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Opened the way for modernization in Japan.
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Modernisation of Japanese forces occurs, new technology and science.
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Japanese students started going overseas to European nations to learn from them.
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These changes helped to industrialise and give Japan a new base to work of of, which they had been trying to do since the Charter Oath.
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The war between China and Japan, with Japan rising as the victor.
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The war between Russia and Japan, with Japan defeating Russia.
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Militaristic ideas promoted in Japan.
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The Japanese leave the League feeling like they were treated poorly because of race issues.
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Japanese sign a treaty with the Nazis to protect themselves against Germany.
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The Rape of Nanjing was one of the most brutal events in history, it was the absolute destruction and chaotic invasion of the old capital of China.
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The Japanese moved South, so they could occupy Indochina.
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The US stops supplying Japan because of the war, which America wants no part in.
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General Tojo, leader of the Japanese army becomes the Prime Minister for Japan.
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One of the most memorable moments in the war, the bombing that brought Americans into the war.
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Island hopping was when allied forces would retake islands that could be of use eg. with an airfield. The useless islands would be 'hopped' over which is what the name suggests. Examples are when the allies were taking back the Gilbert Island chain.
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The first ever atomic bombed used as a weapon was dropped on Hiroshima to save allied troops from more losses which would occur as an invasion of the mainland.
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The second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki to attempt again to get a surrender from the Japanese.
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The Japanese forces surrender and a US occupation occurs.