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World War II

By Casey Johnson

  • Japanese Invasion of China

    Japanese Invasion of China
    The Second Sino-Japanese War was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan from July 7, 1937 to September 9, 1945. It began with the Marco Polo Bridge Incident in 1937 in which a dispute between Japanese and Chinese troops escalated into a battle.[a] The conflict escalated afterward. It ended with the unconditional surrender of Japan on September 2, 1945 to the United Nations allies of World War II.

  • German Invasion of Poland

    German Invasion of Poland
    Simultaneously, the German Luftwaffe bombed Polish airfields, and German warships and U-boats attacked Polish naval forces in the Baltic Sea. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler claimed the massive invasion was a defensive action, but Britain and France were not convinced. On September 3, they declared war on Germany, initiating World War II.