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Mao Zedong Heads Long March
In an effort to avoid the Nationanlists during the Chinese civil war, Mao Zedong led the Communists on a 6,000 mile long trek from southern to northern China. -
Germany invades Poland; France and Great Britain declare war on Germany
In what was the first act of agression in Europe that is what most argue was the start of World War 1, Hitler disobeyed the Versailles Treaty and invaded and annexed Poland. Consequently, both France and Great Britain declared war on Germany. -
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
Admiral Yamamoto of Japan attacked Pearl Harbor which was an event that brought the United States into the war on "a day that will live in infamy." -
Germany Surrenders
After losing at the Battle of the Bulge, any hope of negotiating peace was gone, let alone winning, for the Germans. After Hitler committed suicide, President Truman accepted the surrender of the Germans. -
United Nations Formed
As a sort of revised League of Nations, the United Nations was formed at the end of World War 2 to have international agreements and checks amongst the nations -
Allies use atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
To terrorize the Japanese into surrendering, the Allies dropped two atomic bombs on Japan within a week. Tens of thousands were vaporized instantly where as hundreds of thousands more died of radiation poison following the event.
