2006-06-06 17:10:56 · 8 answers · asked by nopers 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Don't listen to Rillifane's insane Chinese nationalism that has nothing to do with your question. In the years leading up to the war Japan was being encrouched apon by western powers including the US, Holland, France, Brittan etc... all supply lines to this resourceless country were cut off and there was little recourse but war or fading out into a Phillipine style anarchy, so the Japanese joined the Axis loosley because of a common situation and had a common goal (originally). Also as another guy said they just didn't need another enemy.
2006-06-06 21:29:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Rillifane pretty much nailed it. The 1930s were a heyday of ambitiously evil leaders the likes of which (I hope) the world shall never see again. The leaders of Japan envisioned global domination and convinced their people and soldiers that this quixotic quest could only succeed if the Chinese were wiped out (or at least mostly killed with the remainder tortured). Not unlike Hitler's feelings about the world and Jews. Privately and unsuprisingly, Hitler hated asians, but at this point the Japanese served his purpose as he did theirs.
Of course, this did not justify the American policy of holding Japanese-Americans in camps during WWII or our racist propaganda campaigns against their homeland... it's like when one kid on the playground starts fighting dirty all the others start being jerks to keep up.
Stupid humans.
P.S.- that Rillifane guy deserves the 10 points.
2006-06-06 17:47:50 · answer #2 · answered by Emmature 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Japanese wanted to conquer a lot of asia just like the germans tryed to do for europe. The actually werent even that much of axis. They only signed a treaty that they wouldnt attack eachother, so pretty much nothing in it was for them but they didnt need anymore enemys.
-Solid Snake
2006-06-06 17:14:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Japan had, in 1931, started a vicious and unprovoked series of barbaric attacks on its neighbor, China. The brutality of the Japanese had disgusted the entire civilized world.
The great joy Japanese took in such sports as tossing Chinese babies around on their bayonets could be appreciated only by Germans.
By 1940, Japan was an international pariah and it was natural that they turn to Nazi Germany, the only nation in the world that was as vile and monstrous as Japan.
2006-06-06 17:24:18 · answer #4 · answered by Rillifane 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The conquer of all Asia. They had part of China, Korea. They invaded Phillipines and I think that Viet Nam too
2006-06-08 04:49:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the japs and the germans had a really loose alliance so i think it was just to get back at the americans for cutting off their supply of valuable resources such as oil
2006-06-06 17:12:07 · answer #6 · answered by raguilera36 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
both the japs and the germans hated the US, England, and France. they wanted world domination.
2006-06-07 09:02:28 · answer #7 · answered by acuradude32 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
two atomic bombs, they loved it.
right, I'm just kidding.
2006-06-06 17:11:56 · answer #8 · answered by nwrd01 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋