HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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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: -Japan’s need for China’s natural resources, in order to speed the process of industrialization and modernization. The popularity of ideologies such as racial superiority and militarism in Japan. Japan’s previous history and ideology of expansion into China and other parts of Asia.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: Many consider this a historic turning point because the incident led to more Japanese military aggression in China. The Japanese occupied most of Manchuria during the 1930s and created a puppet stated called Manchukuo that was supposedly Chinese but ruled unofficially by Japan.
Detailed explanation-3: -While it seems that economic factors were important in Japanese expansion in East Asia, it would be too much to say that colonialism, trade protection, and the American embargo compelled Japan to take this course. Domestic politics, ideology and racism also played a role.