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MaoZedong heads the Long March
Jiang Jieshi gathered a giant army, Jiang's army surrendered the Communists mountain stronghold. Communists surrendered. Some Communists fled, they began a long journey called the Long March, they settled in caves in northwestern China. Meanwhile, Japan invaded China -
Germany invades Poland; France and Great Britain declare war on Germany
In 1939 Germany invaded Poland, two days later Britain and France declared war on Germany because they had a treaty with Poland that in which they had undertaken to help Poland if it was threatened -
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese was a surprise attack conducted by the Japanese Navy against the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The attack was intended as a preventive action in order to keep the U.S. Pacific Fleet from interfering with military actions -
Germany surrenders
The final battles of World War II as well as the German surrender to the Western Allies and the Soviet Union took place in late April and early May 1945. Generally ended the war. -
United Nations formed
The United Nations is an intergovernmental organization established 24 October 1945 to promote international co-operation. -
Allies use atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
During the final stages of World War II in 1945, the Allies of World War II conducted two atomic bombings against the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. These two events are the only use of nuclear weapons in war to date.
