Attempted coup d'etat on the Empire of Japan by rebel members of the Imperial Japan Military 

Goal was to overthrow Japanese government

Another attempted coup d'etat on the Empire of Japan organized by young members of the Imperial Japanese military

Goal was to get rid of anyone in the government and military that rivaled their beliefs

Also known as the Second China-Japan war 

Japan invaded the China

The Japanese occupied most of East and Southeast Asia

Was an attempt to form an economic and military alliance against Western colonization and manipulation

The Japanese military launched an unsuspected attack on Pearl Harbor

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt decided to declare war against Japan.  

United Kingdom and China, the United States called for the surrender of the Japanese armed forces

United States detonated an atomic bomb over Hiroshima, a city in Japan

Soviet Union declared war on Japan

A mass murder of Chinese civilians in the capital of the Republic of China, Nanking, by the Imperial Japanese army

Was a part of the Second Sino-Japanese War

Japanese representatives signed an official “Instrument of Surrender”

The letter sent out outlined the complete defeat of Japan

Japan demanded the termination of war materials and restriction on imports into China in exchange for the territory of Indochina.

Vichy France rejected Japan's demand for the occupation of Indochina.

The Soviet Union invaded the Imperial Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo

Hours later, the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Japan

Japanese aircraft attacked and damaged the U.S. base on Midway.

The Japanese navy became aware of the presence of the U.S. naval forces in the area.

Tojo was sentenced to death for war crimes and executed by hanging

The Axis powers were created

Formed by Japan, Germany, and Italy.

The Soviet Union and Japan signed a 5-year neutrality agreement during WWII.

The pact allowed Japan to feel less threatened by a Soviet invasion.