Why did japan attack china in WW2?

Answer 1

The reason why China has become the coveted target of Japan is that China has a large territory and abundant resources, while Japan has a small land area and a very lack of resources. Another reason is that during Japan's transformation to industrialization, its economy developed rapidly, but China is still a closed country and a backward agricultural country. At that time, China was simply vulnerable. It was really sad that even Japan, a small bullet country, dared to invade. At that time, it was undoubtedly a once-in-a-thousand opportunity for Japan. Access to China's territory and wealth, so they also have the qualification to fight with Western powers, so they want to use China's territory to obtain the capital to squeeze into the list of world powers, so as to dominate the world.

Answer 2

China was weakened by foreign influence. Manchuria is rich in Natural Resources, which Japan desperately needed for its rapid industrial development. Among many other reasons, Japan saw this as a chance to seize power in the region.

Answer 3

To acquire resources, mainly manpower.

Japan occupied nearby Korean peninsula in 1910 to gain food. 75% of Korean agriculture was confiscated and immediately exported to Japanese home islands.

Japan started Chinese campaign in 1933. China, the land of one million villages, was to become the source of slaves and soldier-conscripts for military ambitions such as the planned occupation of Australia.

Answer 4

1. The Wall Street Crash. It crippled the USA's economy and therefore they starting importing less. Japan also struggled without enough trade from the USA. Eg; One of Japan's key exports was silk and America decided to stop importing it, making it themselves instead.

2. To try and gain more natural resources and raw materials to support their massive expansion and militarization. They no longer wanted to rely heavily on the U.S for resources and decided Manchuria was ideal for a Japanese expansion since it was already fighting a civil war between nationalists, communists and warlords.

Answer 5

the reason they invaded was because they needed raw materials and china was the closest place with them so the said that the Chinese had blown up one of their train stations and so that was a good enough reason to invade

Raw materials in Manchuria included: Oil, Iron Ore, Gold, Silver, Coal, Bauxite (for aluminum)

Answer 6

Japanese sought to gain control of Manchuria due to its rich natural resource of coal which Japan needed. In addition, Japan Saw Manchuria as a way to expand their empire and influence in Asia. Fueled by imperialist urges combined with a weak China and Russia, Japan attacked Manchuria.

Answer 7

The Japanese needed the resources that China had .

Answer 8

Manchuria was a small step for a larger plan of taking as much territory as possible; for the long term use of raw material wealth needed for Japan's industrial needs.