Why did Japan Join the Axis? (Short Animated Documentary)

Ever wondered why Japan joined the Axis powers? No? Well tough. In hindsight it seemed like a bad idea to tie itself to Germany and Italy during the greatest conflict in human history. They re not as foolhardy as you may think. Find out exactly why they did so in this short and simple animated history documentary. Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tenminhistory Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4973164 Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/history-matters-store-2 Special Thanks to the following Patrons for their support on Patreon: Chris Fatta Kevin Sanders Stefan Møller Gregory - The Bittersteel Richard Wolfe D. Mahlik Qi Xiao Anon Ian Jensen sharpie660 Wolf SirAlpaka Andrew Miraut Ariadni Voulgari Jason Martins Paul McGee Mitchell Wildoer Andrew Niedbala John Garcia Bernardo Santos Nathan Perlman Danny Anstess Christopher Godfrey Warren Rudkin James Bisonette Fan#1 Sam Henry Rabung Magdalena Reinberg-Leibel Shaun Pullin Perry Gagne Chris Hall Vesko Dinev hamid kadiwala Joooooshhhhh Adam Barrett Blake Dryad Lachlan Alen Troy Schmidt I’m Not In The Description FuzzytheFair Liam Gilleece Cap Byzans_Scotorius Kinfe85 Mark Ploegstra Jeffrey Schneider Luke Robinson HelloAgainThere Haydn Noble MrPalomino Josh Cornelius Donald Weaver Richard Manklow Steve Bonds Big Nick Julian Baumann Gabriel Lunde Konstantin Bredyuk Nick Finan Pierre Le Mouel Richard Hartzell Seth Reeves PARSHU19 Joao Santos Sources: Into the Tiger s Den: Japan and the Tripartite Pact, 1940 by Jeremy A. Yellen