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US Forces Japan
US fleet forces Japan to open up to foreign influence. -
Japan annexes Korea
After three years of fighting, becoming one of the world's leading powers. -
Buffer Zone
Japan tries to establish buffer zone against Bolshevik regime in Russia's Pacific provinces, forced out by British and US diplomatic pressure and domestic opposition. -
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Ultra-nationalism and war
-Extreme nationalism begins to take hold in Japan as world economic depression hits.
-Outbreak of Second World War in Europe. -
Japanese invades Manchuria
Japanese army invades Chinese province of Manchuria, installs puppet regime. -
Alliance
Japan signs alliance with Nazi Germany. -
The Second Sino-Japanese War
It was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan -
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki
On August 6, 1945, during World War II an American bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. -
Japan attack US
Japan launches a surprise attack on US Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. US and main allies declare war on Japan. -
US Bombing raids
US forces are near enough to Japan to start bombing raids on Japanese cities. -
Atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki from US
US planes drop two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August. Emperor Hirohito surrenders and relinquishes divine status. Japan placed under US military government. -
Peace between Japan and US
Japan signs peace treaty with US and other nations. To this day, there is no peace treaty with Russia, as the legal successor to the Soviet Union.
