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Outbreak of WW2 in Asia - Coggle Diagram

- - - - the sucess of its campaign further motivated japan to continue expansionism as a preferred foreign policy approach despite the diplomatic blowback. convinced the US to enact harsher economic sanctions against japan which significantly increased tensions.
- - - - In the late 1930s till 1941 did not achieve its desired effect of forcing japan to back down, but instead created more economic justification for japanese expansionism into SEA. it also convinced japan that war was inevitable with the US and made the decision to bomb Pearl Harbour on December 7 1941
- - - - proximity to USSR
        
        instability to china in early 20th century
        
        gave an opporunity and prescedence for japan as a foreign power to expand control over china for its own needs
        
        saw manchuria as vital to its national and ideological security, motivating japan to secure direct control over the border region
      - propelled japan to justify national expansionism as a matter of national survival,being less amendable to more peaceful option of trade and vulnarabilities