So Japan could never have crushed U.S. maritime forces in the Pacific and imposed terms on Washington. That doesn't mean it ...

The battle was an armed encounter with the Imperial ... a puppet kingdom set up in northeastern China, then known as Manchuria. Japan’s moves further threatened Mongolia’s sovereignty.

Japan's top diplomat asked China to ensure the safety of Japanese citizens there after the fatal stabbing of a Japanese ...

As D-Day drew near, Gen. George C. Marshall, the Army chief of staff, dispatched a messenger to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower in London. Eisenhower was instructed to meet alone with the messenger, a mere ...

By September 15, Zhang Zuolin had led his troops—which had detachments of White Russian emigres as well as Japanese volunteers—out of Manchuria toward Beijing. The largest battle of the war ...

The decisive battle would likely be between Koizumi and Ishiba ... The territories once made up the two flanks of northern Manchuria. Once ceded to Russia, they became part of the Russian far east.

surrendered to the British in the last battle between the French and English in Canada ... In 1931, the Japanese army invaded Manchuria in northern China. In 1934, the Soviet Union was admitted to the ...

After being considered the No. 2 official in North Korea, Kim Yong Ju was effectively placed in confinement for half a century after losing a battle for ... authorities to Manchuria to advise ...

In retaliation, Japan engaged Bazoku (Manchuria guerrillas on horseback ... to satisfy the exotic taste for decoration widely loved by the Japanese people. Battle of Port Arthur. The subtitle noted ...

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In China -- indeed in east Asia -- Manchuria seems destined to play such a part. Centuries ago the great central plain which constitutes the core of Manchuria was the breeding place of vast herds of ...