How did the world war II start in asia?

in filipino: paano sumiklab ang world war II sa asya?

i need an answer to this as soon as possible. =)

what caused it to start in asia?

WORLD WAR II

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II

Section titled "Chronolgy"

"The start of the war is generally held to be in September 1, 1939 with the German invasion of Poland. Other dates for the beginning of war include the JAPANESE INVASION OF MANCHURIA IN 1931, the start of the SECOND SINO-JAPANESE WAR IN 1937, or one of several other events. Other sources follow A. J. P. Taylor, who holds that there was a simultaneous SINO-JAPANESE WAR IN EAST ASIA, and a Second European War in Europe and her colonies, but they did not become a World War until they MERGED IN 1941; at which point the war continued until 1945."

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EVENTS PRECEDING WWII IN ASIA

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Events_preceding_World_War_II_in_Asia

Re-worded a bit for use of a timeline.

1912- The revolution led by the KMT (Chinese Nationalist Party) and others ended the Qing Dynasty and was replaced by the Republic of China (ROC).

1914- WWI starts. The intense battle ends four years later.

1919- The KMT was reorganized.

1921- The Communist Party of China (CPC) was formed (separate of the KMT which still existed. Both the KMT and the CPC were two primary forces aimed to unite China under their ideology, but the union didn't last long). The CPC controlled the central region.

1924- The KMT started a military campaign to defeat the northern warlords (remaining from fragmented regions prior to WWI).

1927- With much of southern and central China under their control, the KMT openly turned on the CPC.

1928- The KMT took most parts of China under its power and the warlord controlling Manchuria agreed to KMT leadership of Chiang Kai-shek.

*Basically, the KMT just kept rising and rising in power all the way up to the start of WWII (and kept taking all my troops and tanks on the RISK gameboard. Just kidding).

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Events_preceding_World_War_II_in_Asia

Section titled 'Noteworthy Events"

1919: Japan, as a member of the victorious Allies during World War I, gains a mandate over various Pacific islands previously part of the German colonial empire. The primary island chains are the Marshall Islands, Marianas, the Carolines, and Truk Lagoon. Japan joins the League of Nations.

1921: Foundation of the Communist Party of China.

1922: The Washington Naval Treaty is signed, limiting the fleets and vessels of the navies of the United States, United Kingdom, Japan, France, and Italy. Japan is limited to about two-thirds of the fleet allowed for the United States and Britain. This is seen in Japan as a denial of Japanese equality amongst European powers.

1924: First congress of the Kuomintang under Sun Yat-Sen.

1927: Open conflict between the CPC and KMT commences in China. This continues until the 1937 invasion by Japan, but even then there remains a clandestine battle between the two.

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THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_World_War_II_(1939)

See section "September 1939"

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TURKEY

http://www.zum.de/whkmla/region/asmin/turkey19391945.html

Section titled "Turkey during WWII, 1939-1945"

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INDIA

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_independence_movement

"The World War II period saw the peak of the movements like INA movement led by Subhas Chandra Bose from East Asia and Quit India movement."

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PHILIPPINES

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines

"Plans for independence over the next decade were interrupted by World War II when Japan invaded, and occupied the islands."

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Best of luck to you!

The late 1930s and the 1940s were a time of shifting diplomatic alignments in Southeast Asia. Because Europeans and Americans were preoccupied with domestic economic problems and with defending against the German advance in Europe, they were less interested in their Asian colonies, thereby opening opportunities for Southeast Asian nationalists to assert leadership. At the same time Japan was extending its economic influence and military power, moving southward through China into Southeast Asia. The Japanese cultural campaign proclaimed that Asia should be ruled by Asians and promised independence from the Western colonial/imperialist rule. At first some Southeast Asians admired and welcomed the Japanese. However, when the promised independence was not forthcoming, Southeast Asian nationalists â€" many of whom had been leaders in resisting Western colonial rule (as in Indonesia, Burma, and Vietnam) â€" mounted underground movements to drive the Japanese out. In Thailand, the anti-Japanese movement (the Free Thai or Seri Thai) had several branches; some operating from outside the nation and some working underground in Thailand to sabotage the Japanese. Residence groups throughout Southeast Asia were, first and foremost nationalists, pledged to freeing their nations of foreign interference, whether throwing off the colonial yoke of Europe or thwarting the intrusive advance or military control of Japan. The most significant development of the World War II period in Southeast Asia was that Southeast Asia nationalists seized the opportunity for leadership and nationalist independence movements flourished.

Japan began attack Pearl Habor and they invade Korea, China and Southeast Asia.