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History of Japan by Christian RIm and Grant Hyun

  • Japan invades Manchuria

    Japan invades Manchuria
    Japan invaded Manchuria because they wanted more resources like oil, copper, and other mineral resources. Later on, they invaded more countries, Also, alot of other counrties disapproved this idea.
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    Grant and Christian's timeline

  • Japan Invades the eastern part of China

    Japan Invades the eastern part of China
    Japan invaded the east part of China forcing the Chnese government to retereat the interior China. They invaded China to expand their empire and lots of countries hated them.
  • World War II breaks out in Europe

    World War II breaks out in Europe
    Germany was killing lots of jews and then World War II broke out. This started other wars and then eventually other major powers broke into war.
  • Japan attacks Pearl Harbor

    Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
    U.S cut of trading with Japan. So Japan got mad and attempted to bomb Pearl Harbor. After this, they invaded more countries in the South East Asia
  • Japan had expanded their empire all the way to Alaska.

    Japan expanded their land all the way to Alaska but this didnt last for long. The US won some battles and over time and they lost many islands because they had such a large empire.
  • Hiroshima gets atomic bombed.

    Hiroshima gets atomic bombed.
    The Americans dropped the first atomic bomb in the city of Hiroshima, then dropped a second bomb in Nagaski. Japan and the United States fought each other for three years, but Japan didn't surrender. So when they dropped the atomic bomb, thousands of people died from the atomic bomb and they finally surrendered.