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Japan in WW2 Questions
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What are arguments for and against the atomic bombings of Japan being justified?Popularity: 363
Why did Japan invade Manchuria in 1931?
Popularity: 282
Why did the US drop the atomic bombs on Japan?
Popularity: 267
Who was the Japanese Emperor during World War 2?
Popularity: 216
How and why did Japan start World War 2 in the Pacific?
Popularity: 191
Why did Japan attack the US in December 1941?
Popularity: 181
What is the Code of Bushido and what happened with it in World War 2?
Popularity: 149
Who were the generals and leaders of the Japanese army during World War 2?
Popularity: 143
Why did Japan join the Germans?
Popularity: 133
Was Japan's army disbanded after World War 2?
Popularity: 128
What was Japan's involvement in World War 2?
Popularity: 126
What was Japan's economic situation after World War 2?
Popularity: 124
How and why did Japan start World War 2?
Popularity: 115
Why was Japan's oil supply cut off in World War 2 and why was this such a threat to them?
Popularity: 107
What were the Japanese war strategies during World War 2?
Popularity: 105
How many Japanese casualties were there in World War 2?
Popularity: 105
How many Japanese died in the Battle of Midway?
Popularity: 103
Did the Japanese surrender at the end of World War 2?
Popularity: 93
What is hari kari?
Popularity: 90
How was the Japanese economy during World War 2?
Popularity: 87
Why did Japan attack Southeast Asia?
Popularity: 85
How many people died from the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Popularity: 82
Why did Japan attack Western countries during World War 2?
Popularity: 82
Who was the leader of Japan in World War 2?
Popularity: 80
What is a thorough structural and institutional explanation for why Japan attacked the United States?
Popularity: 80
How were conditions for Japanese-Americans in internment camps during World War 2?
Popularity: 79
What were the pros and cons of dropping the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Popularity: 77
When did Japan enter World War 2?
Popularity: 76
Why did Japan get involved in World War 2?
Popularity: 74
How many Chinese were killed by the Japanese in World War 2?
Popularity: 74
How did the Japanese people live during World War 2?
Popularity: 73
Who was the mastermind of Japanese strategy during World War 2?
Popularity: 73
Why did Japan surrender?
Popularity: 72
Did the Bushido Code prevent Japanese from taking prisoners?
Popularity: 72
What did the church in Japan do during World War 2?
Popularity: 72
What were Japan's reasons for entering World War 2?
Popularity: 72
Why did the US invade Okinawa?
Popularity: 71
Why was there an embargo on Japan before World War 2?
Popularity: 70
How much of Japan was destroyed during World War 2?
Popularity: 69
What were the major developments in Japan leading to World War 2?
Popularity: 69
What aggression from the Japanese led to Americans entrance into World War 2?
Popularity: 66
What was the role of Japan in World War 2?
Popularity: 66
What happened during the bombings over Japan?
Popularity: 66
When did Japan attack China?
Popularity: 66
What were the weapons that the Japanese used during World War 2?
Popularity: 65
On what month and day did Japan invade China in 1937?
Popularity: 64
How did the Japanese feel about their style of government during World War 2?
Popularity: 64
How many years did America occupy Japan?
Popularity: 63
How did the Japanese take over Manchuria?
Popularity: 63
What happened to the Japanese during World War 2?
Popularity: 63
Why did Truman use the atomic bomb on Japan?
Popularity: 63
Why did Japan stop at Pearl Harbor and not attack California directly?
Popularity: 63
Did the Japanese use submarines in World War 2?
Popularity: 62
What are the two major reforms instituted during the Allied occupation of Japan after World War 2?
Popularity: 62
Which Japanese cities were attacked with atomic bombs?
Popularity: 61
What effects did dropping of atomic bombs have?
Popularity: 61
What happened in Japan that led to World War 2?
Popularity: 61
Why was the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan a turning point in history?
Popularity: 61
How did Japan become an imperialist nation?
Popularity: 61
What were living conditions like in Japan at the time of Pearl Harbor?
Popularity: 61
How was the Japanese economy before World War 2?
Popularity: 61
What happened during the Battle at Midway?
Popularity: 60
How did Japan's location affect what happened to it during World War 2?
Popularity: 59
On what month and day did Japan occupy Nanking in 1937?
Popularity: 59
What did people in Japan do when there were air raids during World War 2?
Popularity: 59
What were the cultural and political attitudes on war and violence in Japan during World War 2?
Popularity: 59
What were the major events leading to the bombing of Hiroshima?
Popularity: 58
How many bombs were dropped in Japan during World War 2?
Popularity: 58
What was the Pacific island fortress that fell to Japan in May 1942?
Popularity: 58
Who was the Japanese naval leader during World War 2?
Popularity: 57
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