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  2. Japan during World War I - Wikipedia

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    Japan sent Germany an ultimatum on 15 August 1914, which went unanswered; Japan then formally declared war on Germany on 23 August 1914 in the name of the Emperor Taishō. [5] As Vienna refused to withdraw the Austro-Hungarian cruiser SMS Kaiserin Elisabeth from Qingdao, Japan declared war on Austria-Hungary, too, on 25 August 1914. [6]

  3. Japanese entry into World War I - Wikipedia

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    The onset of the First World War in Europe eventually showed how far German–Japanese relations had truly deteriorated. On 7 August 1914, only three days after Britain declared war on the German Empire, the Japanese government received an official request from the British government for assistance in destroying the German raiders of the Kaiserliche Marine in and around Chinese waters.

  4. List of countries by population in 1900 - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of countries by population in 1900, with colonial possessions being counted towards the ruling country's total (such as Poland counting towards Russia and Cuba counting as part of the United States).

  5. List of military engagements of World War I - Wikipedia

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    German revolution of 1918–1919 (post ww1 part) Russian Civil War (only parts related with World war I) Estonian War of Independence (1918-1920) Soviet westward offensive of 1918–1919; Latvian War of Independence (1918-1920) Soviet westward offensive of 1918–1919; Lithuanian Wars of Independence (1918-1920) Soviet westward offensive of ...

  6. List of territories acquired by the Empire of Japan - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of regions occupied or annexed by the Empire of Japan until 1945, the year of the end of World War II in Asia, after the surrender of Japan. Control over all territories except most of the Japanese mainland ( Hokkaido , Honshu , Kyushu , Shikoku , and some 6,000 small surrounding islands) was renounced by Japan in the ...

  7. Japanese occupation of German colonial possessions - Wikipedia

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    After that on Oct. 5, Japan would occupy Kosrae. The Japanese then proceeded to occupy the other islands as the United Kingdom didn't react. Ponape in the Caroline's was captured on Oct. 7, although the territory’s surrender was delayed a few days due to a small local defence force that hid in the island’s interior to mount a resistance.

  8. South Seas Mandate - Wikipedia

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    Japanese map of the mandate area in the 1930s. The South Seas Mandate, officially the Mandate for the German Possessions in the Pacific Ocean Lying North of the Equator, [2] was a League of Nations mandate in the "South Seas" given to the Empire of Japan by the League of Nations following World War I.

  9. Allies of World War I - Wikipedia

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    The Allies or the Entente was an international military coalition of countries led by France, the United Kingdom, Russia, the United States, Italy, and Japan against the Central Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria in World War I (1914–1918).