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... Japan oc- cupied the German possessions , while New Zealand took Samoa . Following the end of the war these islands were mandated to Japan and New Zealand by the League of Nations . Between the world wars , Japan fortified its Pacific ...
... Japan oc- cupied the German possessions , while New Zealand took Samoa . Following the end of the war these islands were mandated to Japan and New Zealand by the League of Nations . Between the world wars , Japan fortified its Pacific ...
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... Japanese , when Japan invaded Thailand on Dec. 8 , 1941 , he quickly concluded an alliance with Japan and declared war on the United States and Great Britain on Jan. 25 , 1942. As Phibunsongkhram , 1957 Poppertoto field marshal during ...
... Japanese , when Japan invaded Thailand on Dec. 8 , 1941 , he quickly concluded an alliance with Japan and declared war on the United States and Great Britain on Jan. 25 , 1942. As Phibunsongkhram , 1957 Poppertoto field marshal during ...
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... Japan . On July 26 an ultimatum was issued from the conference to Japan demanding unconditional surrender and threatening heavier air attacks otherwise . After Japan had rejected this ultimatum , the United States dropped atomic bombs ...
... Japan . On July 26 an ultimatum was issued from the conference to Japan demanding unconditional surrender and threatening heavier air attacks otherwise . After Japan had rejected this ultimatum , the United States dropped atomic bombs ...
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