Question

What led to increased tension between the United States and Japan in 1937?

Answer 1

The Nanjing Massacre

Step-by-step explanation:

The Nanking Massacre was a massacre that happened in 1937 in which the Japanese Army killed thousands in the Chinese city of Nanking, the city was also destroyed.

Answer 2

The Nanjing Massacre led to the increased tension between the United States and Japan in the year 1937.

The Nanjing Massacre constituted and event of mass murder and mass rap* committed by Japanese troops against the residents of Nanjing, which was the capital of the Republic of China, during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

The massacre spanned for six weeks starting on December 13, 1937, the day that the Japanese captured Nanjing.