Timeline - Hirohito's War
| 1930 | January, June, November |
| 1931 | September |
| 1932 | May, October |
| 1933 | January - March |
| 1934 | July - October |
| 1935 | January - September |
| 1936 | February - December |
| 1937 | June - December |
| 1938 | January - November |
| 1939 | March - December |
| 1940 | March - December |
| 1941 | March - November |
| December | |
| 1942 | January |
| February | |
| March | |
| April - June | |
| July - September | |
| October - December | |
| 1943 | January - March |
| April - June | |
| July - September | |
| October - December | |
| 1944 | January - March |
| April - June | |
| July - September | |
| October - December | |
| 1945 | January - March |
| April - June | |
| July - October | |
PACIFIC WAR TIMELINE
1931
18 September: Manchuria: Mukden Incident in which Japanese leaders of the Kwantung Army in North Korea plan an ‘agent provocateur’ act by exploding a bomb of the railway near Mukden. An explosion, barely noticed by the passengers on the train is used as a pretext for the Japanese occupation of Manchuria, a Chinese province.
Japan: Ultranationalist Ishikawa publishes Nihon no Kiki (Japan’s Crisis) which warns that America’s aim since the mid-19th Century had been the domination of Asia suggests that Japan needed to embark on a ‘great national march to ensure its rights and survival.’