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The chinese defeated the area called Manchuria or Korea, so for a while, Korea was a part of Chinese land holdings. Japan was never part of China.
the Japanese expansion of the 1930s was to expand out of Korea and into manchuria which it annexed and call manchukou
The war was to gain control over Korea and Manchuria
Yes the Japanese only had Manchuria, Korea, and SE Asia at the time.
Korea, Taiwan and large parts of China (including Manchuria).
They attacked Korea and 1905 Japan made Korea a protectorate.
The chinese defeated the area called Manchuria or Korea, so for a while, Korea was a part of Chinese land holdings. Japan was never part of China.
the Japanese expansion of the 1930s was to expand out of Korea and into manchuria which it annexed and call manchukou
There were rival imperial ambitions over Manchuria and Korea
The war was to gain control over Korea and Manchuria
Yes the Japanese only had Manchuria, Korea, and SE Asia at the time.
Korea, Taiwan and large parts of China (including Manchuria).
In 1931, Imperial Japan ruled Korea but had its eyes on the mineral wealth of Manchuria. On the pretense of taking action to stop Chinese interference with the railway Japan used to get to Manchuria, Japan invaded and conquered Manchuria despite attempts by the Chinese to fight back. Soon Japan was waging war all over China. China was not a developed military power and Japan was. The result was the end of Chinese autonomy.
Japan had very limited arable land and resources. In the meantime, across the sea of Japan, a huge Chinese empire was falling apart. There were large oil, coal and iron ore deposit in Manchuria, located in north east China bordering Korea.
The warm water ports on the southwestern tip of Russia and Manchuria.
Japan, eager to expand their holdings in Korea, exploited the chaos of civil war in China by invading Manchuria. The main Red and Nationalist armies were far away and Japan had a relatively easy time invading. The Russians were also trying to expand their Pacific holdings and fought intense battles against the Japanese.
Russia and Japan were arguing over territory in Korea and Manchuria (a region in northern China).