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Japan took over Manchuria
After China was weakened by civil war, Japn took control of Manturia. -
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Japan 1931 - 1990 Humanities A/B
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Japan attacked Southeast Asia
Japan needed oil, rubber, and other mineral resources, so they attacked South East Asia. -
Bombing at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii
Japanese bombers attacked the military base of United States -
Japanese Empire stretches from Aleutian Islands (Alaska South) to Solomon Islands (Western Pacific)
Japan won victories in Southeast Asia and in t he Pacific that their empire stretched. -
Atomic bomb on Hiroshima/Nagasaki
Japanese refused to surrender so United States bombed the city of Hiroshima. Also, several days later, they bombed Nagasaki