Second Sino-Japanese War

Second Sino-Japanese War
Part of The Second World War
The war in 1940
Date 7 July 1937 - 2 September 1945 Location China Result Chinese victory
Belligerents
China Nationalists Communists	Japan
Commanders and leaders
Chiang Kai-shek Mao Zedong	Emperor Shōwa Hideki Tojo

The Second Sino-Japanese War (July 7, 1937 to September 3, 1945) was a major war fought between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. It became part of World War II when Japan entered that war on the side of the Axis powers. Part of the Sino-Japanese war was fought in northern Myanmar and northeastern India. The war ended when Japan surrendered after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It started in 1937, 43 years after the First Sino-Japanese War in 1894, led by Emperor Meiji who was the Grandfather of Hirohito.