| July 7, 1937 | | Lugouqiao Incident | | | August 22, 1937 | | Founding of Eighth Route Army | | | September 25, 1937 | | Battle of Pingxingguan | | | November 12, 1937 | | Shanghai falls | | | March-April 1938 | | Battle of Taierzhuang | | | March 29,1940 | | Puppet government | | | December 7, 1941 | | Attack on Pearl Harbor | | | April-December 1944 | | Japan's largest offensive | | | August 6, 1945 | | Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki | | |
| August 13, 1937 | | Japan attacks Shanghai | | | September 23, 1937 | | KMT-CPC cooperation | | | October 12, 1937 | | Founding of New Fourth Army | | | December 13, 1937 | | Nanjing Massacre begins | | | August-October 1938 | | Battle of Wuhan | | | August-December 1940 | | Hundred Regiments Offensive | | | December 1, 1943 | | Cairo Declaration | | | July 26, 1945 | | Potsdam Proclamation | | | September 2, 1945 | | Japan surrenders | | |
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| July 7, 1937 | | Lugouqiao Incident | | | August 22, 1937 | | Founding of Eighth Route Army | | | September 25, 1937 | | Battle of Pingxingguan | | | November 12, 1937 | | Shanghai falls | | | March-April 1938 | | Battle of Taierzhuang | | | March 29,1940 | | Puppet government | | | December 7, 1941 | | Attack on Pearl Harbor | | | April-December 1944 | | Japan's largest offensive | | | August 6, 1945 | | Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki | | |
| August 13, 1937 | | Japan attacks Shanghai | | | September 23, 1937 | | KMT-CPC cooperation | | | October 12, 1937 | | Founding of New Fourth Army | | | December 13, 1937 | | Nanjing Massacre begins | | | August-October 1938 | | Battle of Wuhan | | | August-December 1940 | | Hundred Regiments Offensive | | | December 1, 1943 | | Cairo Declaration | | | July 26, 1945 | | Potsdam Proclamation | | | September 2, 1945 | | Japan surrenders | | |
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