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1939 BCE
Post war.
The total population of the South Pacific Mandate was 129,104, of which 77,257 were Japanese -
Japan attacked China.
Japan was going through a resource shortage in their country even to feed people and needed resources -
Leading up to the War.
Japan invaded China. They wanted to dominate all of Southeast Asia. They joined the Axis alliance with Germany and Italy -
The Tripartite Pact
On this day Japan become allies with the signing of the Tripartite Pact in Berlin. -
War crimes.
Many political and military Japanese leaders were convicted for war crimes before the Tokyo tribunal and other Allied tribunals in Asia. However, all members of the imperial family implicated in the war, such as Emperor Shōwa and his brothers, cousins and uncles such as Prince Chichibu, Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu and Prince Asaka Yasuhiko, were exonerated from criminal prosecutions by Douglas MacArthur. -
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor
The Japanese knew that America has industrially and economically superior to them. Japanese leaders thought that they needed to destroy the as much of the existing US Pacific fleet and then capture so much of American and their allies islands and deal such a blow to the Americans that the Americans will negotiate to the Japanese on their terms. -
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South-East Asia.
In Malaya the Japanese overwhelmed an Allied army composed of British, Indian, Australian and Malay forces. The Japanese were quickly able to advance down the Malayan Peninsula, forcing the Allied forces to retreat towards Singapore. -
Tide turns.
Japanese military strategists were keenly aware of the unfavorable discrepancy between the industrial potential of the Japanese Empire and that of the United States. Because of this they reasoned that Japanese success hinged on their ability to extend the strategic advantage gained at Pearl Harbor with additional rapid strategic victories. -
Air raids on Japan.
the United States Army Air Forces undertook an intense strategic bombing campaign, using incendiary bombs, burning Japanese cities in an effort to pulverize Japan's industry and shatter its morale. -
Surrender and occupation of Japan.
Having ignored (mokusatsu) the Potsdam Declaration, the Empire of Japan surrendered and ended World War II, after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the declaration of war by the Soviet Union
