the Rise of Imperial Japan

By Jcrippsy
  • Ultra-Nationalism starts to take over Japan

    Ultra-Nationalism starts to take over Japan

  • Wall Street Crashes

    Wall Street Crashes

  • Fascism continues to rise in Japan

  • Japan invade Manchuria

    Japan invade Manchuria

  • Japan conquer Manchuria

    Japan conquer Manchuria

  • Japan's Prime Minster is assassinated

    Japan's Prime Minster is assassinated

    Japan's Prime Minster is assassinated for speaking out against the military
  • Japan withdraw from the League of Nations

    Japan withdraw from the League of Nations

  • Japan signs an alliance with NAZI Germany

    Japan signs an alliance with NAZI Germany

  • The start of the Second Sino-Japanese War

    The start of the Second Sino-Japanese War

  • The Rape of Nanjing

    The Rape of Nanjing

    Japan commit one of the worst atrocities of the war, slaughtering between 200,000 and 300,000 Chinese civilians and Prisoners of war. There were also mass rapes of Chinese women.
  • Outbreak of World War 2

    Outbreak of World War 2

  • Period: to

    World War 2

  • Bombing of Pearl Harbor

    Bombing of Pearl Harbor

  • America declare War on Japan

    America declare War on Japan

  • Malaya falls

    Malaya falls

  • Singapore Falls

    Singapore Falls

  • Darwin is Bombed

    Darwin is Bombed

  • The Dutch East Indies fall

    The Dutch East Indies fall

  • Doolittle Raids

    Doolittle Raids

    the first bombing raid on Japan
  • Burma Falls

    Burma Falls

  • The Philippines fall

    The Philippines fall

  • Battle of the Coral Sea

    Battle of the Coral Sea

    May 4-May 8
  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway

    4-7 June
  • Battle of Guadalcanal

    Battle of Guadalcanal

    August 7 1942 - February 9 1943
  • battle of Tarawa

    battle of Tarawa

    20-23 of November 1943
  • the start of strategic bombing on Japan

    the start of strategic bombing on Japan

    the first of the mass bomber raids on Japan
  • Battle of Leyte

    Battle of Leyte

    October 14 - December 31 1944
  • Battle of Okinawa

    Battle of Okinawa

    April 1- June 15 1945
  • Potsdam Conference

    Potsdam Conference

    A conference held between Russia, America and Britain to decide on what to do about Japan and how to end the war. 17 July- 2 August 1945
  • Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima

    Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima

    the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima
  • Atomic Bomb dropped on Nagasaki

    Atomic Bomb dropped on Nagasaki

  • Japan Surrenders

    Japan Surrenders

    Japan finally surrenders ending World War 2