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Who invaded the Philippines?
Japan invaded the Philippine islands in their Philippine Campaign (1941-1942).
What is another name for India china Japan and the spice islands?
Asia
Did US soldiers set foot in Japan during world war 2 after the atom bombs or before?
Not on mainland Japan, but on offshore islands such as Okinawa.
Why were the pacific islands attacked and seized during the allied island hopping chosen?
The Pacific islands were chosen and served as steppingstones to move north toward Japan.
Why is it important for the us to control okinawa and other pacific islands?
The Islands were conveniently in a line straight to Japan and the magnificent plan to capture these islands basically won the war in the Pacific. Each one had an airfield and that one was used to attack the next as well as the aircraft carriers. When they captured the last island in the chain to Japan the troops didn't assault Japan after they captured it. The "Enola Gay" which was the plane that carried the Nuclear bomb to Hiroshima and also the other plane "Bockscar" which carried it's bomb to Nagasaki. They stopped at the islands to refuel so that they could reach Japan to end the war in the Pacific.
Is the Canary Islands in danger from the earthquake in Japan?
No - the Canary Islands are in the central Atlantic Ocean, half the globe away from Japan. But the price of Toyodas may go up.
How many islands make up the archipelago of Japan?
Japan has 6852 islands.
How many main islands does japan consist of?
it has 4 Japan has 4 MAIN islands, (Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku) but Japan actually has over 1000 islands. Only around 30 or more of those islands have citizens. Other islands include Okinawa, Bonin islands, and the Ryuku Islands
What country is made up of a chain of islands east of North Korea and South Korea?
Japan (person before me who said Phillipines is an idiot) >.>
Does all of Japan have Japan have mountains?
Japan has Japanese Alps, and not all of Japan has mountains. Nearly 70% of Japan is covered in mountains and volcanoes. Japan consists of 6,852 islands, and non-volcanic islands (such as coral islands) are very flat.
How many islands in Japan 2012?
100,000,000,000
What islands are in Asia?
Some of the islands are the Philipines, Taiwan, Japan, and Indonesia.
Japan is made of how many large islands and how many small islands?
Japan is an archepelago of 6,852 islands total.
What islands do russia control northeast of Japan?
The Kuril Islands are the islands that Russia controls northeast of Japan. The Kuril Islands are officially under the Russian jurisdiction.
Where are Japan's islands located?
All around the main island of Japan there are lots of islands around it
What are the two most large islands of Japan?
The two largest islands of Japan are Honshu and Hokkaido.
Is Japan a large group of islands?
Japan is a large island with many little islands around it.
