1942 – China: Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in presaged by a decade of Japanese military aggression in China (WW2)

Imperial Japanese Army 大日本帝國陸軍 Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun The ensign of the Imperial Japanese Army Active 1871 Disbanded 1945 Country Empire of Japan Type Army Role Military ground force Size 6,095,000 in August 1945 Part of Imperial Armed Forces Colors Red White March "Army March" Equipment Army equipment Engagements Boshin War Invasion of Taiwan (1874) Shinpūren rebellion Satsuma Rebellion First Sino-Japanese War Boxer Rebellion Invasion of Taiwan (1895) Russo-Japanese War World War I Russian