Question: What did NOT contribute to the failure of the Japanese to conquer China? Group of answer choices The Chinese Communists and Nationalists put aside their conflict and formed an alliance to fight the Japanese. USSR support for the Chinese Communist guerrilla fighters who continually harassed Japanese troops. Japanese atrocities like the Rape of Nanjing fueled Chinese resistance. Chinese forces just kept retreating further and further inland, letting Japan take control of the coastal cities.