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Occupied territories/client states in lighter red. Korea, Taiwan, and Karafuto (South Sakhalin) were integral parts of Japan. Maximum extent of the Japanese empire. 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.
Northern part of the Sakhalin island was transferred from Japan to Soviet Russia in 1925, and the borders remained untouched until the end of WWII. Hence this territory should be omitted from the map. 20:13, 31 March 2020: 1,100 × 837 (904 KB) Esmu Igors: Reverted to version as of 01:24, 25 April 2010 (UTC) (unsuccessful edit in the Inkscape)
This article covers the Japanese garrisons on the by-passed Pacific islands from 1944 to 1945, including the Japanese mandated territory of the South Seas Mandate. South Pacific detachment [ edit ]
A Modern History of Japan. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-511060-9. Kapur, Nick (2018). Japan at the Crossroads: Conflict and Compromise after Anpo. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0674984424. Schrijvers, Peter (2002). The GI war against Japan : American soldiers in Asia and the Pacific during World War II ...
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By the time World War II was in full swing, Japan had the most interest in using biological warfare. Japan's Air Force dropped massive amounts of ceramic bombs filled with bubonic plague-infested fleas in Ningbo, China. These attacks would eventually lead to thousands of deaths years after the war would end. [25]
English: A map of the Imperial Powers of the Pacific, 1939-09-01. Dates shown indicate the approximate year that the various powers gain control of their possessions. Japanese control of territory in China was tenuous.
A Fortified District is a territory within which a system of defensive fortifications was constructed by the Japanese Army and in certain cases the Japanese Navy during World War II. A district was created in order to prevent invasion and provide a base for offensive operation.