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1940 in Japan
- 1939–1940 Winter OffensiveThe Chinese National Revolutionary Army launched a multi-front counter-offensive in the winter of 1939. This operation marked the first major coordinated…
- Japanese invasion of French IndochinaJapan moved troops into southern Guangxi and Longzhou County in early 1940. Their goal was to seize the eastern branch of the Kunming, Hai Phong Railway at…
- Tripartite PactOn the 27th of September 1940, three men stood in a Berlin room to sign a document that would reshape global alliances. Joachim von Ribbentrop signed for…
- Hakkō ichiuTanaka Chigaku coined the phrase Hakkō ichiu in the early 20th century. He drew from a statement attributed to Emperor Jimmu in the Nihon Shoki chronicle.
- Hundred Regiments OffensiveIn the summer of 1940, Japanese forces in North China tightened their grip on anti-Japanese base regions through a strategy known as the prison cage policy.