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| Battle of Kota Baharu Yamashita, Tomoyuki |  |
| Dec Kota Baharu Lands at Kota Baharu during the invasion of Thailand
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| Battle of Pearl Harbour Abe, Hiroaki | |
| Pearl Harbour Commander of the 8th Cruiser Division in the Pearl Harbour Strike Force
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| Battle of Pearl Harbour Nagumo, Chuichi | |
| 7th Dec Pearl Harbour Commands the Japanese carriers
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| 7th Dec Pearl Harbour Dive bombers take off from Nagumo's task force 250 miles nth of the USAPacific Fleet
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| 7th Dec Pearl Harbour does not follow the battle up with an air strike & the base remains intact
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| Battle of Pearl Harbour Yamamoto, Isoroku | |
| Pearl Harbour Help plan Pearl Harbour
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| Bombing of Pearl Harbour Fuchida, Mitsuo | |
| 7th Dec Pearl Harbour Leads the 1st wave of 183 planes to attack Pearl Harbour
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| Bombing of Pearl Harbour Yamamoto, Isoruku | |
| Pearl Harbour Plan s the attack, argues Japan can only win a quick war
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| Capture of Dutch East Indies Ozawa, Jisaburo | |
| Commands the naval forces which capture the Dutch East Indies
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| Capture of Hong Kong Sakai, Taikaishi | |
| 26th Dec Hong Kong Hong Kong is surrendered to the Japanese
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| Capture of Hong Kong Sano, Tadayoshi | |
| 25th Dec Hong Kong Leads the principal assault in the Japanese capture of Hong Kong
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| Capture of Singapore Yamashita, Tomoyuki | |
| 12th Feb Singapore The British surrender Singapore to Yamashita
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| Commander 14th Army Homma, Masaharu | |
| Appointed Commander of the 14th Army before the attack on Luzon in the Philippines
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| Appointed Commander of the 14th Army
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| Commander 1st Air Fleet Nagumo, Chuichi | |
| Appointed Commander of the 1st Air Fleet
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| Appointed Commander of the 1st Air Fleet
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| Commander 25th Army Yamashita, Tomoyuki | |
| Dec Appointed Commander of the 25th Army
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| Dec Appointed Commander of the 25th Army
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| Commander 38th Infantry Div Sano, Tadayoshi | |
| Appointed Commander of the 38th Infantry Division
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| Appointed Commander of the 38th Infantry Division
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| Commander in Chief Hata, Shunroku | |
| Appointed Commander -in-Chief of Japanese forces in China
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| Declaration of War Fumimaro, Konoe | |
| 9th Dec Britain, Australia & the USA declare war on Japan
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| Declaration of War Hirohito | |
| 9th Dec Britain, Australia & the USA declare war on Japan
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| Diplomacy of Japan Fumimaro, Konoe | |
| 14th June USAsanctions on Japan
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| 17th July USAsanctions on Japan
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| Oct Tokyo Resigns due to the Army's unwillingness to make concessions demanded by the US
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| Diplomacy of Japan Hirohito | |
| 13th April Japan & Russia sign a neutrality pact
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| Embargo Fumimaro, Konoe | |
| July Britain freezes Japan's assets for its invasion of Indochina
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| July The USAimposes a total embargo on Japan for its invasion of Indochina
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| General Mori, Takashi | |
| Appointed General
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| Appointed General
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| Invasion of Borneo Fumimaro, Konoe | |
| 16th Dec Japanese forces land on the coast of Borneo
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| Invasion of Hong Kong Sakai, Taikaishi | |
| 8th Dec Hong Kong Leads the 23rd Army across the border of Japanese occupied China
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| 13th Dec Hong Kong Reaches the waterfront of Kowloon
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| 13th Dec Hong Kong The Hong Kong Governor, Sir Mark Young, rejects a surrender demand
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| 17th Dec Hong Kong The Hong Kong Governor, Sir Mark Young, rejects a surrender demand
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| 26th Dec Hong Kong Hong Kong is surrendered to the Japanese
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| Invasion of Indochina Fumimaro, Konoe | |
| July Japan invade s southern Indochina
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| Aug The USA& Britain are prepared to go to war if Japan goes further into Indochina
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| Invasion of Malaya Yamashita, Tomoyuki | |
| Dec Commands an invasion of nothern Malaya
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| 4th Dec Hainan The 25th Army sets sail from Hainan
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| 8th Dec Pearl Harbour The 25th Army lands near the Thai border, immediately after Pearl Harbour
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| Invasion of Homma, Masaharu | |
| Luzon Appointed Commander of the 14th Army before the attack on Luzon in the Philippines
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| Invasion of Thailand Yamashita, Tomoyuki | |
| Dec Commands an invasion of Thailand
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| Pact Fumimaro, Konoe | |
| April Japan & Russia sign a mutual neutrality pact
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| Prime Minister of Japan Tojo, Hideki | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Japan
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| Resignation of Fumimaro Fumimaro, Konoe | |
| Oct Tokyo Resigns due to the Army's unwillingness to make concessions demanded by USAdiplomacy
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| Siege of Hong Kong Sakai, Taikaishi | |
| 26th Dec Hong Kong Hong Kong is surrendered to the Japanese
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| Siege of Luzon Homma, Masaharu | |
| Luzon Commands the attack on Luzon in the Philippines
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| Siege of Singapore Yamashita, Tomoyuki | |
| 8th Feb Singapore Yamashita launches his 1st attack on Singapore
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| 12th Feb Singapore The British surrender Singapore to Yamashita
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