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First Sino-Japanese War
War was declared between China and Japan declared, for the control over Korea. -
End of the first Sino-Japanese war
China surrendered due to the Japanese's more modernized military. -
Anglo-Japanese alliance
An alliance between Japan and Britain to assist one another against Russia expanding. -
Start of the Russo-Japanese war
War was declared between Russia and Japan for Korea and Manchuria. -
End of Russo-Japanese war
Japan's victory over Russia made the first Asian power to defeat a European power. -
Japan's annexation of Korea
Korea is officially annexed. -
Mukden incident
A staged bombing of the Mukden railway, claimed that the Chinese did it, so they can continue their territorial expansion (attack on China) as a form of retaliation. -
Manchukuo
The creation of the "independent" state of Manchukuo. China's last emperor was made the "ruler" of Manchukuo. It wasn't actually independent as it was actually controlled by Japan. -
Anti-Cominterm pact
Signed by Germany and Japan. (Other countries joined later.) -
Second Sino-Japanese war
War was again declared between China and Japan. -
Soviet-Japanese neutrality pact
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Attack on Pearl Harbor
The Japanese attacked the US by bombing Pearl Harbor, which led to a war declared and US joining the Allies