung (who had spent much of World War II living in the USSR), attacked the US forces in the part of Korea they administered, and the Korean War began. That's why there are 2 Koreas. So Korea, which had been Japan from 1905 to 1945, was split between the US and USSR, much like Germany had been. The rest of Japan was kept in US hands, since the Soviets had never occupied any of it. The Soviets held what they'd grabbed in those last 2 days of the war only. I'm sure the Soviets would have been delighted to have more of Japan, but they just never got there. And the US was the only nation with nuclear weapons at that point, so the USSR let it be. They only tried to grab the rest of Korea after they themselves had nuclear weapons, too.

Please mark as brainliest

Explanation:

You might be interested in
Why were the pyramids built?
erastova [34]
Pyramids were built as tombs for the pharaohs and their queens. 
5 0
3 years ago
PLEASE GUYS I NEED YOUR HELP! ITS TIMED!! USING CER (Claim, Evidence, Reasoning) What are the key ideas of the Renaissance?
sp2606 [1]

Answer:

The Renaissance was a fervent period of European cultural, artistic, political and economic “rebirth” following the Middle Age not sure if this helps but its what i could think of

Explanation:

6 0
3 years ago
What are the advantages and disadvantages of the “Dollar” Diplomacy?
scZoUnD [109]
(1) As U.S. investments in Latin Americans, roads, RRs and harbors built with that money increased trade and profits
(2) U.S. role abroad was stronger, as military intervention often followed threats to business interests
3 0
3 years ago
Why is deforestation a challenge for the world today, and how can we find a solution for this issue?
ololo11 [35]

Answer:Deforestaion is a challenge for the world today because we are cutting down more and more trees which is limiting our oxygen supply and is creating less homes for animals and is also killing animals. we can fix this problem by lowering our demand for wood and using other natural resources like steel instead of wood.

Explanation:

6 0
3 years ago
Choose one important Texas leader we discussed in this lesson. How was this Texas leader willing to take risks help others?
juin [17]

Nicholas Henry Darnell was m important Texas leader who served s the speaker of the house of Texas. He led the 18th Texas Cavalry Regiment during the civil war.

<u>Explanation</u>

  • Nichols Henry Darnell was born on April 20, 1807, in Williamson County in Tennessee. He 28 years old, Nichols he contested for a position in Tennesse General Assembly, however, he lost. Much like Abraham Lincoln, Nichols also contested election for the second time which he won without much resistance.  
  • Nicholas moved to Texas after giving up his job in the Tennesse General assembly . He became the speaker of the house of Texas. He did a commendable job as the speaker of the house of the representatives of Texas passing people-friendly reforms and bills.
  • However, his real work started as the leader of 18th Texas Cavalry where he risked his life to protect his countrymen. He and his cavalrymen fought gallantly and bravely during the American civil war.
6 0
3 years ago
Other questions:
  • PLLZZ Help WILL MARK BRAINLIEST!! Which two of these events directly led to the beginning of European exploration?
    5·1 answer
  • What gains of land did the spanish conquer in 1763?
    8·1 answer
  • How did the great depression challenge democratic rule?
    6·1 answer
  • According to the article, why did the British people welcome Churchill as their new prime minister?
    12·1 answer
  • What is common good.
    14·2 answers
  • How approaches to prevention and treatment changed and stayed the same between 1700 -1900.
    8·1 answer
  • Who.did Italian merchante trade with during the high middle.ages and the renaissance​
    6·1 answer
  • Enslaved African Americans who fought on the British side were given
    6·1 answer
  • Why did some governments support terror groups?
    9·1 answer
  • What were the crusades driven by??
    6·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!