date |
local |
event |
September 1st, 1931 |
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Japan Invades Manchuria (Mukden Incident) |
November 25, 1936 |
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Anti-Comintern Pact: Germany and Japan |
July 7, 1937 |
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Japan Attacks Beiping (Marco Polo Bridge) |
August 13, 1937 - November 26, 1937 |
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Battle of Shanghai |
December 9, 1937 - January 31, 1938 |
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The Battle of Nanking |
December 13, 1937 |
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Nanking Massacre |
September 1, 1939 |
Europe |
Germany invades Poland |
June 1, 1941 |
Europe |
Germany Invades USSR |
DEC 7, 1941 |
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Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor |
December 1941 ... |
"Enemy Nationals" |
Restrictions & house arrest for all Western nationals at war with Japan |
May, 1942 |
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Battle of Coral Sea |
June, 1942 |
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Battle of Midway |
October 1942 |
Chefoo |
House arrest: Temple Hill |
August 1942 to February 1943 |
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Battle of Guadalcanal |
March 1943 |
Weihsien |
"Enemy Nationals" living in North China are herded into Weihsien Camp |
September 15, 1943 |
Weihsien |
Prisoner exchange > M/V Gripsholm |
September 15, 1943 |
Chefoo - Weihsien |
Arrival of the Chefoo School |
November 1943 |
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Battle of Tarawa |
June 6, 1944 |
Europe |
Operation Overlord in Normandy - Europe |
October to December 1944 |
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Battle of Leyte |
January 1945 |
Weihsien |
We all receive Red Cross Parcels |
February to March 1945 |
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Battle of Iwo Jima |
May 8, 1945 |
Europe |
Germany surrenders |
April - June 1945 |
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Battle of Okinawa |
AUGUST 6, 1945 |
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1st ATOM BOMB over Hiroshima |
August 14, 1945 |
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HiroHito: surrender speech |
August 17, 1945 |
Weihsien |
Liberation of the Camp |
October, 1945 |
Weihsien |
... last evacuations by air. |
December 9, 1945 |
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Japan Formally Surrenders - USS Missouri. |