Question

China was a member of the League of Nations in 1937 and an important trade partner with the United States, Great Britain, and other European countries. How might Japan’s invasion of China and the Nanking Massacre have a ected relations between Japan and Western powers?

Answer 1

The attack of China meant that there was a huge market and a potential ally cut off from the European powers.

Explanation:

The Chinese market was very lucrative and the nations had believed China would develop into a strong political ally of the nations that are in close ties with it but this was sent in jeopardy when Japan brutally attacked the country and looted its capital.

This ruined the relations between Japan and the western powers and made war an inevitability as the powers could not let go such a brutal attack on one of their staunch allies to go unpunished.