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MaoZedong heads Long March
Mao Zedong leads the comunists on a very long journey to flee from the nationalists and in this attempt the comunists win the battle between the two groups -
Germany invades Poland; France and Great Britain declare war on Germany
In response to Hitler’s invasion of Poland, Britain and France, both allies of the overrun nation declare war on Germany. -
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941 hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. The attack was very quick but it was devastating. -
Germany surrenders
General Alfred Jodl, signs the unconditional surrender of all German forces, East and West, at Reims, in northwestern France. -
Allies use atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city of Hiroshima and immediately killed 80,000 people; tens of thousands more would later die of radiation exposure. The bomb on Nagasaki killed an estimated 40,000 people. -
United Nations formed
This began one of the most powerful orginizations in the world.