Manchurian Crisis → had major consequences.
- first → it tarnished prestige of the League.
- demonstrated that league → was helpless in face of aggressor nations → like Japan.
- also undermined confidence of league officials → to tackle future crises.
- second → encouraged Japan → to further expand into Asia → in following years → as Manchuria’s location placed it in a strong position for expansion into China.
- Third → Japan now had access to raw materials + resources → available in Manchuria → needed for its growing industries.
Manchurian Crisis → impacted Japanese politics.
- Annexation of Manchuria → extremely popular in Japan.
- increased the prominence + influence of ultranationalists and military → resulted in weakening of democratic politics in Japan.
- Military → continued to challenge civilian politicians authority → and gained more positions of power and influence → in govt by 1932.
From this point → Japans politics → increasingly driven by ideas → which promoted expansion.