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1 day ago · Because World War II was a global war, diplomatic historians start to focus on Japanese–American relations to understand why Japan had attacked the United States in 1941. This in turn led diplomatic historians to start to abandon the previous Euro-centric approach in favor of a more global approach.
May 24, 2024 · occupation of Japan, (1945–52) military occupation of Japan by the Allied Powers after its defeat in World War II. Theoretically an international occupation, in fact it was carried out almost entirely by U.S. forces under Gen. Douglas MacArthur. During the occupation period, Japanese soldiers and civilians from abroad were repatriated to ...
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May 8, 2024 · In June, the North Korean invasion of South Korea prompted accusations that Acheson’s speech had emboldened the communists to invade because the United States had drawn a line that bypassed the Korean peninsula. However, Kim Il Sung, the communist dictator of North Korea, was hardly waiting for cues from the U.S. Secretary of State to carry ...
1 day ago · Elections. JCP headquarters in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward. The Japanese Communist Party (日本共産党, Nihon Kyōsan-tō, abbr. JCP) is a communist party in Japan. Founded in 1922, it is the oldest political party in the country. It has 250,000 members as of 2024, making it one of the largest non-governing communist parties in the world.
May 26, 2024 · The Attack on Pearl Harbor. On the morning of December 7, 1941, the Japanese strike force launched its attack on Pearl Harbor. At 7:48 a.m. local time, the first wave of Japanese planes hit their targets, catching the U.S. forces completely off guard. The attack was devastating, with torpedoes and bombs raining down on the unsuspecting ships ...
4 days ago · "In the 1950s, the United States shifted from an earlier tradition of direct military intervention to covert and proxy interventions in the cases Guatemala (1954), Cuba (1961), Guyana (1961–1964), Chile (1970–1973), and Nicaragua (1981–1990), as well as outright military invasions of the Dominican Republic (1965), Grenada (1983), and ...
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May 21, 2024 · The Korean War was a conflict (1950–53) between North Korea, aided by China, and South Korea, aided by the UN with the U.S. as the principal participant. At least 2.5 million people lost their lives in the fighting, which ended in July 1953 with Korea still divided into two hostile states separated by the 38th parallel.
