JAPAN'S WARS
SEVEN IN FIFTY YEARS SUDDEN MODERNISATION Less than 80 years ago Japan, then a feudal State with customs and manners approximating to a Europe of the Middle Ages, suddenly emerged and began to model herself on the European Powers. Her army advanced 1 from bows and arrows! to quick-firing guns in less than 20 ye&rs, her fleet from lateen juinks to ironcladis in the same period. Her modernisation complete, she embarked nearly 50 years ago on the first of her wars of - aggression. Sino-Japanese War, 1894-1895. Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905 Greiat War, when she fought againsit Germany, 1914-1918. Intervention in Russia, 1918. Attacked Manchukuo, 1931. China War, 1937. Second World War, 1941.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 34, 27 March 1942, Page 5
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113JAPAN'S WARS Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 34, 27 March 1942, Page 5
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