Most records state that WW2 began in 1939 with the German invasion of Poland. This however is not true. It began in 1937 with the Japanese invasion of China known as The Second Sino-Japanese War. China would be torn apart by the ruthlessness of Imperial Japan and would not receive any help fighting for their country until several years later Sino-Japanese War.
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