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Political map of the Asia-Pacific region, 1939. The decision by Japan to attack the United States remains controversial. Study groups in Japan had predicted ultimate disaster in a war between Japan and the U.S., and the Japanese economy was already straining to keep up with the demands of the War with China.
World War II and defeat. Prologue to war. The European war presented the Japanese with tempting opportunities. After the Nazi attack on Russia in 1941, the Japanese were torn between German urgings to join the war against the Soviets and their natural inclination to seek richer prizes from the European colonial territories to the south.
Jul 18, 2019 · Others claim the war began on July 7, 1937, when the Japanese Empire invaded China. From the Marco Polo Bridge Incident of July 7 to the eventual surrender of Japan on August 15, 1945, the Second World War ravaged Asia and Europe alike, with bloodshed and bombardment spreading as far as Hawaii.
- Kallie Szczepanski
December 8, 1941 - September 2, 1945. Location: Pacific Ocean. Philippines. Southeast Asia. Participants: China. Japan. Russia. United Kingdom. United States. Context: World War II. Major Events: Bataan Death March. Battle of Guadalcanal. Battle of Leyte Gulf. Battle of Midway. Pearl Harbor attack. (Show more)
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Historical Map of East Asia and the Western Pacific (2 September 1945 - Occupation of Japan: US forces arrived in Tokyo in late August 1945 to accept the formal Japanese surrender and begin the occupation of Japan. Meanwhile, the Soviets completed their conquest of Manchuria, Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands.
Historical Map of East Asia and the Western Pacific (23 January 1942 - Japanese Onslaught in the Pacific: Following Pearl Harbor, the Japanese quickly overran Allied possessions in China, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific as they moved to seize resources and secure a strategic island perimeter.
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In mid-1944 Japan mobilized over 500,000 men and launched a massive operation across China under the code name Operation Ichi-Go, their largest offensive of World War II, with the goal of connecting Japanese-controlled territory in China and French Indochina and capturing airbases in southeastern China where American bombers were based.
