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Japan participated in World War II from 1939 to 1945 as a member of the Axis.World War II and the Second Sino-Japanese War encapsulate a significant period in the history of the Empire of Japan, marked by significant military campaigns and geopolitical maneuvers across the Asia-Pacific region.
A map (front) of Imperial Japanese-run prisoner-of-war camps within the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere known during World War II from 1941 to 1945. Back of map of Imperial Japanese-run prisoner-of-war camps with a list of the camps categorized geographically and an additional detailed map of camps located on the Japanese archipelago .
The entrance to the complex. The Matsushiro Underground Imperial Headquarters (松代大本営, Matsushiro Daihon'ei, "Matsushiro Imperial Headquarters Site") was a large underground bunker complex built during the Second World War in the town of Matsushiro, which is now a suburb of Nagano, Japan. [1]
The Japanese Empire occupied the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) during World War II from March 1942 until after the end of the war in September 1945. In May 1940, Germany occupied the Netherlands, and martial law was declared in the Dutch East Indies. Following the failure of negotiations between the Dutch authorities and the Japanese ...
The island was the site of the primary long range transmitters used by the IJN and IJA to maintain contact with their far flung forces in World War II. Co-located with a seaplane base. Co-located with a seaplane base.
Planning for global territorial expansion of the Axis powers; Germany, Italy and Japan, progressed before and during the Second World War. This included some special strike plans against the Allied nations (with similar intentions to the James Doolittle raid special Allied Strike).
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.
The Battle of Java (Invasion of Java, Operation J) was a battle of the Pacific theatre of World War II.It occurred on the island of Java from 28 February – 12 March 1942. . It involved forces from the Empire of Japan, which invaded on 28 February 1942, and Allied personn