ISBN: | 978-5-5147-2138-2 |
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! In the years leading up to the outbreak of World War II in Europe in 1939, there was some significant collaborative development in heavy industry between German companies and their Japanese counterparts as part of the two nation`s evolving relations. This was one major factor in Japan`s ability quickly to exploit raw materials in the areas of the Empire of Japan that had recently come under their military control.