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Japan's invasion of Manchuria
Japan invades Manchuria for their natural resources and took control of the region. However, Japan was criticized by the Western nations and the League of Nations, which caused Japan to remove themself from the League of Nations. -
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Japan Expansion
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Second Sino-Japanese War
Japan invades Eastern China to expand their empire, which caused them to starts the Second Sino-Japanese War. On December 13, 1937, "The Rape of Nanking" occurs. Almost 300,000 Chinese were murdered. Japan is highly criticized yet again by Western powers. -
The start of World War Two.
World War Two started when Germany attacked the rest of Europe. Japan saw its oppurtunity to take over parts of Southeast Asia, because Europe, who had colonized most of that region, was at war, fighting against many countries. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor because they felt that the United States' power was a threat to their growing empire in Southeast Asia. Because Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, the U.S.A. entered World War 2 and started the Pacific War. -
The Expansion of Japan's Empire
Japan expended its empire in 1942. They called the empire the "Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere". It stretched from the Aleutian Islands to Solomon Islands, and from Wake Island to Burma. Japan was one of the strongest Asian countries/empires at the time, and was feared by the rest of Asia. -
Atomic bombing in Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The United States dropped the first atomic bomb in Hiroshima on August 6, 2011 because they wanted Japan to surrender to U.S. forces. It was extremely distructive. However, because Japan refused to do so, they dropped the 2nd atomic bomb in Nagasaki.
