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== Asia-Pacific theatre == | == Asia-Pacific theatre == | ||
Japan began its colonial expansion before the outbreak of the war. It invaded Manchuria in 1931 and reached the Soviet border, provoking fears of war.<ref name=":022332">{{Citation|author=Ludo Martens|year=1996|title=Another View of Stalin|chapter=Stalin and the anti-fascist war|isbn=9782872620814|publisher=Editions EPO|pdf=https://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/bafykbzaceab64vxtxpqt2cdl4zsrsftmedqidn4foq74gr25qkd35z5nwogdi?filename=Ludo%20Martens%20-%20Another%20View%20of%20Stalin-Editions%20EPO%20%281996%29.pdf|page=}}</ref><sup>:185–90</sup> In 1932, [[Kim Il-sung]] founded a guerrilla army to resist the occupation of [[Korea]].<ref name=":12" /> From May to August 1939, the USSR fought of a Japanese invasion of [[Mongolian People's Republic (1924–1992)|Mongolia]].<ref name=":0223322">{{Citation|author=Ludo Martens|year=1996|title=Another View of Stalin|chapter=Stalin and the anti-fascist war|page=185–187|pdf=https://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/bafykbzaceab64vxtxpqt2cdl4zsrsftmedqidn4foq74gr25qkd35z5nwogdi?filename=Ludo%20Martens%20-%20Another%20View%20of%20Stalin-Editions%20EPO%20%281996%29.pdf|publisher=Editions EPO|isbn=9782872620814}}</ref> | |||
Japan attacked [[United States of America|U.S.]] forces at Pearl Harbor in [[Hawaii]] in 1941 and then colonized [[Indonesia]], the [[Philippines]], [[Malaya]], and [[New Guinea]] while the USA was recovering.<ref name=":12" /> The USA fought an island-hopping campaign and gradually moved towards Japan. Up to 140,000 people, mostly civilians died in [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]] during the U.S. invasion.<ref name=":02222">{{Citation|author=David Vine|year=2020|title=The United States of War|chapter=Empire of Bases|page=247–8|city=Oakland|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=9780520972070|lg=http://library.lol/main/191568BFAC73F009132DB00ECD0F0F05}}</ref> On 8 August 1945, exactly three months after Germany surrendered, the Soviet Union sent troops into [[Empire of (Great) Manchuria|Manchuria]] and Korea to oust the Japanese colonizers.<ref name=":12">{{Citation|author=Stephen Gowans|year=2018|title=Patriots, Traitors and Empires: The Story of Korea’s Struggle for Freedom|chapter=The Patriot|page=66–72|pdf=https://ipfs.io/ipfs/bafykbzaced4iiga4ngtxusr2civjxewbili5jne2sbpefbx2s3im2kphattzc?filename=Stephen%20Gowans%20-%20Patriots%2C%20Traitors%20and%20Empires_%20The%20Story%20of%20Korea%E2%80%99s%20Struggle%20for%20Freedom-Baraka%20Books%20%282018%29.pdf|city=Montreal|publisher=Baraka Books|isbn=9781771861427|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=8435F6FF91279531705764823FDC2A7F}}</ref> | |||
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The United States used [[Nuclear weapon|atomic bombs]] against the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, killing 443,000 civilians.<ref name=":02233232">{{Citation|author=Ludo Martens|year=1996|title=Another View of Stalin|chapter=From Stalin to Khrushchev|isbn=9782872620814|publisher=Editions EPO|pdf=https://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/bafykbzaceab64vxtxpqt2cdl4zsrsftmedqidn4foq74gr25qkd35z5nwogdi?filename=Ludo%20Martens%20-%20Another%20View%20of%20Stalin-Editions%20EPO%20%281996%29.pdf|page=242–244}}</ref> | The United States used [[Nuclear weapon|atomic bombs]] against the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, killing 443,000 civilians.<ref name=":02233232">{{Citation|author=Ludo Martens|year=1996|title=Another View of Stalin|chapter=From Stalin to Khrushchev|isbn=9782872620814|publisher=Editions EPO|pdf=https://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/bafykbzaceab64vxtxpqt2cdl4zsrsftmedqidn4foq74gr25qkd35z5nwogdi?filename=Ludo%20Martens%20-%20Another%20View%20of%20Stalin-Editions%20EPO%20%281996%29.pdf|page=242–244}}</ref> |