Eli5: Why did Japan side with Germany in WW2?
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They had two major things in common. Both outsiders of the contemporary international order, and both sought to expand beyond their borders. Japan was highly dissatisfied with the international order of the time, as it felt looked down upon by the western powers, and felt that it had not been given proportionate status in said order. Germany was similarly dissatisfied, it was an international pariah after ww1 and had been severely and arguably unfairly punished with the Treaty of Versailles.
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