Topic 1: Rise of Japan: The US initially tried to prevent Japan’s annexation of Germany’s colonies in the Pacific, due to their emerging power. As a result...

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The US initially tried to prevent Japan’s annexation of Germany’s colonies in the Pacific, due to their emerging power. As a result...

Charmaine CHUNG · Accepted Answer

Japan threatened to withdraw from the LON. COMPROMISE = Agreed to a mandate system for former colonies, avoiding formal annexation. BUT provided Japan de facto control of German colonies in the Pacific.