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  2. Japan–United Kingdom relations - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese–British alliance was signed in London on 30 January. It was a diplomatic milestone that saw an end to Britain's splendid isolation, and removed the need for Britain to build up its navy in the Pacific. [14] [15] 1905. The Japanese–British alliance was renewed and expanded.

  3. Bombardment of Kagoshima - Wikipedia

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    The British retreat was face-saving for the Satsuma Domain, who claimed the engagement as a victory by taking into account the relative number of casualties. Kuper's squadron did not land marines nor seize cannons from the coastal batteries (which would have signalled a clear British victory), Kuper having decided that the bombardment was ...

  4. British Commonwealth Occupation Force - Wikipedia

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    The British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) was the British Commonwealth taskforce consisting of Australian, British, Indian, and New Zealander military forces in occupied Japan, from 1946 until the end of occupation in 1952.

  5. Tientsin incident - Wikipedia

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    Barrier erected by Japanese troops around the British and French concessions of Tientsin in the summer of 1939. The Tientsin incident (天津事件) was an international incident created by a blockade by the Imperial Japanese Army's Japanese North China Area Army of the British settlements in the north China treaty port of Tientsin (modern day Tianjin) in June 1939.

  6. Emperor Hirohito: Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Japanese Army and the Imperial Japanese Navy (Article XI of the Meiji Constitution of 1889). He also led the Imperial Supreme War Council conferences and meetings, in some cases a member of the Imperial Family was sent to represent him at such strategic conferences.

  7. Anglo-Japanese Alliance - Wikipedia

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    In their turn, the Japanese shared information about Russia with the British with one British official writing of the "perfect quality" of Japanese intelligence. In particular, British and Japanese intelligence gathered much evidence that Germany was supporting Russia in the war as part of a bid to disturb the balance of power in Europe, which ...

  8. WW2 veterans eye 80th anniversary of D-Day as Europe ... - AOL

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    English soldier Ken Hay was trapped behind German lines and captured while on night patrol in 1944, days after joining the Allied invasion of Normandy, a turning point in World War Two. The ambush ...

  9. British Japanese - Wikipedia

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    British Japanese or British-Japanese may be: ... As an adjective, anything concerning Japan–United Kingdom relations This page was last edited on 7 ...