Fossil Fuel.
Access to oil.
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A strong Central Government where the government t could control most things that happened.
Germany was controlled by Germany during the war after Germany surrendered the allies which were US Britian USSR and France divided control of the country at the Potsdam Conference Aug. 1945 You might say that Germany was the spoils of war, "To the victors go the spoils". But there were no leaders there to take control the country was broke the industries had been bombed out someone had to take control and the US did not want Russia to have all of Germany, Russia did not want Britian to have complete control, US and Britian did not want France to have control Germany had too much resources to let just one country have it all so they divided it up.
The Philippines was a strong base for US military power and had to be controlled by Japan if they were going to expand in east Asia without US interference.
Russia is famous for big lands. When Japan started to become westernatized, the Russian felt that japan was their competition. Therefore, it motivated RUssia to control Asia.
Most of Central Asia was owned by the Soviet Union, while East Asia was owned by Japan. In World War II, Central Asia was under Russian control. Kazakhstan, Uzebkstan, Kyrgystan and Azerbaijian were all part of the Soviet Union. The only country in East Asian controlled by Russia was Mongolia, for they did not want to be part of the Japanese Empire.
Afganistan is the way from Russia to India.
they wanted buttsex.
Access to oil.
Asia
they had no horses and needed it for food ect.
They want to be thought of from Eurasia. Meaning both Europe and Asia.
The Assyrian had a great desire to control trade routes in southwestern Asia
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Russia. United States didn't want to see " Red Communist Asia" Korea-Japan included.
During World War 1, Germany and Russia fought heavily to gain control of the Balkan Peninsula. The two belligerents were trying to get the upper hand in terms of advantageous geographical positioning.