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Long March
On this date, the Chinese Communits marched 6000 miles, escaping Jiang Jeshi's Nationalist forces. -
Invasion of Poland
On this date, Germany invaded Poland despite the fact that they are not allowed to due to the Treaty of Versallis. After this, Great Britain and France declared war on Germany. -
Pearl Harbor
On this date the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawii. They did this to destroy some US ships. This ended up drawing the US into WWII. -
United Nations
On this date the United States formed the United Nations. They did this to stop all of the constant conflict that kept going on in Europe. -
German Surrender
On this date, Germnay finally surreners to the Allies after D-Day and the Battle of the Bulge. Now only Japan is left on the Axis powers to surrender. -
Atomic Bomb
On this date the US dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshma and Nagasaki in Japan. After learning about the kamikazis, the US realized that they were going to have to go to extreme measures to get Japan to surrender. These were the first and only bombs to be dropped in war.