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Japan sets out to take power throughout the pacific, starting with the invasion of Manchuria.
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A battle in Beijing between China and Japan that starting Japan's invasion of China.
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Also known as the Nanjing Massacre this was the mass murder of the Chinese people in Nanjing by the Japanese after they had invaded and seized the city.
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Japan officially joins the war by invading French Indochina and allies with Germany and Italy, with the goal to take Pacific power and gain territory.
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The Japanese launch a surprise bombing attack on the American Pearl Harbour, which was a key foothold in the Pacific. This resulted in 2,400 American's dead, including 68 civilians.
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Japan launched an attack on the Philippines just 8 hours after the bombing of Peral Harbour. This included aerial bombardment, followed by landings of ground troops both north and south of Manila.
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Japan invades by landings across the north-eastern coast of Malaya, in order to take more land in the Pacific.
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In response to the Dutch declaring war on Japan the Imperial Japanese Army overran the Dutch Colony
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The Doolittle Air Raids were raids carried out on mainly on Tokyo by the US, it resulted in 50 Japanese dead, 400 wounded and about 200 houses destroyed.
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The failed surprise attack by Japan on Midway Atoll.