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| Alliance Hirohito |  |
| Hitler asks Japan to attack Russia, Japan agrees if Germany subdues Russia |
| Arrest of Homma Homma, Masaharu | |
| Sep Arrested by the Americans & tried for war crimes |
| Arrest of Yoshida Yoshida, Shigeru | |
| Arrested for advocating peace with the Allies |
| Battle of Manila Iwafuchi, Sanji | |
| 22nd Feb Manila Ignores Yamashita's orders not to defend the city |
| 22nd Feb Manila Manila is isolated from Yamashit'a main forces |
| 22nd Feb Manila Suicidally chooses to destroy the Intramuros & loses over 16,000 Japanese dead |
| Battle of Okinawa Hirohito | |
| Mar Okinawa After 3 months fighting 110,000 Japanese soldiers & 150,000 civilians died |
| Battle of Okinawa Ushijima, Mitsuru | |
| April Okinawa Commands the Japanese defense HQ of 85,000 troops |
| May Okinawa Takes advantage of bad weather to wihdraw to the south & make a last stand |
| 17th June Okinawa The USAforces divide the Japanese garrison into 3 encircled pockets |
| 25th June Okinawa Commits ritual suicide |
| Bombing of Endo Endo, Sachio | |
| A night fighter pilot who managed to destroy 7 B-29's |
| Bombing of Hiroshima Hirohito | |
| 9th Aug Hiroshima More than 10 sqr miles are obliterated & 137,000 killed |
| 9th Aug Hiroshima The USA drops a plutonium bomb on Hiroshima |
| Bombing of Hiroshima Kantaro, Suziki | |
| Aug Hiroshima The Us drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima |
| Bombing of Nagasaki Hirohito | |
| 9th Aug Nagasaki The USA drops the atomic bomb on Nagasaki, over 73,000 are killed |
| Bombing of Nagasaki Kantaro, Suziki | |
| 9th Aug Nagasaki The USA drops the atomic bomb on Nagasaki |
| Bombing of Sakai Sakai, Saburo | |
| Destroys a USAaircraft, completing 62 personal air victories |
| Last day of the war destroys a USAaircraft, completing 62 personal air victories |
| Bombing of Tokyo Hirohito | |
| 25th Feb Tokyo The USA bombs Tokyo, 200,000 are killed |
| 10th Mar Tokyo 2 million have been made homeless in Tokyo |
| Broadcast Hirohito Hirohito | |
| 15th Aug Hirohito broadcasts a radio message telling the people that Japan will surrender |
| Capture of Corregidor Yoshihito | |
| Feb The USArecapture Corregidor |
| Capture of Okinawa Kuniaki, Koiso | |
| April Okinawa USAtroops land on Okinawa Island |
| Commander Combined Fleet Ozawa, Jisaburo | |
| 29th May Appointed Commander-in-Chief, Combined Fleet |
| Constitution Hirohito | |
| Ceases claming to be a god |
| Death of Ushijima, Mitsuru Ushijima, Mitsuru | |
| 25th June Okinawa Death of Mitsuru Ushijima, commits ritual suicide during the battle of Okinawa |
| Declaration of Potsdam Hirohito | |
| 27th July Potsdam Japan ignores the request for uncondional surrender, unaware of the USAthe atomic bomb |
| 27th July Potsdam The US, Britain & Nationalist China calls for unconditional Japanese surrender |
| 27th July Potsdam The USA& Britain & Nationalist China threaten Japan with "prompt & utter destruction" |
| Declaration of Potsdam Kantaro, Suziki | |
| July Potsdam USA & Britain demand Japan's unconditional surrender or "prompt & utter destruction" |
| Declaration of War Hirohito | |
| Aug Russia declares war on Japan |
| Declaration of War Kantaro, Suziki | |
| Aug Russia declares war on Japan |
| Declaration of War Kuniaki, Koiso | |
| Feb Stalin secretly agrees with Roosevelt & Churchill to fight Japan after German defeat |
| Diplomacy Fumimaro, Konoe | |
| Mar Washington Japan & the USAbegin negotiations to settle their differences |
| Diplomacy Hirohito | |
| Japan keeps its neutrality with Russia |
| Negotiations to settle the difference between Japan & the USAbreakdown |
| The USAfreezes all Japanese assets in the US |
| Diplomacy Kantaro, Suziki | |
| June Japan offers Russia concessions for a non-aggression pact |
| July Japan askes Russia to mediate peace without unconditional surrender, Stalin refuses |
| Diplomacy Kuniaki, Koiso | |
| April Russia informs Japan it will not renew the Soviet-Japanese neutrality pact |
| Diplomacy Stalin, Joseph | |
| July Japan askes Russia to mediate peace without unconditional surrender, Stalin refuses |
| Diplomacy Stalin, Joseph |  |
| June Japan offers Russia concessions for a non-aggression pact |
| Election Shidehara, Kijuro | |
| 10th April Holds Japan's 1st post war election |
| Execution of Yamashita Yamashita, Tomoyuki | |
| 7th Dec Manila Executed for war crimes, 4th anniversary of Pearl Harbour |
| Film Kurosawa Kurosawa, Akira | |
| Kurosawa's Judo Saga 2 |
| Kurosawa's The Men Who Tread On the Tiger's Tail |
| Independence Chi-Minh, Ho |  |
| 2nd Sep Japan surrenders to the Allies & Ho declares independence |
| Invasion of Manchuria Kantaro, Suziki | |
| Aug Manchuria Russia invades Manchuria |
| Invasion of Russia Hirohito | |
| Hitler asks Japan to attack Russia, Japan agrees if Germany subdues Russia |
| Minister of Agriculture Shidehara, Kijuro | |
| 17th Aug Appointed Minister of Agriculture |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs Yoshida, Shigeru | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister |
| Ministry of the Interior Shidehara, Kijuro | |
| Dec Tokyo The Ministry of the Interior is abolished |
| Peace Hirohito | |
| Mar Okinawa Decides because the navy & army will fight at Okinawa it is not a good time for peace |
| Peace Kantaro, Suziki | |
| Feb Japan approaches Russia, as neutrals, to arrange peace but receives no reply |
| May Stalin reveals Japan's request for peace to the USA, issued by Japan in Feb |
| Peace Konoe | |
| 14th Feb Fails to persuade Hirohito to make peace |
| Prime Minister Higashikuni, Naruhiko | |
| 17th Aug Tokyo Appointed Prime Minister of Japan |
| Prime Minister Kantaro, Suziki | |
| April Tokyo Appointed Prime Minister of Japan |
| Prime Minister Shidehara, Kijuro | |
| 17th Aug Tokyo Appointed Prime Minister of Japan |
| Prime Minister Suzuki, Kantaro | |
| April Tokyo Appointed Prime Minister of Japan |
| Reform of Land Shidehara, Kijuro | |
| Dec Tokyo First Land Reform Act |
| Reform of Trades Unions Shidehara, Kijuro | |
| Tokyo Trade Union Law, guarantees right to organize, bargain collectively & strike |
| Rule of Formosa Hirohito | |
| Formosa Formosa is returned to China |
| Rule of Manchuria Hirohito | |
| Manchuria Manchuria is returned to China |
| Shinto Shidehara, Kijuro | |
| Tokyo Disestablishment of Shinto |
| Surrender Adachi, Hatazo | |
| 13th Sep Surrenders the 18th Army with only 13,500 from an original 65,000 |
| Surrender Hirohito | |
| 14th Aug Hirohito announces the surrender of Japan |
| 15th Aug Hirohito broadcasts a radio message telling the people that Japan will surrender |
| 16th Aug Issues an Imperial Order directing Japanese forces to surrender |
| 19th Aug Manila Japanese emissaries receive terms for Japan's surrender from the US |
| 2nd Sep Japan formally surrenders aboard the USS Missouri |
| 14th Sep Japan surrenders to the Allies |
| Surrender Shidehara, Kijuro | |
| 2nd Sep Tokyo Bay Formal surrender of the Japanese Empire aboard the USS Missouri |
| Surrender Shigemitsu, Mamoru | |
| 2nd Sep Tokyo Bay Signs the surrender on behalf of the Emperor & Japanese Government on USS Missouri |
| Surrender Suzuki, Kantaro | |
| 9th Aug Suzuki approaches Hirohito who tells him Japan should surrender |
| 9th Aug The Supreme Council is deadlocked on the question of surrender |
| Surrender Yamashita, Tomoyuki | |
| 2nd Sep Tokyo Bay Surrenders to the Americans after belated news of the Emperor's death reaches him |
| 3rd Sep Baguio Signs the surrender of the Japanese forces in the Philippines |
| Surrender Japan Bao Dai | |
| 15th Aug Japan surrenders to the Allies, creates a power vacuum filled by the Viet Minh |
| Trial of Homma Homma, Masaharu | |
| Sep Arrested by the Americans & tried for war crimes |
| Sep Tried for atrocities during the Bataan "Death March" |
