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General History, Culture & People

Historical Periods & Military History of Japan
Japan's Government History
World War II & Japan
Shoguns, Samurai & Daimyos - Part 1
Shoguns, Samurai & Daimyos - Part 2

Historical Periods

Kofun Period - 250 AD to 538 AD
Asuka Period - 538 AD to 710 AD
Nara Period - 710 AD to 784 AD
Heian Period - 794 AD to 1185 AD
Kamakura Period - 1185 AD to 1333 AD
Muromachi Period - 1336 AD to 1573 AD
Nanboku-cho - part of Muromachi period
Azuchi Momoyama Period - 1568 AD to 1600 AD
Edo Period - 1600 AD to 1876 AD
Jomon Period - 10,000 BC to 300 BC
Sengoku Period - 1476 AD to 1615 AD
Yamato Period - 250 AD to 710 AD
Yayoi Period - 300 BC to 250 AD
Taisho period - time of the liberal movement 1912 - 1926

Military History

Guandong Army - Japanese Unit in Mainland China
Haguro - Nachi Class Heavy Cruiser Imperial Japanese Navy
Wars with China & Russia - Japan's History
Japanese Ship Naming Conventions
Japanese Submarine I-52 - Japanese Cargo Submarine
Hogen Rebellion - Japanese Civil War of 1156
Ko-hyoteki Class Submarine - Japanese Midget Submarines
Kurile Island conflict - Dispute Between Russia and Japan
Kuroki Itei - Japanese General
List of ships of the Japanese Navy
Marco Polo Bridge Incident - Japan's Imperial Army vs China
Military History of Japan
Military of Japan
Onoda Hiroo - Japanese army intelligence officer
Oyama Iwao - Japanese field marshal
Purple code - US name for Japanese Foreign Office code
Nachi - Class of heavy cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy
Nagumo Chuichi - Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy
Nanjing Massacre - atrocities against Chinese civilians
Russian Imperialism in Asia and the Russo-Japanese War
Russo-Japanese War - surprise victory for Japan
Satsuma Rebellion - revolt of Satsuma against Imperial Japanese Army
Shimabara Rebellion - uprising of Japanese peasants
Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895) - the Jiawu War
Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) - major invasion of eastern China by Japan
Southern Expeditionary Army Group - World War II era Japanese military unit
Terauchi Hisaichi - field marshal of Japan's Southern Expeditionary Army Group
Togo Heihachiro - Japanese admiral and naval hero
Toi invasion - invasion of northern Kyushu by Jurchen pirates
Tokyo Rose - female broadcasters of Japanese propaganda
Treaty of Portsmouth - ending the Russo-Japanese War
Treaty of Shimonoseki - aka Treaty of Maguan
Tsu-11 - thermojet engine by Japan in closing stages of World War II
Unit 731 - secret military medical unit of Imperial Japanese Army
Yamashita Tomoyuki - general of the Japanese Army

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