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This is a list of regions occupied or annexed by the Empire of Japan until 1945, the year of the end of World War II in Asia, after the surrender of Japan. Control over all territories except most of the Japanese mainland (Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku, and some 6,000 small surrounding islands) was renounced by Japan in the unconditional ...
Japanese troops disembarking on Ross Island, 23 March 1942. The Japanese occupation of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands occurred in 1942 during World War II.The Andaman and Nicobar Islands (8,293 km 2 on 139 islands), are a group of islands situated in the Bay of Bengal at about 1,250 km (780 mi) from Kolkata, 1,200 km (750 mi) from Chennai and 190 km (120 mi) from Cape of Nargis in Burma.
Taiwan. Between 1895 and 1945, Taiwan, including the Pescadores, was a colony of the Japanese Empire; following the defeat of Qing China in the First Sino-Japanese War, it ceded Taiwan to Japan under the terms of the Treaty of Shimonoseki. The short-lived Republic of Formosa resistance movement was quickly suppressed by the Japanese military.
Japanese control of the western Pacific area between May and August 1942. Guadalcanal is located in the lower right center of the map. On 7 December 1941, Japanese forces attacked the United States Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
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 ...
Japanese invasion of Burma. Part of the Burma campaign, the South-East Asian theatre of World War II, the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Pacific Theater of World War II. View of the Yenangyaung oil field on 16 April 1942 after its destruction ahead of the Japanese advance. Date. 14 December 1941 – 28 May 1942. (5 months, 1 week and 3 days)
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 ...
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 archipelago, the Kurils, Karafuto, Korea, and Taiwan.