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    Nanshin-ron (南進論, "Southern Expansion Doctrine" or "Southern Road") was a political doctrine in the Empire of Japan that stated that Southeast Asia and...
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    1941. It was superseded by the diametrically-opposite rival policy, Nanshin-ron (南進論, "Southern Expansion Doctrine" or "Southern Road"), which regarded...
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    Islands, and Port Arthur (Kwantung Leased Territory). The policy of Nanshin-ron ("Southern Expansion Doctrine"), popular with the IJN, held that Southeast...
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    Germany–Japan relations during World War II Hakkō ichiu Hokushin-ron and Nanshin-ron Italian imperialism under fascism Monsun Gruppe, German–Japanese...
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    which was called Hokushin-ron, or by seizing French, Dutch and/or British colonies to the south, a concept dubbed Nanshin-ron. Hitler, on the other hand...
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    signed a Neutrality Pact in April 1941, and Japan adopted the doctrine of Nanshin-ron, promoted by the Navy, which took its focus southward and eventually...
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    itself in the early 1930s as the "strike north" (Hokushin-ron) and "strike south" (Nanshin-ron) factions. The goal of both factions was to seize territories...
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    technological modernization, mechanization and expansion within China (Nanshin-ron). The Kōdō-ha was dominant in the IJA during Araki's tenure as Minister...
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    Radars in use by Imperial Japanese Army Military Medal of Honor (Japan) Nanshin-ron or Strike South Group Ranks of the Imperial Japanese Army Rikugun Shikan...
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    United States as the greatest threat, and for the most part supported the Nanshin-ron (Strike South concept) that Japan's strategic interests were in Southeast...
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    favored a policy of Nanshin-ron (southward expansion) while maintaining a deterrent against the Soviet Union, as opposed to the Hokushin-ron (northward expansion)...
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  • China saw the focus of expansionism also shift south with the policy of Nanshin-ron ("Southern Expansion Doctrine"). As a result, Japanization began to have...
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    Conference Hokushin-ron Japanese militarism Japanese nationalism Statism in Shōwa Japan Lebensraum Manifest destiny Moscow, third Rome Nanshin-ron Shinmin no Michi...
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    years later, on 9 August 1993. Prelude to the attack on Pearl Harbor Nanshin-ron policy Tekigai-sō, Konoe's villa in Suginami, Tokyo "Konoe or Konoye...
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    would have the army take on a prime role, while the Navy supported the Nanshin-ron doctrine, which stated that Japan ought to expand into Southeast Asia...
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    proponent of pan-Asianism and the hokushin-ron ("strike north") philosophy, as opposed to the nanshin-ron ("strike south") philosophy espoused by the...
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    of the Imperial Japanese Naval General Staff. A staunch believer in Nanshin-ron , Admiral Nagano played a central role in Japan's decision to go to war...
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    Staff. While on the General Staff, he was a strong proponent of the Nanshin-ron, urging that New Guinea, Borneo and the Celebes in the Netherlands East...
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    South Manchuria Railway Company. Matsue was a fervent supporter of the Nanshin-ron doctrine, which advocated Japanese territorial expansion and colonization...
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    Japanese holdouts Japanese in the Chinese resistance to the Empire of Japan Nanshin-ron Pacific Theater aircraft carrier operations during World War II Pacific...
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    off Endau (1942) Battle of Singapore (1942) Far East prisoners of war Nanshin-ron Japanese invasion of Thailand Japanese occupation of Malaya Japanese...
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  • Manchuria to Central Siberia, making a territorial expansion to the north). Nanshin-ron (plans for a potential attack in the Pacific Islands and then in Southeast...
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    also predicted that the further Japanese aggression southwards per the Nanshin-ron policy, and specifically plans for the Japanese occupation of French...
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    with the 5th Air Group. The division was officially assigned to the Nanshin-ron on 9 November 1941, subordinated to 25th Army (Tomoyuki Yamashita), which...
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    conquest of the Banda Islands. After the Meiji Restoration of 1868, the Nanshin-ron policy came to be advanced with the southern regions as a focus for trade...
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  • affairs department nansyinron nanshin-ron 南進論 南進論 nanshin-ron nanshin-ron The Southern Expansion Doctrine (南進論 Nanshin-ron) was a political doctrine in...
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  • extremely remote, and with Japanese forces focused on attacking south (Nanshin-ron), the IJN 5th Fleet was considered of secondary importance and was only...
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  • Mori, President of the Federated States of Micronesia (2007— 2015). Nanshin-ron Hattori, Anne Perez; Samson, Jane (2022-12-31). The Cambridge History...
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  • armoured vehicles proved to be grossly inadequate. With the adoption of the Nanshin-ron strategy for the Pacific War, reconnaissance regiments initially saw...
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    Tobokyokai (東邦協会), an organization that attracted people who advocate Nanshin-ron (南進論), Pan-Asianism, and economic independence in 1891, and took up responsibilities...
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