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They took nearly the entire Pacific rim, only the Aussies stopped them. It is kind of lost on us, because we were caught up in the whole 'first attack on US soil since War of 1812' thing.
After Wilson (a hardened racist, who had screwed over Villa and ruined Mexico's chance to be great two years earlier) so offended our ally Japan, at Versailles, they increased their power and intended to dominate all of Asia.
Paybacks are hell. Wilson f'd up a lot of things for a lot of people. We are still suffering the consequences.