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Japan had been a militant nation for centuries. They had defeated the Mongols in the 13th century, defeated China in the 19th century, and defeated Russia in the 20th century (Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905). Until WW2, Japan had never lost a war; and then it took two atomic bombs.

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