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Parent topics
- World War II [r]: (1931–1945) global war killing 53 million people, with the "Allies" (UK, US, Soviet Union) eventually halting aggressive expansion by the "Axis" (Nazi Germany and Japan). [e]
- Winston Churchill [r]: British Prime Minister and war leader during the Second World War from 1940 to 1945; second term from 1951 to 1955. Won the Nobel Prize for Literature as a historian. [e]
- Franklin D. Roosevelt [r]: (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), often called FDR, the President of the United States 1933 to 1945. [e]
- Joseph Stalin [r]: (1878 - 1953) The head of Russia's Communist ("Bolshevik") party and dictator of the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death. [e]
Subtopics
- Dalian [r]: Called Dairen after being ceded to Japan after the Russo-Japanese War, a port in southern Manchuria [e]
- Manchuria [r]: A region in northeastern China, rich in natural resources, control of which was key to the Empire of Japan; when under Japanese control, it was run as a nominal country called Manchukuo [e]
- Kwangtung Leasehold [r]: An area of southern Manchuria, controlled by Japan under a 99-year lease obtained in 1915, which was the base of Japanese strength on the Asian continent before World War Two in the Pacific. [e]
- Occupation of Germany [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Outer Mongolia [r]: Currently, the State of Mongolia, a region of East Asia that includes disputed territory, Tannu Uriankhai, tnow part of Russia; ethnically dominated by non-Chinese Khalkh Mongolians [e]
- Kurile Islands [r]: A chain of islands extending from Sakhalin to the Kamchatka Peninsula; under Russian control as a result of decisions at the Yalta Conference but now disputed between Russia and Japan [e]
- Port Arthur [r]: Add brief definition or description
- South Manchurian Railway Company [r]: At first a Japanese-owned railroad with a terminus in the Kwangtung Leasehold, eventually a diversified industrial company in Manchuria and China, with influence on Japanese economic policy and providing cover for intelligence and covert operations [e]
- Russo-Japanese War [r]: Fought between 1904 and 1905 between Russia and Japan increasing their influence in East Asia, the war resulted in a decisive victory for Japan; culturally significant as the first defeat of an European power by an Asian one; arguably a continuation of Japanese expansion in the First Sino-Japanese War [e]