Posted on 04/27/2014 6:43:05 PM PDT by WhiskeyX
The Japanese overrunning most of the British and Dutch colonies pretty much wiped out the idea of the “White Tuan” or supremacy notion that the Europeans had engendered.
Singapore was a horrific wake-up call to the British psyche - and to the indigenous folks who suddenly saw that the white guys weren’t invincible.
WWII in the Pacific was a Race war between the Japanese Empire and the European/American allies. No one likes to think of it that way, but it was.
Look up “Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere” and the Japanese slogan “Asia For Asians!” Drive out “the White Devils”.
Oh, I understand what motivated the Japanese; Teddy Roosevelt had told them they could have their “co-prosperity sphere” in Asia (during the peace conference ending the Russo-Japanese War in 1905), and they were looking to do just that.
“...and they were looking to do just that....”
Yeah, they took him at his word, didn’t they!
They kicked the hell out of the Russians in 05.
They did well against the Russians; took heavy losses in the land fighting (with results), and creamed them in the naval war.
They knew we had a Monroe Doctrine for the Americas, and wanted something similar for themselves...
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