The Asia/Pacific War proved to be a war that went far beyond that of defending the ideals of humanity or even trying to suppress or augment ones power by means of territory. This definitive outbreak and ongoing military rampage dove to the most critical and hateful ideals of our time: racism. Beliefs discerning the fundamental differences between the "East" vs. the "West" fueled a time and place of misconceptions, blind followings and mass race hatred. The stereotypes developed from the study of the respective histories of the other were only augmented by the immense propaganda war that was waged. This mass serge of propaganda resulted in raising racial hatred among not only those fighting the war, but the civilian population as well. The eruption that would ensue, as well as the subsequent inflation of racial hate, produced one of the most brutal wars in history that would result in a political conclusion, but neglect the racial tones are still prevalent today.

Ever since the early years of Japanese history, the Japanese always felt it necessary to distinguish themselves from other states in Asia- especially with China. Although Japan cons

On both sides, conceptions of the "other" were distorted because of outrageous propaganda campaigns on the home front. Countless cartoons were being drawn up on a daily basis describing the enemy in terms that would result in furthering race hate. In Japan, the pictures showed Americans as demons and monsters, where in the United States, Japan was being portrayed as gutless monkeys who would drive their own civilians to suicide in the name of their beloved Emperor. These internally forced perceptions would ultimately bring the civilian populations surging to the support of the nationalistic frenzy.

The Japanese knew that it would take the alliance of every "Asiatic" country to complete this war against the West. Japan therefore created the Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Spear that ultimately put all of Asia under the control of Japanese. Once this was done and policies that cried out for the expulsion of the barbarians were put into full force, the Japanese- as well as the West- were ready for the real war: the Orient vs. the Occident.

Both the "East" and the "West" saw the other as set on world domination. To the anti-axis powers, the thoughts were obvious: Japan, under the divine rule of the Emperor, had its mind set on all the "eight corners of the world". On the side of the Japanese, they focused on Western imperialism over the past hundreds of years and the infiltration not only into "their own" countries, but also into the countries such as those in Asia who were under colonial control. These beliefs only spurred desperation and "fight to the death" scenarios that prolonged the war.

tantly borrowed many aspects of their culture and ideals from China, time and again the leaders would defend the belief that Japan was both independent and able, as well as ready for the subsequent r

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