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Originally Posted by ColinHowell
Second is that you make it sound like Japan's split with Britain was precipitated by its movements into British imperial territories. Actually that split had happened some twenty years earlier, and the U.S. was mainly responsible. By World War I the U.S. was already highly distrustful of Japanese power in the Pacific, and after the war Britain was concerned that it could be drawn into a naval arms race or even a war with the U.S. To preserve good relations with the U.S., Britain eventually decided to abandon its Japanese alliance, which was officially dissolved in 1923 as a result of the 1921 Washington Naval Conference.
Wikipedia's article on the Anglo-Japanese Alliance has a more detailed history of the relationship, with pointers to further sources. |
Interesting. Didn't know that.