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Manchuria was invaded by the Kwantung Army of The Empire of Japan.
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The Battle of Lugou Bridge was a battle between China and Japan, with Japan trying to take over Lugou Bridge.
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The Japanese made a surprise military strike against against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
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At the same time that Japan made the attack on Pearl Harbor the Battle of Wake Island began, with the surrender of the American Forces to the Empire of Japan. The Japanese held the island until September 4, 1945.
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Only six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor the United States Navy defeated a Japanese Naval attack against Midway Atoll. Causing irreversible damage to the Japanese fleet.
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Battle of Guadalcanal was a military campaign fought between August 7, 1942 and February 9, 1943 on and around the island of Guadalcanal. It was the first major blow dealt by Allied forces against the Empire of Japan.
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The Japanese Army had taken all of the Philippines during the first half of 1942 and the Philippines Campaign was the American and Filipino campaign to defeat and get rid of the Japanese from the Philippines.
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During the end of World War II in 1945, the Allies of World War II carried out two atomic bombings against the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. These two events are the only use of nuclear weapons in war to date.
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On August 15, 1945, Japan surrendered, essentially ending WWII.
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Japan makes a formal surrender to the United States, Great Britain and the Soviet Union by signing a surrender document.