Japan into WWII

By DanStewart

  • The Manchurian Incident

    Japan invaded Manchuria after a railway detonation they caused, but blamed on so bandits. Manchuria was taken over and used as a puppet state

  • Tripartite pact is signed

    Japan signs a pact called the Tripartite pact, with which it allies with Germany and Italy.
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    Occupation of SE Asia and the Pacific

    Seven months after the Pearl Harbor attack, Japan occupied the Dutch East Indies, British Singapore, Philippines and others

  • Pearl Harbor bombing

    Japan flies to Pearl Harbor, located in Honolulu Hawaii and bombs it. Leaving 18 either destroyed or crippled and killing around 2,500 men

  • US declare war on Japan

    The US enters WWII by declaring war on Japan a day after the Pearl Harbor bombing
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    The Battle of Midway

    This battle was considered the turning point in WWII. The Japanese lost their advantage against the US even though they outnumbered them.

  • Bombing of Hiroshima

    The US dropped the first of two atomic bombs. This atomic bomb was named ´little boy´

  • Soviet Union invades Manchuria

    The Soviet Union declares war on japan and invades Manchuria

  • Bombing of Nagasaki

    Same as with Hiroshima, the Nagasaki bombing was made by the US and they name d the bomb fat man

  • WWII ends

    Japan formally surrenders, thus ending WWII

  • The Peace Treaty is signed

    The war formally ended when the treaty of San Francisco was signed. It was a peace treaty with Japan