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Comfort Women
The Japanese military enslaved Korean women as prostitutes for the men of the army to... 'relieve' themselves with. -
Japanese Expansion
Japan invaded China using racist ideas of superiority over other asian cultures. -
Rape of Nanking
The Japanese forces slaughtered and mass-raped the citizens of Nanking. -
Pearl Harbor
Intended as a preventative strike to stop the US responding to Japanese expansion, it ended up bringing the US into war against Japan instead. -
Island Hopping
A strategy employed by the US, taking over strategic islands controlled by Japan in the Pacific as military base points. -
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagisaki
A highly controversial and singleton use of nuclear weapons, the US used them to force Japan to end the war. -
VJ Day
Japan surrenders. The leader of the military commits suicide to shield the emperor from his perceived dishonor.