It is generally considered that the Pacific War began on 7/8 December 1941, on which date Japan invaded Thailand and attacked the British possessions of Malaya, Singapore, and Hong Kong as well as the United States military bases in Hawaii, Wake Island, Guam and the Philippines. Some historians contend that the conflict in Asia can be dated back to 7 July 1937 with the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War between the Empire of Japan and the Republic of China, or possibly 19 September 1931, beginning with the Japanese invasion of Manchuria. However, it is more widely accepted that the Pacific War itself started in early December 1941, with the Sino-Japanese War then becoming part of it as a theater of the greater World War II.[nb 9] 

The Pacific War saw the Allied powers pitted against the Empire of Japan, the latter briefly aided by Thailand and to a much lesser extent by its Axis allies, Germany and Italy. The war culminated in the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and other large aerial bomb attacks by the United States Army Air Forces, accompanied by the Soviet invasion of Manchuria on 8 August 1945, resulting in the Japanese announcement of intent to surrender on 15 August 1945. The formal and official surrender of Japan took place aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945. Following its defeat, Japan's Shinto Emperor stepped down as the divine leader through the Shinto Directive, because the Allied Powers believed this was the major political cause of Japan's military aggression and deconstruction process soon took place to install a new liberal-democratic constitution to the Japanese public as the current Constitution of Japan. QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What country was invaded at the onset of the Pacific War?
2. What country was invaded when the Pacific War began?
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Q2:
1. Who was the enemy of the Allied Powers?
2. Who did the Allied Powers oppose?
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Q3:
1. Who aided the enemy of the Allied Powers?
2. Who helped the Empire of Japan?
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Q4:
1. What was the apex of the Pacific War?
2. What was the culminating point of the Pacific War?
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Q5:
1. Which nation is the only one to have dropped an atomic bombs?
2. By which country have the only atomic bombs been dropped?
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Q6:
1. How many times did the United States drop an atomic bomb?
2. How many atomic bombs were deployed by the United States?
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Q7:
1. Where did the United States drop atomic bombs?
2. What were the targets of the United States' atomic bomb initiatives?
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Q8:
1. What did Japan do after the United States dropped atomic bombs on it?
2. How did Japan respond after being attacked with atomic bombs by the United States?
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Q9:
1. On what day did Japan formally surrender?
2. What was the formal surrender date of Japan?
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Q10:
1. Where did Japan formally surrender?
2. What was the location of Japan's formal surrender?
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Q11:
1. What was the emperor of Japan impelled to do?
2. What did Japan's emporer feel obligated to do?
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Q12:
1. Who fought in the Second Sino-Japanese War?
2. Who opposed each other during the Second Sino-Japanese War?
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