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Japan takes of Manchria
Japan attacks Manchuria so that they can have more nautral resources for weapons and other things. -
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Japan Timeline
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Japan invades Eastern China
Japan invades China for more power and land, and 'The Rape of Nanjing' happens because so many people were killed. -
World War II
World War II starts and Japan uses that to its advantage and starts taking over Southeast Asia. -
Japan bombs US naval bases
The Japanese attacks the naval bases in Hawaii and Philippines (Dec 8) for power and to eliminate their naval forces. -
Japan has a big empire
Japan has made a 'Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere' that stretched from Aleutian Islands to the south, the Solomon Islands to the west of the Pacific, and the Wake Islands to the west of Burma. -
US drops atomic bombs in Japan
US drops an atomic bomb first in Hiroshima and a couple days later in Nagasaki. This was in order to try and stop the war and to get Japan to surrender.
