C) to maintain a balance of power in Europe
China lost the Sino-Japanese War.
In September 1931, they claimed Chinese soldiers had sabotaged the railway, and attacked the Chinese army (which had just executed a Japanese spy) The Chinese army did not fight back because it knew that the Japanese were just wanted an excuse to invade Manchuria
World war 2 ended with unconditional surrender of the Axis powers on May 8 1945 Allie's accepted Germanys surrender. about a week after Adolf Hitler had committed suicide.
