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MaoZedong heads Long March
The Nationalist party chasd the communist party through china for 6,000 miles and 60,000 communist soldiers were killed. -
Germany invades Poland; France and Great Britain declare war on Germany
The attack on Poland came without any warning. This was seen as a threat to GB and Frnce so they declared war and demmanded Germany to take their troops out of Poland. -
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
Japan attacked pearl Harbor by air destroying many ships and taking many lives. Jaoan saw Hawaii as a dagger pointed at Japan's throat. This puahed America to join the war. -
Germany surrenders
When Germany surrendered the Jewish people no longer were kept in the death camps or had to be in hiding. Afterwards Nazis were put on trial at the Nuremburg Trials for crimes agaisnt humanity. -
Allies use atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The US created the first atomic bomb and dropped it on Japan killing hundreds of thousands of their people directly from the bomb itself and later from exposure to radiation. After this the US made major reforms in Japan. -
United Nations formed
To try and avoid aggresion and to make peace throught the world, the US, the Soviet Union and 48 other countries formed the UN. The Soviets saw their fatality rate and entire post- war situation contrasted too much with the US' and was no lnger a part of it.
