How did Japan respond and enter WWII?
2007-11-22 07:52:11 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ Japan
Just ONE detail.
2007-11-22 09:04:25 · update #1
My interpretation is that Japan commenced WWII with the Marco Polo Bridge incident in June/July 1937 when Japanese imperial army troops engaged Chinese nationalist troops and began to march towards Beijing. The details are murky to this day, but ultranationalist elements within the Japanese imperial army had provoked the Chinese nationalist army most likely without permission from the civilian authorities in Tokyo.
The army fanatics were part of the "strike north faction" that desired war with the Soviet Union. The "strike south faction" in the Japanese imperial navy responded to their army rivals by eventually attacking Hawaii, Hong Kong and Malaysia.
2007-11-22 12:09:52 · answer #1 · answered by michinoku2001 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hull note.
The US had been pursuing an "Open Door Policy" in China.
The turning point was the "Hull note" from the US to Japan in 1941 and Japanese military authorities (was out of Japanese government rule) decided to enter into the battle against the Western countries.
This is travel category. Ask in History or Military sections. You will be able to receive various answers.
2007-11-22 21:46:26 · answer #2 · answered by Joriental 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Japan responded to American pressure ( as cutting off oil supply) and reacted as the Americans wanted - attacking US.
2007-11-22 19:20:51 · answer #3 · answered by bent a 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
WWII is just a concept. It's not like there was this war happening, and countries just entered and left it.
2007-11-22 22:19:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋