During world war 2, how did japan invade china, dutch, and the british?

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If they didnt then why does this say so? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes_of_world_war_2

Answer 1

The wiki speaks of dutch (Indonesia - the former Dutch East Indies) and british (Singapore, Burma, India etc.) colonies and protectorates. China was and is of course a neighbouring republic. The chinese region of Manchuria was actually invaded in 1931 after the so-called Mukden incident.

When the 2nd world war broke out in the pacific theatre in 1941, Japan also overran the colonial territories of the Dutch, British and French (Indochina). So even though Japan did not actually invade the British, Dutch or French homelands, they did invade (part of) their colonial empires, thus technically speaking attacking sovereign foreign nations under British, Dutch and French administration.

Answer 2

During the Second World War Japan DID invade China (Hong Kong, Shanghai and other areas near the coast), but it never invaded Britain or Holland. Japan did invade and/or occupy the colonies of the Britsh: Burma, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, and Singapore, and the Dutch East Indies (Java, Borneo, Sumatra, Celebes, Timor, etc.). Since Japan had a great navy, these invasions were a combination of seaborne attacks, as well as airborne attacks.

Answer 3

I think they meant the Dutch East Indies, and British Colonies in the Pacific. The Japanese never left the Pacific and Indian Ocean.

Answer 4

China

Answer 5

The Second Sino-Japanese War (July 7, 1937–September 9, 1945), also known in Chinese as the War of Resistance Against Japan, was a major war fought between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan, both before and during World War II. Although the two countries had fought intermittently since 1931, full-scale war started in earnest in 1937 and ended with the surrender of Japan in 1945. The Japanese invasion was a strategic plan made by the Imperial Japanese Army as part of their large-scale plans to control the Asian mainland. Before 1937, the two sides fought smaller engagements in the so-called "incidents." The 1931 invasion of Manchuria by Japan is referred to as the "Mukden Incident". The last of these was the Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 1937, marking the official beginning of full scale war between the two countries. From 1937 to 1941, China fought alone. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Second Sino-Japanese War merged into the greater conflict of World War II.

Hitler kept his plan to invade the USSR secret from the Japanese. The USSR, fearing a two-front war, decided to make peace with Japan. On April 13, 1941, the USSR and Japan signed the Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact, thus allowing the Japanese to concentrate their attention to the upcoming war in Asia-Pacific.

In the summer of 1941, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands began an oil embargo against Japan, threatening its ability to fight a major war at sea or in the air. However, Japanese forces continued to advance into China. Japan planned an attack on Pearl Harbor to cripple the U.S. Pacific Fleet, then seize oil fields in the Dutch East Indies.

On December 7, Japan launched virtually simultaneous surprise attacks against Pearl Harbor, Thailand and on the British territories of Malaya and Hong Kong. These attacks were on December 7, 1941 in western international time zones and on December 8 in the east. A Japanese carrier fleet launched an unexpected air attack on Pearl Harbor. The raid destroyed most of the American aircraft on the island and knocked the main American battle fleet out of action (three battleships were sunk, and five more were heavily damaged, though only the USS Arizona and USS Oklahoma were permanently lost, the other six battleships were repaired and eventually returned to service). However, the four American aircraft carriers that had been the intended main target of the Japanese attack were off at sea. At Pearl Harbor, the main dock, supply, and repair facilities were quickly repaired. Furthermore, the base's fuel storage facilities, whose destruction could have crippled the Pacific fleet, were untouched. The attack united American public opinion to demand vengeance against Japan. The following day, December 8, the United States declared war on Japan.

Japan also invaded The Philippines, a U.S. Commonwealth, on December 8. The Japanese proved too strong for Filipino and U.S. forces, under General Douglas MacArthur. Nevertheless, dogged Allied resistance continued until May, buying precious time for the Allies

Disaster struck the British on December 10, as they lost two major battleships, HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse. Both ships had been attacked by 85 Japanese bombers and torpedo planes based in Saigon, and 840 UK sailors perished. Churchill was to say of the event, "In all of the war I have never received a more direct shock."

Answer 6

those other countries had territories in the pacific ocean and whats around
that means that japan invaded these british, dutch, and other.
get it??

Answer 7

Japan did not invade the Netherlands (Dutch), or England (British).

Answer 8

I think you need to re-read your history books.

Answer 9

You got to be kidding me!!!!!!