HIST 1F95 Chapter 4: Chapter 4.docx
28 May 2015
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Chapter 4: emperor hirohito, emperor of japan, attacked pearl harbor by approving all decisions leading to it, he formally surrendered for japan after us atomic bombings of japan, but did not receive any war crimes charges, figurehead during ww2 controlled by the military, worshipped as a god, axis powers, germany, italy and japan signed a mutual defense treaty, the tripartite pact. These three nations became known as the axis powers: khalkin gol, constituted the decisive engagement of the undeclared soviet japanese border conflicts, fought among the soviet union, mongolia and the empire of japan in 1939, the conflict was named after the river khalkhyn gol, which passes through the battlefield, in japan, the decisive battle of the conflict is known as the nomonhan incident, marco polo bridge incident, japanese soldiers carrying out night maneuvers without informing local chinese leads to a small firefight, the japanese had 2 missing troops and blamed the chinese.
