Japan in World War II

thumb|254x254px|A kamikaze attack aircraft crashes into a US naval warship, May 1945. , officially , were a part of the Japanese Special Attack Units of military aviators who flew suicide attacks for the Empire of Japan against Allied naval vessels in the closing stages of the Pacific campaign of World War II, intending to destroy warships more effectively than with conventional air attacks. About 3,800 kamikaze pilots died during the war in attacks that killed more than 7,000 Allied naval personnel, sank several dozen warships, and damaged scores more. The term is used generically in modern w

end of World War II, 2 September 1945

ground-based armed forces of Japan, from 1868 to 1945

1945 agreement ending hostilities in WWII

radio broadcast in which Emperor Hirohito announced the Japanese surrender in World War II

propaganda term for the sphere of influence of the Japanese empire, purporting to provide pan-Asian autonomy free from European colonialism

Japanese flag

Empire of Japan's ruling organization during much of World War II

coup d'état

involvement of Japan in World War II

Ethnic Koreans living on Sakhalin Island

World War II soldier in the Pacific who continued to fight after Japan surrendered

right|thumb|250px|Emergency food distribution by tonarigumi housewives The was the smallest unit of the national mobilization program established by the Japanese government in World War II. It consisted of units consisting of 10-15 households organized for fire fighting, civil defense and internal security.

area where important World War Ii military events occured

1938 Japanese law which put civilian organizations (incl. labor unions) under governmental control, nationalized some industries (e.g. the media), introduced price controls and rationing and provided for unlimited budget to subsidize war production

Defunct militia of Imperial Japan.

dissidence by Japanese citizens of the Empire of Japan during the Shōwa period, the reign of the Shōwa Emperor, Hirohito (1926–1989).

monument in the Okinawa island, Japan

1943 secret report by the Ministry of Health and Welfare's Population Problems Research Center for the Japanese government about race theory, rationale behind racial policy in wartime Japan, and future Asia under Japanese control

political party coalition in the lower house of the Diet of Japan, formed in 1940, backed by the Army as a reaction against a speech made by Saitō Takao critical of the government’s aggressive policies in the Second Sino-Japanese War

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Japanese military training center

Japan in World War II

1945 last bombing mission in World War II