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China had lots of great natural resources and was an easy target. They wouldn't give in without a fight, so Japan had trouble and couldn't claim it all successfully. America assited the Chinese.
- http://www.history.co.uk/study-topics/history-of-ww2/sino-japanese-war
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War#/media/File:Japanese_Special_Naval_Landing_Forces_in_Battle_of_Shanghai_1937.jpg (PIC) -
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Britain and France joined the war in accordance with an agreement to protect Poland. The amount of time Britain gave Germany to get out had passed, so they moved in. (Picture of British soldiers)
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/britain-and-france-declare-war-on-germany
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/3/newsid_3493000/3493279.stm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II#/media/File:The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_B15008.jpg (picture) -
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Italy, Germany, and Japan (also Hungary) sign an agreement that they will protect each other from new forces in the war to intimidate America from joining against them (as a combined force).
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-tripartite-pact-is-signed-by-germany-italy-and-japan
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Csáky_Tripartite_pact_1940.png (PIC) -
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Japan unexpectedly bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, which resulted in harm to 18 ships, almost 300 planes, and 3,000+ soldiers. Luckily, our aircraft carriers were not there at the time, which became important in the upcoming years.
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/448010/Pearl-Harbor-attack
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor#/media/File:USS_California_sinking-Pearl_Harbor.jpg (PIC) -
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Hitler and his wife both ate cyanide in an undergroung shelter base and then Hitler shot himself (on top of the poisoning). They were later cremated.
[Picture is of wife Eva Braun]
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adolf-hitler-commits-suicide-in-his-underground-bunker
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Braun
PIC: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Braun#/media/File:Eva_Braun_walking_dog.jpg
Common Knowledge: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Given_name#Nee -
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The "Little Boy" bomb was dropped from the Enola Gay.
Background: J. Robert Oppenhemier and others turned atomic materials into the bomb that killed more than 80,000 people.
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hiroshima_Atomic_bomb_crew.jpg (PIC) -
This time the atomic bomb killed 40,000. It led to the win the Allies couldn't quite claim at Hiroshima alone. The Bockscar successfully dropped the "Fat Man", which was originally intended for the town of Kokura but had to be rerouted.
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki#/media/File:Bocks-Car-enlisted-flight-crew.png (PIC) -
Japanese and Allied leaders were brought on the USS Missouri to sign an official document agreeing on peace and the end of WWII.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/japan-surrenders
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Instrument_of_Surrender#/media/File:Shigemitsu-signs-surrender.jpg (PIC)
