Richard B. Frank, author of Downfall: the End of the Imperial Japanese Empire, describes their position: "In their war gaming of Ketsu-Go, the Japanese had worked out that they could destroy up ...

Subsequently, imperialist powers, including Japan, vied with each other to pillage Joseon’s resources. In 1897, Joseon changed its name to the Korean Empire (Daehan Jeguk) and pushed ahead with ...

In December 1941, Imperial Japan opened the Pacific theater of World ... pit the country against the United States and the British Empire, two of the world's dominant military forces.

During World War II, the Japanese imperial authorities abducted, coerced, tricked and sometimes recruited hundreds of thousands of women from Japan's colonial empire to become sexual slaves for ...

Yamato-Class Battleships: Japan's Naval Giants That Couldn't Turn the Tide When Imperial Japan’s Yamato ... this time and wanted to expand its empire. Following Japan’s departure from the ...