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 Response to Japanese Aggression 1931 - 1941

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 Response to Japanese Aggression 1931 - 1941

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China, as well as the League of Nations, appeased to Japan’s wishes which led to the invasion of Manchuria and Japan leaving the League for condemning its actions.

The Lytton Report recognized Japan’s interests in Manchuria, but did not see them as justified and suggested to Japan that they should give up. It is the Lytton report that pushed Japan to leave the League. The League could not push any other action towards Japan because the strongest members of the League were weak in terms of military power.

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As Japan was completely occupying Manchuria, China appealed to the League of Nations (of which both Japan and China were members at the time).  The League responded with caution as this was to be the first conflict between two nations present on the board.  The Lytton Commission was formed in December of 1931 to investigate the Mukden Incident.  Having been submitted for review to the League in October of 1932, the report admitted that before Japan invaded there was an inefficient and corrupt Chinese government in the province and that Japan had made major financial investments.  The report explained that the invasion was not done in the best interest of the people as Japan claimed it to be, so Japan was voted out of the League.

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The Second United Front was an alliance between the Chinese Nationalist Party and Communist Party of China to resist the Japanese invasion of the second Sino-Japanese war. When Japan first went after China, China tried to appease Japan as a way of biding time to prepare the imperial army

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Soviet were recognizing the territory of China in reference to the Open door Policy. Was signed at the Washington Naval Conference . Fortified allies because they agreed on recognizing one state as its own.

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There was slight hostility between the countries because the United States had put into play the Neutrality Acts which prevented the import of goods from countries at war i.e. Japan

We could also say that this helped the "relations" because the United States never intervened which made it seem like a non-threat

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Japan was segregated it was based on a feudal system.
this caused them to adapt to some western customs as a way to prevent expansion  from the west.

Japan opened trade to the U.S in the 1800s this in turn bettered relations.

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Japan had been expanding into area this caused tension which inevitably resulted in war

Japanese military was stronger than the Chinese one so they won.

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the reason that these to powers had conflict was because they had similar interest in Korea. The Soviet Union wanted to Occupy but Japan beat them to it this caused tension.
This was pivotal because Japan beat the Soviet Union this made Japan appear like a threat to the Soviet Union.

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Although Japan wasn't really involved in WWI it was alienated by the west, this in turn increased Nationalism

During the Great Depression Japan wanted to expand because of the increase in raw materials from Asia.

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Japan Invaded Manchuria and established a puppet state known as Manchuko

Japan tried to take over a region of china which eventually lead to the Kirin Provincial army to join Japan

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Began with the polo bridge incident, a dispute between China and Japan, china was backed by Soviet troops.

Nanjing Massacre
mass murder of the residents of nanjing by Japanese troops was considered a heinous war crime.

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U.S was against Japanese ambitions in China

trade relations had been cut off no reason for Japan to remain friendly
Japan attacked as a way to prevent the U.S from becoming part of the war