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Japan formally surrenders.

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The Soviet Union declares war on Japan and invades Manchuria.The United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Japan, devastating the city of Nagasaki.

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U.S. drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima, killing thousands of people.

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Allied troops conquer Okinawa after months of causalities and Kamikaze attacks.

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American Navy defeats Japan in the Battle of Midway. This is the turning point in the war. Japan sustains heavy losses.

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The United States declares war on Japan, entering World War II.

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Japan bombs Pearl Harbor.

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President Roosevelt cuts off trade with Japan.

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Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact which guaranteed financial assistance should any of them need it.

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Japan defeats China in the Marco Polo Bridge Incident. Over the course of this year, Japan takes over Beijing, Shanghai and Nanking.

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Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, an anti communist pact.

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This image depicts Japan burning the the Nine Power Treaty document which declared China as an independent state and made it permissible to trade with China. Japan signed this in 1922.

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Japan withdraws from League of Nations.

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The Japanese Imperial Army invades Chinese Province , Manchuria.

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Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies

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A small explosion destroys Japanese railroad tracks near China. The Japanese blame the Chinese for the attack.

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League of Nations signs Stimson Doctrine that refuses to recognize states that were a result of "Japanese Aggression".