1931 Murken attack: Japanese soldiers disguise themselves as Chinese and bombed one of their own train station, blaming it as a direct attack from china to japan they declare war.
1932 Japan last emperor
1931 japan takes over the Chinese land of Manchuria
1942 May 5 Japan is ready to invade Midway Island
1945 August 6 – US send the first atomic bomb “Little boy” against japan hoping for their surrender, it didn't happen
1945 August 9 – US send the second atomic bomb “Fat man” against Japan. They finally surrender , WW2 has ended
1937 Rape of Nanking
1940 US threaten war against japan if he stays in Manchuria
1942 June 4/5 the decisive battle of midway occurs , Japanese and Americans troops fight at sea for the possession of midway island, the Americans are able to sink 4 of japan carriers. This is the battle that turned the war around in favor of the ally
1942 May 7 Battle of coral sea off new guinea : Japan suffers his first defeat during the war,the first time in history that both sides used air force but no ship was sunk
1942 december 2 Enrico Fermi in the university of chicago is able to produce the first nuclear chain reaction
1945 October 24- United nation is created
Place: National Museum of The Pacific War.
date of foundation: 1971
Address: 340 East Main Street. Fredericksburg, Texas 78624
Website: http:/ /www.pacificwarmuseum.org/
During WW2 (1941) over 12,000 Texans woman joined armed force and other “manly” jobs:
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- Assembly line
- Pipe fitters
- Construction
- Farms
- Maintenance of aircrafts