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    Agreement against the Communist International was an anti-Communist pact concluded between Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan on 25 November 1936 and...
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  • 1931, Japan invaded and conquered Manchuria in northeast China. The bordering Chinese territory of Jehol was also taken in 1933, and in 1936, Japan created...
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    on civilians during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II, violating international agreements that Japan had previously signed, including the...
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    The Empire of Japan, also referred to as the Japanese Empire, Imperial Japan, or simply Japan, was the Japanese nation-state that existed from the Meiji...
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    Germany–Japan relations Ireland–Japan relations Italy–Japan relations Japan–Malaysia relations JapanNetherlands relations Japan–New Zealand relations Japan–Russia...
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    Communists and Nationalists formed the Second United Front in late 1936 to resist the Japanese invasion together. Tensions escalated after what would become...
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  • consulted Japan before declaring war on Germany, but soon after the war began it requested Japanese help in identifying the location of German shipping, which...
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    submarines began wiping out Japanese shipping. Starting in mid 1944, American raids on the major cities of Japan made a mockery of the unending tales...
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    Korea was ruled as a part of the Empire of Japan under the name Chōsen (朝鮮), the Japanese reading of Joseon. Japan first took Korea into its sphere of influence...
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    seized by Japan in 1942. During the Dutch East Indies Campaign, the Netherlands played a significant role in the Allied effort to halt the Japanese advance...
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