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MaoZedong Heads Long March
The long march was a military retreat led by the Red Army and the communist party of China. Mao Zedong was the leader of the comunist party of china, and the Red army was led by Chiang Hai-Shek. They led the Chinese people on a march to the North. -
Germany Invades Poland; France and Great Britain declare war on Germany
AFter siginging the non agression pact, Hitler kept in tact with his pans to conquer poland. He had a surprise attack where German tanks and troops arrived, bombing Poland's capital, Warsaw. Two days later, on September 3, France and Great Britain declared war on Germany. This invasion of Poland was the first time the Germans could try out their new strategy, the Blitzkrieg, or lightening war. It involved using fast moving airplans and tanks, and then massive infantry forces to overwhelm ememies -
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
American sailers at Pearl harbor awoke on december 7, 1941 to explosives; a japanese attack. Military leaders knew an attack was underway, but hthey were aware of when or where it was going to occur. They knew an aattack was coming because they hacked into the japenese secret message codes. The japanese had sunk and damaged 19 ships moored in pearl harbor. 2300 americans were killed with over 1100 wounded. -
United Nations is Formed
The United Nations, an organization started in 1945 for the sole peurpose of Creating peace, is the World's largest organization. It began right when world war 2 ended. -
Germany Surrenders
A noose was closing in among Berlin. Allied soldiers, 3 milliion of them, came from the south west, and another six million soviet troops wre approaching from the east. The soviets had surrounded the capital and were harming thecity. Hitler and his very new wife then commited suicide. Thier vodies were burned. The nazi surrender waas officially signed on May 9. -
Allies use atomic bombs on Riroshima and Nagasaki
After japan dropped the first atomoc bomb in new Mexico, the americans then dropped a bomb on Hiroshima, because Trumans warning didnt seem to scare the Japanese enough. This japanese city lost about 70- 80 thousand people. Three days later, a second bomb was ropped on Nagasaki, a slightly smaller city. Around 70 thousand people wre killed immediatly, bu the radiation falloout from the two explosiions killed many more peoplle.
