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The Long March saved Mao Zedong and the Communist Party from the attacks by the Guomingdang. The Long March came about when the Chinese Communists had to flee a concerted Guomingdang attacked that had been ordered by Chiang Kai-shek.
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In 1939: Germany invades Poland; France and Great Britain declare war on Germany. This was the start of World War II.
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December 7, 1941, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. The attack lasted two hours, and war was declared the next day.
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The name "United Nations", was made by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt was first used in the Declaration by United Nations of 1 January 1942.
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The instrument of surrender signed at Reims ended the war.
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The use of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki made Japan finially surender.
