Foreign Policy Expansionism

Japanese Expansionism
Who:
Germany, Japan, China, United States, Italy
What:
Japan invasions and attacks on Manchuria, and Hawaii as well as places in Japan.
Pearl Harbor was a result of this.
When:
1931­ September 1945
Where:
East Asia, Manchuria, China, Germany, Italy, United States (Hawaii), Philippines
Why:
After World War 1 Japan was forced to give up all but the few islands it had gained during the war, tension had been increasing between the US and Japan, Japan wanted to be the dominant power in East Asia. Japan also needed resources, so they wanted to gain land.
Pearl Harbor occurred because of the Japanese wanting to gain land for these resources.
They decided that the Dutch East Indies would be the best place to try and obtain the land they needed. However, the Japanese thought that if they attacked the Dutch East Indies that they would pull the US into the war. So they needed to find a way to keep the US out of the fight. They decided that Pearl Harbor would be the best method to do this.
How:
They created attacks on other nations and created fear among nations.
Other Nations Responses: There was fear, the Germans and Italians signed a treaty with
Japan

German Expansionism
Who:
Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia and Austria
What:
The German­Soviet Pact, also known as the Ribbentrop­Molotov Pact after the two foreign ministers who negotiated the agreement, had two parts. An economic agreement, signed on August 19, 1939, provided that Germany would exchange manufactured goods for
Soviet raw materials. Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union also signed a ten­year non­aggression pact on August 23, 1939, in which each signatory promised not to attack the other. When: August 19th, 1939 and August 23rd, 1939
Where:
Poland
Why:
The German­Soviet Pact enabled Germany to attack Poland on September 1, 1939, without fear of Soviet intervention. On September 3, 1939, Britain and France, having guaranteed to protect Poland's borders five months earlier, declared war on Germany. These events marked the beginning of World War II.
How:
The French diverted the Germans attention from the Polish front and took Munich.
They used military force because of the invasion of Poland caused a disturbance of the peace because the non aggression treaty was broken by the germans
Other Nations Responses: Britain and France declared war on Germany because Germany attacked Poland. The nonaggression pact of August 23 contained a secret protocol that provided for the partition of Poland and the rest of eastern Europe into Soviet and German spheres of interest.

Italy’s Expansionism Who:
Italy, Africa, Ethiopia
What
:
The creation of the Kingdom of Italy was the result of concerted efforts by Italian nationalists and monarchists loyal to the House of Savoy to establish a united kingdom encompassing the entire Italian Peninsula.
Where:
When:
Why:
How:
Other Nations Responses: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Empire