Japan occupied these areas during World War II; they were not historic Japanese lands. The United States believed that Japan should be stripped of all non-ethnic Japanese lands at the end of World War II to lessen the possibility that Japan would ever become a violent and antagonistic empire ever again.
French Indochina, Thialand, China, and Manchuria.
Japan invaded or attacked Burma , China , Indochina , the Philippines , Malaysia , Manchuria , Wake Island , Hong Kong , Singapore and the Aleutians .
China, moreso than Japan, had become controlled by European powers, which were militarily stronger. Japan participated more fully in the Industrial Revolution, and began to emulate the western powers in their imperialistic pursuits. China, Korea, Manchuria, and Indochina were soon targets of the Japanese as well as of European countries.
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they stopped them from trading with other countries. Oil embargo, which weakened Japan.
French Indochina, Thialand, China, and Manchuria.
In an effort to cut off military supplies to China, Japan invaded French Indochina in 1940. After days of combat, the French Vichy government reached an agreement with Japan that allowed them to occupy Tonkin Bay. The Japanese military had a continued presence in Indochina throughout the war.
The French returned to Indo-China, and the French Indochina War commenced in 1946-1954.
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Japan invaded or attacked Burma , China , Indochina , the Philippines , Malaysia , Manchuria , Wake Island , Hong Kong , Singapore and the Aleutians .
Because Japan invaded French Indochina
The japanese refusal to withdraw from China.
China, moreso than Japan, had become controlled by European powers, which were militarily stronger. Japan participated more fully in the Industrial Revolution, and began to emulate the western powers in their imperialistic pursuits. China, Korea, Manchuria, and Indochina were soon targets of the Japanese as well as of European countries.
No. Not China...but INDO-China; Today's Vietnam/Laos/Cambodia. China's never been ruled by another nation...only partially ruled (partially conquered) by the Mongols, Japan, and portions of China were "forced leased" to Germany, Britain, etc.
The US may have demanded Japan withdraw it's military forces from mainland China during the 1930's; But Indo-China (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia-Southeast Asia) was occupied during World War 2. Demanding Japanese Forces to leave Indochina, would also be demanding Japan to with draw it's forces from the Philippines, Wake Island, Guadalcanal, Bougainville, New Guinea, Singapore, Malaysia, Burma, Thailand, India, East Pakistan, and to remove it's Naval Forces from the Australian/New Zealand areas. A "Demand" is a Political Action. "War" is the accomplishing of a "Political Action" by other than political means. WW2 was fought to REMOVE the Axis Powers from occupied countries, and then have them (the Axis Powers) surrender or be totally destroyed; so that they would NOT and could NOT conquer other nations again.
Japan had invaded China and was trying to conquer it. It had also occupied French Indochina as way to cut off western supplies to China & prepare for an invasion of the Dutch East Indies & British territories in southern Asia. Japan was also preparing to invade the Philippines, Guam & Wake Island.
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