Civil war between the Communists and Nationalists erupted in 1930. The Chinese suffered continued territorial encroachment from the Japanese, using their Manchurian base. The whole north of the country was taken over.

Within a few days, Japanese armed forces had occupied several points in South Manchuria. The Chinese-Japanese dispute in July 1931 was followed by the Mukden Incident, on September 18, 1931.

Dwight David Eisenhower was an American politician and general who served as the 34th President of the United States. He was in the United States Army during World War II and served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe.

The Nanking Massacre was an episode during the Second Sino-Japanese War of mass murder and mass rape by Japanese troops against the residents of Nanjing. Soldiers from the Japanese army murdered Chinese civilians and prepared rape and looting.

The war quickly spread to North Africa when Italy entered World War II in June 1940. Marshall's troops began a land offensive and numerical supremacy won them initial success.

This occupation remained there until the end of World War II of August 1945. The reason for the invasion was Japan's ongoing war with China.

After he graduated from West Point in 1903, he fought in World War I. He World War II was the commander of Allied forces in the Pacific. MacArthur then died on April 5, 1964.

Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor. This bombing killed more than 2,300 Americans and destroyed the American battleship U.S.S. This day is called "a date which will oive in infamy."

This battle fought during May 4 – May 8, 1942. This was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II between the Imperial Japanese Navy. The Japanese were looking to take control of the Coral Sea with an invasion of Port Moresby in southeast New Guinea, but their plans were intercepted by Allied forces.

The United States defeated Japan in the most decisive naval battles. A significant turning point in the Pacific campaign, the victory allowed the United States and its allies to move into an offensive position.

This battle was the first major offensive by Allied forces against the Empire of Japan. The Allies overwhelmed the outnumbered Japanese defenders, who had occupied the islands since May 1942, and captured Tulagi and Florida. The Guadalcanal campaign was an important strategic combined arms victory by Allied forces over the Japanese in the Pacific theater.

Harry S. Truman was born in Missouri on May 8, 1884. Truman became the 33rd president. Harry S. Truman left office in 1953 and died in 1972.

Iwo Jima was attacked first. The United States had turned back the Japanese advance in the Pacific and had re-taken a sweeping arc of islands that surrounded the enemy nation.

The United States dropped nuclear weapons on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. The two bombings killed at least 129,000 people.