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Japanese East Asia Expansion
Japanese's invasion in Manchuria and China led to them attacking British and United States' forces in Asia. -
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Japan's Military Success
Guam, Wake Island, Hong Kong, Philippines, the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia), Malaya, Singapore, and Burma had fell to Japan. -
Pearl Harbor Attack
Japan launched a surprise attack on the United States fleet on Pearl Harbor, which lead to the US declaring war on Japan. -
United States' Declaration of War
The United States declared war on Japan after the Pearl Harbor attack. This event officially started the war. -
Japan's Ally Germany's Declaration of War
Nazi Germany, Japan’s Axis ally, declared war on the United States, which forced the US into a two-front war. -
Battle of Midway
American naval win military success in this battle, and made Japan sustained heavy losses and turned back. -
Withdraw of the Japan from Islands
In August 1942, American attacked the Japanese in the Solomon Islands, forcing Japan to withdraw from the island of Guadalcanal in February 1943. Allied forces slowly moved from island to island and gained naval power. -
Kamikaze Attacks
The US forced suicidal Japanese air attacks to onquered Okinawa, which made it suffer a lot of casualties and relate to the drop of the atomic bomb. -
Atomic Bomb
The US dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three days later, it dropped a bomb on the Japanese city of Nagasaki. At least 120,000 civilians died as a result of the two bombs. -
Japan's Surrender
Japan surrendered to the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union and ended the war in the Pacific.