Japan is a resource-poor country. They wanted China's resources. It was the same with Pearl Harbor. At the time, the U.S. was the world's largest oil producer. In response to Japanese outrages in China and elsewhere, the U.S. cut off exports of oil and steel to Japan. That was really an act of war, because without oil, Japan would be out of business. The Japanese decided to seize the oil fields in the Dutch East Indies, now part of Indonesia. As a precaution they sank the American fleet at Pearl Harbor first.
Japan's actions in China and the Pacific War must be seen in light of their views of their own racial superiority?
Japan invaded Korea first, then China during WW II, if that is what you are asking.
They would eat a pound of salt to commit suicide.
During World War 2, the Government of China was a puppet regime set up by the Imperial powers of Japan. Viscous fighting between China and Japan began in 1931. Prior to Japan's invasion in 1931 China was a republic with voting rights for its citizens.
China, for now. But Tibetans are fighting everyday to free Tibet from China's invasion
Japanese invasion of Manchuria
Japan invaded Korea first, then China during WW II, if that is what you are asking.
How you expect me to know. Stupid
See: "Scorched Earth Policy" & "the three ALL's"
They would eat a pound of salt to commit suicide.
They would eat a pound of salt to commit suicide.
Many times. The worst of modern times was their invasion of Manchuria (part of China) in the early 1930s where they committed many crimes against the population. Later, during World War 2, they invaded the Philippines. During what we know as the Early Modern Era in the West, they invaded Korea. They also invaded Korea during the 1905 Russo-Japanese War.
the Mongols
to protect china from invasion from Mongolia
Expansion on the Great Wall of China was stopped during the Qing Dynasty. It was no longer needed for protection from invasion because the borders of China now expanded far beyond the wall.
During World War 2, the Government of China was a puppet regime set up by the Imperial powers of Japan. Viscous fighting between China and Japan began in 1931. Prior to Japan's invasion in 1931 China was a republic with voting rights for its citizens.
A typhoon off shore caused a "divine wind" or Kamikaze which dashed the ships on the rocks and spoiled the invasion.
A typhoon off shore caused a "divine wind" or Kamikaze which dashed the ships on the rocks and spoiled the invasion.