What was the purpose of Japan's invasion of China at that time?

At that time, Japan's invasion of China was aimed at Japan's large population, small territory and lack of resources, and it was always eager to expand outward.

14-16th century, Japanese pirates who invaded and plundered the coastal areas of China and North Korea mainly engaged in smuggling trade between China and Japan, and were generally called Japanese pirates. Modern capitalist powers invaded China, and Japan also played a major role. From July 1894 to June 1895, the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War of 1895 plundered a large number of strategic resources such as books, cultural relics and silver from China, paving the way for further strengthening and launching the war of aggression against China.

193 1 year, the Japanese launched the "September 18th Incident" in the northeast and occupied three northeastern provinces of China. 1937 The July 7th Incident (Lugouqiao Incident) was the prelude of the Japanese invasion of China. Until June 5438+0945, Hirohito announced. The Japanese imperialist invaders occupied a large area of land in China, implemented the deadly plan of "ruling China with China", supported the puppet regime of traitors, brutally enslaved and slaughtered the people of China, plundered China's resources and property crazily, seriously violated and destroyed China's sovereignty, severely divided China, and seriously weakened China's national unity in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period.

Japan committed a series of heinous atrocities in the war of aggression against China, such as the "three-light policy" of "killing, burning and looting" in the occupied areas; Manufacturing the Nanjing Massacre; Using China people to carry out "vivisection" bacteria test; Manufacturing pingdingshan massacre, etc. ; The Japanese army killed tens of millions of civilians in China, causing tens of millions of people in China to be displaced and their homes destroyed.