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Japan invaded and set up a puppet state, their occupation lasted until the victory of the soviet union and mongolia.
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Germany and the Soviet Union invaded Poland from both sides beginning World war two.
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Japan bombed the U.S fleet at pearl harbor to try and slow an attack that wasn't coming.
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Major naval battle in the pacific, took place six months after Pearl Harbor.
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The U.S marines and Navy took over islands, slowly getting closer to the main island.
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The battle of Okinawa lasted 82 days, the U.S captured the surrounding islands to close in Okinawa to use the Kadena air base.
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Announced on august 6th 1945 Harry S. Truman announced that japan had surrendered.
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After the attack on pearl harbor the U.S retaliated by dropping two A bombs on japan, one in Hiroshima and one in Nagasaki.