 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Muma1930, kuDzvinyirira Kukuru Kwenyika kwakaparadza upfumi hweJapan uye kwakapa masimba akasimba mukati meuto reJapan mukana wokuzadzisa vavariro dzavo dzokukunda Asia yose. Muna 1931, Mauto eKwantung mauto echiJapan aiva kuManzhuria akaita chiitiko cheMukden, icho chakaparira Kupinda muManzhuriauye kushanduka kwayo kuva nyika yechiJapan yemadhongi yeManchukuo. Makore matanhatu gare gare, Chiitiko cheMarco Polo Bridge kunze kweBeijing chakaparira Hondo Yechipiri yeChina neJapan 19371945. Mauto eJapane akapinda muChina, achikunda Beijing, Shanghai, uye guta guru renyika reNanking; kukunda kwokupedzisira kwakateverwa neNanking Massacre. Muna 1940, Japan yakapinda mubatanidzwa neGermany yeNazi neItaly yechiFascist, nyika mbiri dzokuEurope dzaiva nemauto akafanana, uye yakabuda muChina ndokupinda muSoutheast Asia. Ikoku kwakatungamirira kukupindira kweUnited States, iyo yakaisa kurambidzwa kwezvose zvinotengeswa namafuta kuJapan. Chibvumirano chacho pakupedzisira chakakurumidzisa Kurwiswa kwePearl Harbor nokupinda kweU.S. muHondo yeNyika II. 