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Mao leads the communists on a long march where he exclaims that he is "swimming in a sea of peaants".
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Hitler, part of the Axis powers, decides to invade Poland and eleminate their "undisireables." In retaliation, the Allies, France and Great Britain declare war on Germany
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Under command of Yamamoto, Japan bombs US turf, Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. This lead to the US's involvement in the war.
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Just a few days before Hitler commits suicide, German forces in Italy surrenders and then in Berlin, the Netherlands, etc.
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The Allies used the first ever atomic bomb in Japan after creating it in a secret mission called the Manhatten Project. The bomb killed between 60,000 and 70,000 people instantly.
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The United Nations is founded to creat lasting peace between nations.
