Date in year · 1942 · The 1940s
On June 3, 1942, world War II: Japan begins the Aleutian Islands Campaign by bombing Unalaska Island. Michael Beloff, Robert Christgau, Jochen Rindt would arrive in the same year.
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The Empire of Japan, also known as the Japanese Empire or Imperial Japan, was the period of Japanese history spanning 79 years, starting with the Meiji Restoration on 3 January 1868, and ending with ratification of the Constitution of Japan on 3 May 1947. After its gradual expansion, from 1910 to 1945, the Empire of Japan included mainland Japan, Okinawa, the Kurils, Karafuto, Korea, and Taiwan. The South Seas Mandate and concessions were not internal parts of the empire but dependent territories.
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1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1942nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 942nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 42nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1940s decade.
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Japanese nation state from 1868 to 1947
The Empire of Japan, also known as the Japanese Empire or Imperial Japan, was the period of Japanese history spanning 79 years, starting with the Meiji Restoration on 3 January 1868, and ending with ratification of the Constitution of Japan on 3 May 1947. After its gradual expansion, from 1910 to 1945, the Empire of Japan included mainland Japan, Okinawa, the Kurils, Karafuto, Korea, and Taiwan. The South Seas Mandate and concessions were not internal parts of the empire but dependent territories.
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