Caesar Augustus revivied Romes strength and wealth and created the position of emperor making Rome officially an empire. Julius Caesar's adopted son made emperors after the Republic more despotic. Rome however still experienced peace through what is called the pax Romana or roman peace. Its economic and military increased. For 200 years the empire remained great vigor amd began military expanison.
The United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union joined forces to fight the Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Imperial Japan. The United States entered the war. The war ended in a treaty and Germany had to finish paying WWI era repairs.<span />
Manchuria rich in natural resources and sparsely populated had obvious advantages for a densely populated and resource-poor Japan. Amongst Manchuria's resources coveted by Japan were iron, coking coal, soybeans, salt and above all land, all severely lacking within the Japanese empire in 1930.
