Reply #31: "I do not believe the Japanese cause for war was justified." What do you consider to be the Japanese [View All]

cause for war? The Japanese were occupying parts of China, Manchuria, Mongolia, and Korea by 12/07/1941. They were controlling the resources of China and the surrounding territory in competition against Britain, USA, France, Dutch, Portugese, Russian, and German. They were in the neighborhood. Britain, USA, France, Dutch, Portugese, and Germans weren't. It was like a Monroe Doctrine to Japan. When Spain and Mexico opposed the Manifest Destiny of the USA, war was declared and they were defeated. The Manifest Destiny of the Japanese people was to economically control China and Southeast Asia, and surrounding islands. The other colonial powers opposed this assertion. Was Japan justified in trying to rid the area of the other colonial powers?