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235. China and World War II (Part 1)

The Rest Is History

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China's Nationalist Party, the Gamindang

In the late 19th century, china became asia's first republic in 19 12. It didn't stop it being a weak country that had an unstable government. The japanese created a modernized empire of their own by basically modernizing very, very fast. They also started to build their own empire as a way of showing they were sitting at the top table of international politics. And then there was this huge coup launched by japanese junior officers which essentially turned manchuria into a puppet state under them.

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