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All the Countries Under Japanese Control During World War II

Wall St. Insights Japan occupied all or part of over 20 countries during World War II. The U.S. and its allies liberated many ...
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Hirohito's war : the Pacific war, 1941-1945 / Francis Pike

Part I: Meiji restoration: 1868 -- Empires in conflict -- Part II: Japan versus America and the world: 1931-1941 -- Ultra-nationalism and the death of democracy -- Japan versus China: From phoney war ...
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Americans planned a massive invasion of Japan for November 1945. But it didn’t happen.

More than 14 U.S. Army and Marine divisions never landed on X-Day of Operation Downfall, the planned invasion of Japan to end ...
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5 things to know about Japan's World War II surrender

TOKYO, Japan — World War II ended 75 years ago, but not all countries commemorate it on the same day. Wednesday is the anniversary of the formal Sept. 2, 1945, surrender of Japan to the United States, ...
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This Day in History: US drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945

On Aug. 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima — becoming the only country to ever use nuclear weapons during wartime.Watch the video above to learn ...