WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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Question
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Western imperial powers in China were threatening to invade Japan
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Japanese militarists hoped to build an empire to rival Western colonial empires
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Japan wanted to avenge its defeat by China in the First Sino-Japanese War
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The Axis powers had agreed to divide up most of Europe and Asia
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Japan joined the allies against Germany in 1914-18 in a struggle to control a portion of China and then conquered Manchuria in 1931 in an effort to secure a land area rich in raw materials.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Japanese invasion of Manchuria occurred on September 18, 1931 after the Mukden Incident, a supposed attack on a Japanese railroad in Manchuria. The primary motivation of the attack was Japanese imperialism and the desire to attain resources.
Detailed explanation-4: -Many people think of the war between China and Japan as starting after the Marco Polo Bridge incident in 1937. The fact is that the war really began in 1931 when an explosion on the South Manchurian Railway near Mukden touched off a well-planned invasion of Manchuria.
Detailed explanation-5: -What was one reason Japan invaded Manchuria in 1931? Japanese militarists hoped to build an empire and gain resources. How did the Nazi-Soviet Pact help advance Stalin’s goals for the Soviet Union? It gave him a chance to expand Russian territory in Eastern Europe.