Japan had been antagonizing the Chinese by executing rigorous military operations near the Marco Polo Bridge in Beijing. One night, a small troop of Japanese soldiers demanded to enter a tiny walled town. The Chinese refused. A shot rang out and a Japanese soldier was killed. A full-scale war between Japan and China would soon follow.
One of the greatest atrocities committed by Japan was after the fall of the city of Nanking. The Japanese Imperial Army raped and murdered more than 10,000 Chinese.
After the defeat in WWII, Germany's capital, Berlin was divided into four zones which were separately governed by France,Britain,US and the USSR. In 1946,the three nations merge the zone of France, Britain and US to be governed by one government, USSR strongly protested against it as the merged zones account for 75% of Germany's original population. In reaction,USSR cut off all land routes linking Berlin and the Western zone,claiming that it was to protect USSR's economy. The event was known as Berlin Blockade.
Authoritarian states rose in Eastern Europe because they were small new countries without capitol t develop industry. Haves and Have-nots and most did not have experience with democracy.
