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unusual facts about Japanese Archipelago


Battle of Shanghai

It took considerably longer for Chinese reinforcements from South China to reach North China than it did for the Japanese to reinforce from their home islands.


B yen

Though the rest of Occupied Japan continued to use regular Japanese yen throughout the Occupation, military scrip was introduced in Okinawa because, even at that time, the US military government intended to continue occupation of Okinawa long after ending it in the Home Islands.

Japan campaign

The Japan Campaign was a series of battles and engagements in and around the Japanese Home Islands, between Allied forces and the forces of Imperial Japan during the last stages of the Pacific Campaign of World War II.


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