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In the first week of World War I Japan proposed to the United Kingdom, that Japan would enter the war if it could take Germany's Pacific territories. [4] On 7 August 1914, the British government officially asked Japan for assistance in destroying the Imperial German Navy in and around Chinese waters.
The First World War. 1 To Arms (Oxford UP, 2003). Totman, Conrad (2005). A History of Japan. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 978-1-119-02235-0. United States. War Dept. General Staff. Strength and organization of the armies of France, Germany, Austria, Russia, England, Italy, Mexico and Japan (showing conditions in July, 1914) (1916) online
Japan joined the war since they were already in an alliance with the British Empire and wanted to gain more territories. Japan joined the war on August 23, 1914, and attacked German colonies in China on August 27. [3]
Japan attempts to impose its Twenty-One Demands on neutral China. January 18–19 African, East African: Battle of Jassin. January 19 – December 22 Western: Battle of Hartmannswillerkopf, series of battles fought to control the peak. January 24 Naval: Battle of Dogger Bank between squadrons of the British Grand Fleet and the German Hochseeflotte.
The Imperial Japanese Navy conducted the majority of Japan's military operations during World War I. Japan entered the war on the side of the Entente, against Germany and Austria-Hungary as a consequence of the 1902 Anglo-Japanese Alliance. Japanese participation in the war was limited.
Bulgaria was the last country to join the Central Powers, which it did in October 1915 by declaring war on Serbia. [30] It invaded Serbia in conjunction with German and Austro-Hungarian forces. [45] Bulgaria held claims on the region of Vardar Macedonia then held by Serbia following the Balkan Wars of 1912–1913 and the Treaty of Bucharest ...
The Allies or the Entente was an international military coalition of countries led by France, the United Kingdom, Russia, the United States, Italy, and Japan against the Central Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria in World War I (1914–1918).
Japan was influenced by Western imperialism in Asia which caused Japan to participate as a colonial power. Japan was the last major power to enter the race for global colonization. It expanded rapidly, with colonial acquisitions, from 1895 till 1942. The Empire of Japan was one of the largest in history. It included colonies in Manchuria, China ...