Japanese leaders justified their expansionism in the 1930s as freeing Asian peoples from Western imperialism.

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Japanese leaders, particularly the military government, believed that they were liberating Asian countries from Western imperialism and establishing a Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. This was used to justify their aggressive expansion policies in the 1930s and early 1940s.

Japanese Leaders Justified Their Expansionism in the 1930s as Freeing