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Situation in 1931 when Japanese troops, claiming that Chinese soldiers had tried to blow up a railway line, took matters into their own hands by capturing several southern Manchurian cities, and by continuing to take over the country even after the Chinese troops had withdrawn
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Manchurian Incident
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A supposedly independent country under the control of a powerful neighbor
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Puppet State
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A 700-mile-long highway linking Burma (present-day Myanmar) to China
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Burma Road
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As announced in 1940 by Japan's prime minister, the area extending from Manchuria to the Dutch East indies in which Japan would expand its influence
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Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
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Describe the relationship between the military and the civilian government in Japan in the 1930s.
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The military gradually took power away from the civilian government.
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Why was Japan unable to defeat China in 1939 and 1940?
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In China, the two armies were equally strong; neither could win. In Japan, there was a shortage of raw materials, especially after July 1940 when the U.S. stopped selling goods to them.
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