Important Japanese leaders, Generals and events in WWii

  • The first sino-Japanese war

    The first sino-Japanese war
    The war was between Japan and the Qing empire. The war lead to the failure of the Qing empire's success of modernizing its military. The regional dominance shifted from China to Japan.
  • Hirohito

    Hirohito
    Was not only the emperor in WW2 but he also holds the record of the longest time being emperor.
  • Japan's expansion

    Japan's expansion
    Growing bolder by the hour. Japan decided that they would need to expand their empire. This event lead to the Second sino-Japanese war.
  • The Japanese proclaim the creation of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity sphere

    The Japanese proclaim the creation of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity sphere
    The Greater East Co-Prosperity sphere is an alliance of sorts. With Most of the country on the East coast of Europe.
  • General Hideki Tojo

    General Hideki Tojo
    Was a minister of war and Chief of staff in World War 2. After the fall of Saipan in July 1944 he resigned later to be charged of war crimes and was sentence to death.
  • Pearl harbor

    Pearl harbor
    The Japanese held a full force attack in Pearl harbor killing over 2000 people. Not only was this a huge example of what Japan could do but this also dragged America into the second world war.
  • Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

    Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
    Minister of the navy and commander in chief had planned the attack on pearl harbor. He was killed when his plain was shot down in April of 1943.
  • Lt General Kuniaki Koiso

    Lt General Kuniaki Koiso
    Was elected Prime minister in 1944 he was not popular with people who wanted to end the or people who wanted to keep fighting in the war. He resigned in 1945.
  • General Yoshijiro Umezu

    General Yoshijiro Umezu
    Chief of staff had previously been the minister of war. He war a person who believed the war should go on as long as passable and was infaver of not surrendering in world war two.
  • Lt General Kuniaki Koiso

    Lt General Kuniaki Koiso
    Was the Prime minister of Japan after Lt General Kuniaki Koiso he was one of the Japanese leaders for peace and was one of the people who asked Emperor Hirohito to surrender in WWii.