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  • japan wanted manchuria for its rich iron and coal resources
  • china's instability during the manchurian crisis gave japan a chance to annex manchuria
  • local warlords in manchuria supported japan as they did not accept ' chiang 's (GMD) authority
  • The mukden incident occured when japan blew up a part of a railway track in mukden, blaming it on china
  • Japan used the mukden incident to take over manchuria before almost fully controlling it by december
  • Japan set up a puppet government in manchuria in 1932
  • china appealed to league of nations for support, before the order was finally passed in 1931 for japan to withdraw its troops.
  • Japan rebutted at the leagues claim of invasion of manchuria by stating that they were acting in self defence to keep peace as china was in anarchy
  • Japan started an all out war in 1937 against china starting with the marco polo bridge incident
  • in 1937, japanese established control in chahar province
  • japanese takeover of nanjing caused the ' nanjing rape incident ' where many innocent chinese civilians lives were lost.
  • In the Nanjing rape incident, men and boys were slaughtered on site while girls and women were raped by the japanese soldier and subsequently killed
  • Last advanced of japan in china was in 1938 where they captured Wuhan and the coastal regions of guangdong
  • Second sino-japanese war turned into a bloody stalemate in 1939-1940 where neither japanese or chinese forces could advance
  • The attack on pearl harbor was a attempt of a quick knockout blow targeted at the US by the japanese.
  • Japan signed the tripartite pact with germany and italy in 1940 to be an insurance against US intervention
  • Japan's attack on pearl harbor missed important US assets like repair bases, naval installations and all 3 aircraft carriers
  • The attack on pearl harbor caused US to declare war on japan which triggered the outbreak of world war 2 in the asia pacific region
  • The pearl harbor incident was not the knockout blow the japanese needed and eventually lead to japans defeat in 1945