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Japanese military leaders and ultranationalists thought Japan should have an empire the same size as Western Powers.
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Ethiopia resisted but their out dated weapons were no match for Italy's advanced weapons.
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Ethiopia tried to get help from the League of Nations. they did not have power penalize Italy.
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Japanese armies overran much od eastern China. Western protests did not stop Japan.
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Francisco Franco led Nationalist Revolution
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Many Austrians were happy about this.
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Japan wanted to expand its Asian-Empire for recourses.
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Germany and USSR invades Poland.
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Pearl Harbor was a suprise attack by Japan.