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Construction of the cruiser Tone was authorized under the "Circle-2 Plan". The 2nd Naval Armaments Supplement Programme (マル2計画, 第二次補充計画, Maru 2 Keikaku, Dai-Ni-Ji Hojū Keikaku) otherwise known as the "Circle Two" Plan was the second of four expansion plans of the Imperial Japanese Navy between 1930 and the start of World War II.
IJN cruisers Mogami, Mikuma, Kumano all constructed under the "Circle One" plan. The 1st Naval Armaments Supplement Programme (マル1計画, 第一次補充計画, Maru 1 Keikaku, Dai-Ichi-Ji Hojū Keikaku), otherwise known as the "Circle One" plan was the first of four expansion plans of the Imperial Japanese Navy between 1930 and the start of World War II.
Japan participated in World War II from 1939 to 1945 as a member of the Axis.World War II and the Second Sino-Japanese War encapsulate a significant period in the history of the Empire of Japan, marked by significant military campaigns and geopolitical maneuvers across the Asia-Pacific region.
Japan finally occupied Korea in 1910. In 1932, Japan captured Manchuria and built the puppet state of Manchukuo. Japan attacked China in 1937 and tried to finish the Continental Policy. But Japan failed to conquer China and lost in World War II, costing Japan all of her overseas land. This also symbolized the end of Japan's expansion and the ...
Instead, a massive third expansion plan was officially ratified by the Diet of Japan in 1937, calling for 66 new combat vessels, centering on two of the new Yamato-class battleships and two Shōkaku-class aircraft carriers, and expansion of the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service by 14 more Naval Air Groups.
War between the Empire of Japan and the United States was a possibility each nation's military forces had planned for after World War I. The expansion of American territories in the Pacific had been a threat to Japan since the 1890s, but real tensions did not begin until the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931.
Planning for global territorial expansion of the Axis powers; Germany, Italy and Japan, progressed before and during the Second World War. This included some special strike plans against the Allied nations (with similar intentions to the James Doolittle raid special Allied Strike).
Fisher, Charles A. (1950) "The Expansion of Japan: A Study in Oriental Geopolitics: Part II. The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere." The Geographical Journal (1950): 179–193. Huff, Gregg (2020). World War II and Southeast Asia: Economy and Society under Japanese Occupation. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781316162934. Iriye, Akira ...