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OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR 2 IN ASIA PACIFIC, In response, Japan decided to…
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In response, Japan decided to come out with the Great east asia co-posperity sphere
- Free the south east Asians from western rule
- Promised a good life for the southeast Asians
Unfair treatment: Paris Peace treaty conference
- Japan brought up racial equality and was being rejected
- given lesser battlehsip compared to the western powers (Britain and France)
introduction to tariff
- Japan was always competing with the US on the sales of items to Asia
- Political rivals
Reduce the amount of oil Japan had so that they would not be able to fight in exchange for Japan's surrender on China
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Lacking major power such as US and USSR, the league had no resource to force Japan out of China
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The league did not want to make Japan even more angry. Hence they did not know what to do to help China
-The Japanese Military, which was in power at that time, used aggression to get what they want. Japan also believed that they should not be look down on by the western powers
All this lead to the eventual attack on Manchuria.
- used their aggressive ways by bombing the mukden railway and blaming it on the Chinese
- got access to the natural resources available
- japan knew that they have to expand their empire as they had no natural resourses and since Japan was mostly mountainous, it was not a good place for agricultural activities.
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League of nations role
- China asked the league to help kick the Japanese out of Manchuria
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- Japan ended up not fearing the League and continued to advance into taking over China
4.eventually, in 1937, Japan conquered Shanghai
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Japans fear: Did not want to upset USSR therefore Japan found it hard to continue to expand their empire through Asia
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- Germany invaded Poland
- USSR had to fight against the Germans
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japan believed that the whole world should be treated fairly, with the western powers not looking down at the Asians
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