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The Manchurian Incident
-Japan had rapid growth rates in population and needed to expand
-Guangdong Army bombed the South Manchurian Railway
-Blamed Chinese saboteurs -
Manchukuo was established
-Japanese puppet state
-civilian government losing power -
Assassination of PM Inukai Tsuyoshi
Japanese system of civilian government was highly threatened -
Japan withdrew from the league of nations
-Due to the Manchurian bombing
-Viewed negatively by the world -
Rampage of assassinations
About 1,500 troops rampaged against parliament members -
The Anti-Comintern Pact
An agreement to exchange information and collaborate in preventing communist activities. -
Marco Polo Bridge incident
Confrontation between Chinese and Japanese troops
Full-scale war-fare
Launched an invasion against China--> The Second Sino-Japanese War -
Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere
PM Konoe Fumimaro’s
Aimed to integrate Asia politically and economically -
Axis powers of WW2
Tripartite Pact with Germany and Italy "The Emperor would have sanctioned the Tripartite Pact even had there been no threats of violent intimidation. It would not have occured to him to oppose a treaty legally decided upon by the government" -
Planned Attack of US naval base at Pearl Harbor
Army minister Tojo Hideki (and new PM) had declared peaceful negotiations with Washington ended
Japan was to embark on a war of "self-defense and self-preservation"
