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Japan entered World War II primarily due to its imperial ambitions and the need to secure resources for its growing economy and military. Facing economic sanctions and embargoes from Western powers, Japan sought to expand its territory in Asia and the Pacific to access vital raw materials.
By June 1, 1942, the Allies were in disarray and Japan held several key advantages. It now had the leeway to fortify its newly seized territories and to create a formidable, deep defense. And, unlike virtually all of its counterparts, the Imperial Japanese Navy was still largely intact.
The part played by Japan in the Allied intervention in Siberia following the Bolshevik Revolution of 1918 caused further concerns about Japanese expansion. One of the principal reasons for the disarmament conference held in Washington, D.C., in 1921–22, was to reduce Japanese influence.
Germany, France, and Russia forced Japan to return the Liaodong Peninsula to China as soon as the Shimonoseki terms became known, and the additional indemnity compensation that Japan received from China did little to lessen this blow.
The Empire of Japan had been expanding its territory since the First Sino-Japanese and the Russo-Japanese War, before World War I through the colonisation of Taiwan and Korea. In 1931, Japan invaded and conquered Manchuria in northeast China.
Why did it seem logical to the Japanese that they, rather than the European powers, should be dominant in Asia? Explain the economic reasons for establishing colonies. What in particular did Japan hope to gain from its colonies? Locate Pearl Harbor on a map. Why did Japan attack the United States at Pearl Harbor?
Japan's annexation of territory throughout SE Asia in 1941-2 was the immediate cause of war in the Pacific during World War Two.
Empire of Japan - WW2, Militarism, Expansion: Each gain achieved by the militarists resulted in new compromises by more moderate elements in the government, and each of these in turn brought greater foreign hostility and distrust.
What are some factors that could fuel a nation’s desire to become aggressive toward its neighbors, expand its territory, and create an empire? In Japan, how did a “we”-and-“they” attitude toward China begin to take hold?
The scope of Imperial Japan’s war in Asia and the Pacifi c was certainly impressive – but, before examining the main events in this war, and how the rest of the world reacted to its actions, it is important to establish the causes which led to Japan’s imperial expansion after 1931.