In 1891, following the death of her brother Kalākaua, Lili‘uokalani was sworn in as the first and only queen of the Hawaiian Kingdom. (Her reign would end two years later when the Hawaiian monarchy was abolished following a U.S. military-supported coup d’état.) Advertisement In 1936,...
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small number of foreign personnel but the Japanese stationed between 7,000 and 15,000 troops around the Marco Polo bridge area. In previous years—since 1931—Japan had been attacking and absorbing large chucks of the Chine...
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