INTER WAR YEARS 1919 TO 1939
NAZISM IN GERMANY
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Japanese invasion of China
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Japanese surprise attack at Pearl Harbor
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Chinese embargo of Japan and Korea
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Soviet assassination of Japanese prince
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Detailed explanation-1: -Overt hostilities between Japan and China began after the Marco Polo Bridge incident of July 7, 1937, when shots were exchanged between Chinese and Japanese troops on the outskirts of Peking. Open fighting broke out in that area, and in late July the Japanese captured the Peking-Tientsin area.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Marco Polo Bridge Incident on 7 July 1937 provoked full-scale war between China and Japan.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -On December 7, 1941, Japan staged a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, severely damaging the US Pacific Fleet. When Germany and Italy declared war on the United States days later, America found itself in a global war.
Detailed explanation-5: -The U.S. Government, however, continued to avoid conflict and accepted an apology and indemnity from the Japanese. An uneasy truce held between the two nations into 1940.