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Mao Zedong heads the long march
The nationalists of China chase the communists around China until it is eventually interrupted by a Japanese invasion -
Germany invades Poland; Fance and Great Britain declare war on Germany
Even after Hitler's invasion of the Rhineland and taking of Austria no war had been declared, the invasion of Poland changed that and the war had offically begun -
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
Japans attacks the US pacific fleet, stationed at Pearl Harbor which "awoke the sleeping dragon" -
Germany surrenders
A Germany surrender brings an end to the European part of WW2 and the end of the war completely would soon follow. -
Allies use atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The Allies drop the first and only nuclear weapons ever used on 2 Japanese towns which causes the surrender of Japan -
United Nations formed
the UN is formed to try and prevent further conflict
