This makes no sense. Japan was on the Allies side during WWI. As was Italy, although that’s not relevant here in the particular narrative spun visually by this map.
It doesn’t have to make sense, it’s propaganda. The aim is to change opinions.
That said, the logic may have been looking at the Japanese culture at the time which did identify with the concept of expansion, which crystallized further with Hirohito.
This makes no sense. Japan was on the Allies side during WWI. As was Italy, although that’s not relevant here in the particular narrative spun visually by this map.
It doesn’t have to make sense, it’s propaganda. The aim is to change opinions.
That said, the logic may have been looking at the Japanese culture at the time which did identify with the concept of expansion, which crystallized further with Hirohito.