Second Sino-Japanese War (July 7, 1937 September 9, 1945), so named due to

the First Sino-Japanese War of 189495, was a military conflict fought primarily
between the Republic of China and theEmpire of Japan from 1937 to 1941. China
fought Japan, with some economic help from Germany (see Sino-German
cooperation until 1941), the Soviet Union (see Soviet Volunteer Group) and the
United States (seeAmerican Volunteer Group). After the Japanese attack on Pearl
Harbor in 1941, the war merged into the greater conflict of World War II as a major
front of what is broadly known as the Pacific War. The Second Sino-Japanese War
was the largest Asian war in the 20th century.[9] It also made up more than 50% of the
casualties in the Pacific War if the 19371941 period is taken into account.