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  2. Japan during World War II - Wikipedia

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    e. Japan participated in World War II from 1939 to 1945 as a member of the Axis and encapsulates a significant period in the history of the Empire of Japan, marked by significant military campaigns and geopolitical maneuvers across the Asia-Pacific region. Spanning from the early 1930s to 1945, this tumultuous era witnessed Japan's expansionist ...

  3. Surrender of Japan - Wikipedia

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    The surrender of the Empire of Japan in World War II was announced by Emperor Hirohito on 15 August and formally signed on 2 September 1945, ending the war.By the end of July 1945, the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) was incapable of conducting major operations and an Allied invasion of Japan was imminent.

  4. Occupation of Japan - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Japan was occupied and administered by the Allies of World War II from the surrender of the Empire of Japan on September 2, 1945, at the war's end until the Treaty of San Francisco took effect on April 28, 1952. The occupation, led by the American military with support from the British Commonwealth and under the supervision of the Far ...

  5. Japan campaign - Wikipedia

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    12,682 aircraft (mostly kamikazes) [5] The Japan campaign was a series of battles and engagements in and around the Japanese home islands, between Allied forces and the forces of Imperial Japan during the last stages of the Pacific campaign of World War II. The Japan campaign lasted from around June 1944 to August 1945.

  6. History of Japan - Wikipedia

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    Because of growing opposition within the Japanese military and the extreme right to party politicians, who they saw as corrupt and self-serving, Inukai was the last party politician to govern Japan in the pre-World War II era. [221] In February 1936 young radical officers of the Imperial Japanese Army attempted a coup d'état.

  7. Attack on Pearl Harbor - Wikipedia

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    The attack on Pearl Harbor[nb 3] was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, in the United States, just before 8:00 a.m. (local time) on Sunday, December 7, 1941. At the time, the United States was a neutral country in World War II.

  8. Second Sino-Japanese War - Wikipedia

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    The Second Sino-Japanese War was fought between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan between 1937 and 1945, following a period of war localized to Manchuria that started in 1931. [24][25] It is considered part of World War II, and often regarded as the beginning of World War II in Asia. It was the largest Asian war in the 20th century ...

  9. Empire of Japan - Wikipedia

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    Imperial State of Greater Japan or the Great Japanese Empire. The Empire of Japan, [ c ] also known as the Japanese Empire or Imperial Japan, was the Japanese nation-state [ d ] that existed from the Meiji Restoration on 3 January 1868 until the Constitution of Japan took effect on 3 May 1947. [ 8 ] From 1910 to 1945, it included the Japanese ...