I’m pretty sure the answer is the first option, but I could be wrong
militarism: Commiting to military
alliances: Friends of countries that help in wartime
imperialism: Desire to colonize, for glory, riches, or global domination
nationalism: Believing in your country's greatness
Japanese Imperialism led to colonizing parts of china, since it was mad at western powers colonizing china and pushing it out (hypocrisy). Italy was a rising economy, but bitter of not getting a fair share of land. German nationalism was at a high as the emerging Nazi (nationalist socialist) party was overturning the inflation ridding weimar republic. The failing alliance of the League of nations was falling apart quickly. Soon Japan, Italy, and germany turned to Imperialism, Fascism, Nationalism, and militarism and the world would find itself in another world war.
The Battle of Bardia was fought over three days between 3rd and 5th of January 1941, as part of Operation Compass, the first military operation of the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War. It was the first battle of the war in which an Australian Army formation took part, the first to be commanded by an Australian general and the first to be planned by an Australian staff. Major General Iven Mackay's 6th Division assaulted the strongly held Italian fortress of Bardia, Libya, assisted by air support and naval gunfire, and under the cover of an artillery barrage
