Japan

2 wars

Wars fought on the land of today's Japan or by its peoples.

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Wars

Second Sino-Japanese War World War II

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War
Second Sino-Japanese War
China: the Nationalist government, Communist-led forces and their allies
Republic of China (Nationalist government), Communist-led Eighth Route Army and New Fourth Army, Soviet Volunteer Group (1937–1941), and United States
against
Empire of Japan and its client governments
Empire of Japan, Manchukuo, Wang Jingwei regime (Nanjing, 1940–1945), and Mengjiang
Japan surrendered to the Allies in August 1945, and its forces in China surrendered at Nanjing on 9 September 1945; Manchukuo and the Wang Jingwei government ended with them.
At the same time here: World War II
War
World War II
Allies
Soviet Union (from 1941), United States, United Kingdom, Republic of China (Nationalist government), France, and Second Polish Republic
against
Axis
Nazi Germany, Empire of Japan, and Kingdom of Italy (until 1943)
The Allies won: Germany surrendered unconditionally on 8 May 1945 and Japan on 2 September 1945.
At the same time here: Second Sino-Japanese War