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Events relating to asia
To escape the Kuomintang forces, the Chinese Communist army begins the Long March from Jiangxi province to Shaanxi
Mohammed Ali Jinnah becomes president of the Muslim League in India
Mao Zedong wins control over the Chinese Communists during the Long March
The survivors of the Long March reach safety in Shaanxi province in northwest China
R.K. Narayan's novel Swami and Friends is the first set in his fictional town of Malgudi
Kim Il Sung leads a Communist guerrilla campaign against the Japanese occupation of Korea
Germany and Japan establish an Anti-Comintern Pact against their common enemy, the USSR
The Japanese use an incident at the Marco Polo Bridge, near Beijing, as the pretext for an attack on China
Japanese troops occupy Beijing – at the start of eight years of continuous war between China and Japan
The Japanese capture the Chinese capital, Nanjing, and massacre at least 300,000 inhabitants within a few weeks
23-year-old Rangoon student Aung San, later the father of Aung San Suu Kyi, becomes general secretary of a freedom party, Dobama Asiayone (Our Burma Union)
The first shipload of oil is exported from Saudi Arabia to the USA after the discovery of commercially viable resources in Dhahran
Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kai-shek) builds the Burma Road as a supply route
An incident on the border between Japanese Manchukuo and Soviet territory sparks a four-month war with the USSR that brings heavy Japanese losses
Mohammed Ali Jinnah puts forward the concept of independent Muslim states within India
Avraham Stern forms the Stern Gang, a new Jewish terrorist group in Palestine and an offshoot of Irgun
Germany, Italy and Japan form a Tripartite Pact as a military alliance
The US Congress declares war on Japan and President Roosevelt endorses the order
The Vietminh is founded as a guerrilla force to liberate Vietnam from the Japanese, and Ho Chi Minh soon emerges as the leader
Roosevelt appoints Douglas MacArthur commander of US forces in the Far East
British and USSR troops invade Iran to depose the oil-rich Reza Shah, fearing that he may take the side of the Germans
With British and Russian support, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi succeeds his deposed father as shah of Iran
Japanese emperor Hirohito appoints Tojo Hideki as the country's prime minister
Within hours of Pearl Harbor, Japanese aircraft attack the Philippines and destroy half the available US planes
Japanese planes sink the British battleship Prince of Wales and the battle cruiser Repulse off the coast of Malaya
