WWII Asia-Pacific Causes.docx

**[Causes of World War II in the Asia-Pacific]** **[Crises in Japan ]** [Point- Economic Crisis] - - - - - - [Point- Overpopulation] - - - - - - [Point- Growing military influence in Japanese politics] - - - - - - [Japan's Ambition to establish itself i...

**[Causes of World War II in the Asia-Pacific]** **[Crises in Japan ]** [Point- Economic Crisis] - - - - - - [Point- Overpopulation] - - - - - - [Point- Growing military influence in Japanese politics] - - - - - - [Japan's Ambition to establish itself in Asia and Europe] - - - - - - - - - [Point- Alliance with Britain] - - - - - [Point- Conflict with China because of the First Sino-Japanese War] - - - - [Point- Conflict with china because of the Twenty-One demands] - - - - [Point- Worsening relations with the USA due to American racism against Japanese] - - - - - - - - [Point-Worsening relations with the USA due to unhappiness over decisions made at the Paris peace Conference ] - - - - [Point- Worsening relations with the USA due to unhappiness over the Washington Naval Conference] - - - - - - **[Japan's Expansionist Foreign Policy]** [Point- Desire to get resources] - - - - - - - - [Point- rise of militarism in Japanese leadership ] - - - - - - - [Point- Creation of Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere] - - - - - - - **[Weaknesses of the League of Nations]** [Point-Failure to stop Japanese Aggression in Mukden incident and the invasion of Manchuria] - - - - - - - - - - [Point- Failure to stop Japanese aggression in the Second Sino-Japanese War] - - - - - - - **[Japan's responses to world developments in the 1930s]** [Point- US trade embargo on Japan] - - - - - - - - - [Point- War in Europe] - - - [Point- Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour] - - - - - - -