USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Treaty of Portsmouth, signed on September 5, 1905, gave Japan primacy in Korea, and Russia granted to Japan its economic and political interests in southern Manchuria, including the Liaotung Peninsula.

Detailed explanation-2: -Manchuria was the leading source of Japan’s imports of soya beans, bean cake and coal; it ranked second as a source of pig iron, supplying about 250, 000 tons an? nually; and it provided small amounts of lumber, wool, hides and skins, industrial salt and shale oil.

Detailed explanation-3: -Six months after Pearl Harbor, the Japanese Empire stretched from Manchuria in the north to New Guinea’s jungle-clad Owen Stanley Range in the south. In the west, the empire began at the borders of India’s Assam and continued to the Gilbert Islands in the South Pacific.

Detailed explanation-4: -Seeking raw materials to fuel its growing industries, Japan invaded the Chinese province of Manchuria in 1931. By 1937 Japan controlled large sections of China, and war crimes against the Chinese became commonplace.

Detailed explanation-5: -King Gwanggaeto the Great, the 19th king of Goguryeo, expanded the territory of his Kingdom into Manchuria and the Maritime Provinces of Siberia. In 414, his son King Jangsu set up a stele (6.39 m high, 37 tons) in present-day Ji’an, Jilin province, China to commemorate his father’s great achievements.