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Summary: The allies of Japan during World War II were mainly Italy and Germany, together making up the Axis powers. Find out how Japan wanted to expand its territory to include more of Asia with insight from a political science specialist in this free video on history.
Arielle Reid received a Master of Arts degree in political science in 2007 from Central European University in Budapest, Hungary. Reid has been an office and research coordinator at...read more
"Hello my name is Arielle Reid in Budapest Hungary and I will explain to you today the allies of Japan. Now in World War two, the allies of Japan were primarily Italy and Germany. They were known as the axis powers. But Japan received primary and main access power in the pacific. Now the goal of Japan much like the other access powers was expansion. But Japan had set it sights only on Asia. It want to create what it called the greater east Asia co prosperity sphere. Under the hegemony of Japan. Which would have used much of the resources of China and Asia to boost Japan's economy and prosperity. Japan's goal was to create the greater east Asia co prosperity sphere under Japanese hegemony. Now in order to do this Japan thought it was necessary to neutralize the American force in the Philippines and in Pearl Harbor. It was the attack of Pearl of Harbor that brought the Americans into World War Two."
eHow Article: Allies of Japan
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