Gladys Aylward: The Second Sino-Japanese War Gladys Aylward: The Second Sino-Japanese War 544 Words3 Pages It was a time of excitement, love, and war. This period was known as the 1930âs. If one is asked what happened during this period, they may say âThe Great Depressionâ or âThe Dustbowlâ or, in some rarer cases, âAmelia Earhart crossing the Atlantic.â But unless history is known well, the answers âThe Second Sino-Japanese Warâ or âGladys Aylwardâ or even a description of China during this period, will not be said. The life of Gladys Aylward, the Second Sino-Japanese War, and China may not seem on the surface to be all related, but they all were. This was because they were all during the 1930âs.