The Glorious Circle of Greater East Asia is an ugly drama staged by Japanese imperialism during the war of aggression against China and the Second World War, in an attempt to permanently occupy and rule Asia and the southwest Pacific by military, economic and political means.
1938165438+1October 3, Japanese prime minister David issued a statement, throwing out the plan of "establishing a new East Asian order" for the first time. The statement said: The empire wants to establish a new order to ensure permanent peace in East Asia, mainly to induce the Kuomintang to surrender and crowd out countries such as Britain and the United States, so as to achieve the goal of monopolizing China.
1On July 26th, 940, the new Japanese cabinet headed by Jin Wei further expanded "establishing a new East Asian order" to "establishing a new East Asian order". At this time, Japan's ambition is to establish a new East Asian order with Japan as the center and Japan-China solid integration as the basic. On August 1 day, the saying that "China is the link to establish the Greater East Asia Glory Circle" was put forward. By September, this * * * glory circle has included Southeast Asia and other regions.
In the so-called Greater East Asia * * * glory circle, Japan pursues the policy of aggression and extinction, practices fascist rule over people of all countries, plunders the resources of all countries crazily, and establishes puppet regimes in occupied areas, which has become a tool for them to realize the so-called * * * glory circle.
1943165438+1On October 5th, Japanese Prime Minister tojo hideki "invited" the puppet to hold the "Great East Asian Countries Conference" in Tokyo, and announced to the world his firm determination to establish and complete the Great East Asian Glorious Circle War. However, this meeting is not only the symbol of the official performance of the "Greater East Asia Glory Circle", but also the beginning of its collapse. Because on the battlefield, the Japanese army has already begun to retreat. The "Great East Asia Glory Circle" was established with the expansion of Japan's war of aggression, and it will inevitably fall apart with the failure of its war of aggression.
Great East Asia Rongquan
Greater far east co-prosperity sphere
During World War II, the Japanese militaristic government attempted to establish colonial empires in Asia, Australia and the southwest Pacific.
As early as 1936, the Japanese militaristic government decided to take "national policy benchmark" as the basic policy of long-term national policy, and to ensure Japan's dominant position in East Asia and its development to the South Ocean as "the fundamental national policy that the empire should establish". This is the original intention of the "Greater East Asia Glory Circle". 1938165438+13 October, the Fumimaro Konoe government issued a statement on "Building a New East Asian Order". The essence of this statement is that Japan wants to monopolize northeast China and wider areas.
Japan has long coveted Southeast Asia's strategic position and rich strategic resources such as rice, rubber, tin and oil, and has long been eager to seize Southeast Asia as a base to support its war of aggression and dominate the Asia-Pacific region. 1940 fascist Germany occupied Europe, Holland, France and other places, threatening Britain. The Japanese government believed that the situation was favorable to it, so it accelerated its southward strategy and colonial aggression plan. 1In August, 940, the Cabinet of the Guards officially announced the outline of the basic national policy, and further proposed the establishment of a new order in Greater East Asia with imperial countries as the core and the strong alliance of Japan, Manchuria and China as the foundation, and the establishment of an economic cooperation circle including the whole Greater East Asia, which cast a layer of "imperial way" color on the slogan of "New Order in Greater East Asia". In the same year, in his speech after taking office, Yokota, Matsuoka's foreign minister, formally proposed for the first time the establishment of the "Greater East Asia * * * Glory Circle". Politically, under the guise of "* * * Saving * * Glory", a Japan-led "based on the solid combination of Japan, Manchuria and China" was established, including all regions and countries north of India, Australia and New Zealand. Economically, Japan monopolized the rich resources and broad market of the "Glory Circle"; Militarily, by occupying Southeast Asia and using its resources and strategic bases, Japan fought a protracted war with Britain and the United States for hegemony in the Asia-Pacific region and established its sphere of influence.
Japan's strategy of "going south" and the policy of establishing a glorious circle in Greater East Asia intensified the contradiction with Britain and the United States, so Japan stepped up its collusion with German and Italian fascists and signed a treaty of alliance between Japan, Germany and Italy on September 27th, 1940. In the 1940s, the Japanese army quickly invaded zhina, Malaya, Thailand, Myanmar, the Philippines and Indonesia. The Japanese invaders thought that the Greater East Asia Glory Circle Project would be successful. However, the final victory of the people of China and the people of the world in the anti-fascist war completely shattered the Japanese dream of "Greater East Asia * * * glory circle".