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I don't think it did..... unless you accept that Japan in Manchuria was part of WW2. Surely Japan enters WW2 as a result of Pearl Harbor. Although Japan was militarily threatening prior to 1941 its impact on the war elsewhere was not noticable, unless I have missed something......

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Q: Why did World War 2 start in Asia before 1939?
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