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Declaration of War

Name: Declaration of War – Japan factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

Japan · Warfare / World War, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records

1914Date range

2Named people

0Places

Chronological records

1914

Kikujiro Ishii23 August 1914

Warfare / World War, 1st

Japan declares war on Germany

Taisho23 August 1914

Warfare / World War, 1st

Japan uses its alliance with Britain to declare war on Germany. Japan declares war on Germany

Taisho25 August 1914

Warfare / World War, 1st

Japan declares "State of War" with Austria-Hungary. Austria is at war with Japan

Names involved

Kikujiro IshiiTaisho

Provenance

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