PART ONE: First Things First: Beginnings in History, to 500 B

1. Japanese imperial ambitions rose in the 1920s and 1930s. 2. Japan had acquired influence in Manchuria after the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905. a. 1931: Japanese military units seized control of Manchuria. b. Western criticism led Japan to withdraw from League of Nations. c. by 1936, Japan was more closely aligned with Germany/Italy ................
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