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Gorbcahev
Gorbachev was the general secretary to the Communist party of the Soviet Union(CPSU). After that he became the President of the Soviet Union in 1990. -
Germany Invades Poland
On September 1, 1939, the German attack began against northern Poland, -
Battle of Britain
During the Battle of Britain, Hitler issued a direct order to get ready to invade Great Britain and possible to invade, but the if the attack were to be done by sea, which would be ridiculous considering Britain's navy, Hitler would have to gain control in the air over the battle zone -
Tripartitie Pact
This was a pact between Germany, Italy, and Japan that they would help each toher if any of them were attacked. -
Lend-Lease Act
a aystem by which the United States aided its World War II allies with war materials, such as ammunition, tanks, airplanes, and trucks, and with food and other raw materials. -
Germain Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union
This was a huge attack on Russia by Germany to weaken them but it did not owrk out as planned for Germany -
Lenigrad Blockade
The Lenigrad Blockade was when a city the Leningrad (St. Petersburg) in the Soviet Union by German and Finnish armed forces during World War II. The siege actually lasted 872 days. -
Bombing of Pearl HArbor
This was a suprise attack on the Naval base on the Oahi Island In Hawaii. The attack was done by the Japan Air Force. The attack was a carefully orchestrated plan that originally was suppiosed to be againist a fleet of US carriers, and Destroyers, but the fleet was out of action, so the Japanese sent a total of 22 ships which launched a total of almost 200 planes including fighter jets, bombers, and torpedo planes -
Formation of the United NAtions
The UN was a second multipurpose international organization establisehd in the 20th Century. The Allied Powers during the War decided to establish a new global organization to help manage international affairs. -
Wannsee Conference
this was a meeting of Nazi officials on January 20, 1942 in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee to plan the “final solution” to the so-called “Jewish question”. -
Battle of Midway
This was a WWII naval battle, fought almost entirely with aircraft, in which the United States destroyed Japan’s first-line carrier strength and most of its best trained naval pilots. -
D-Day
An Allied Invasion in Western Europe which British, Us.s, and Canadian forces landed on five different beaches. -
Yalta Conference
THe Yalta conference was between three chief allierd Leaders, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchhill, and Joseph Stalin. They met to plant he final defeat of germany -
Iwo Jima/Okinawa
These were battles where the U.S. Marines invaded two Jima on February 19, 1945. -
Adolf HItler's Suicide
Despite the utter hopelessness of the German cause Hitler remained defiant in his underground Berlin bunker. The Soviets attacked Berlin on April 21. To escape capture by the Soviets Hitler committed suicide the night of April 30. -
VE Day
This was a day of celebration -
Atomic Bombing or Hiroshima and Nagasaki
This was a critical desiciosn made by the United States President Harry S. Truman days after he was sworn into office. -
Potsdam Conference
In this Conference, the leaders of threecountries met together to work on peace treaties but never wrote nay. Those to leaders were Winston Churchill and Harry Truman and Joseph Stalin. -
VJ Day
This is the day that Japan Surrendered to the United States and there is a very prestigious celebration that was held that day -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine states that the US will be giving immediate economic and military aid to Greece and turkey to stop the Communist Insurection -
Marshall Plan
A plan that was made to helpo Europe recover after WW!!. -
NATO
NATO was a Military alliance established by the North Atlantic Treaty of April 4, 1949, which sought to create a counterweight to Soviet armies stationed in central and eastern Europe after World War II -
Korean War
conflict between the North Korea and the South Korea in which at least 2.5 million persons lost their lives. -
Stalin's Death; Khrushchev
After Stalin’s death in 1953, a power struggle for leadership ensued, which was won by Nikita Khrushchev. -
Warsaw PAct
A treaty establishing a mutual-defense organization composed originally of the Soviet Union and Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania. -
Vietnam War
a protracted conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam and its allies in South Vietnam, known as the Viet Cong, against the government of South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. -
Sputnik
Sputnik is a set of 10 different sattleties launched from Earth by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. -
Bay of Pigs
This was an invasion in cuba Directed and Financed by the United Sates. -
Berlin Wall
This was a awall that seperated Berlin into two different sides, east and west after the end of WWII -
Soviet Union Falls
This was a poorly executed coup attempt occurred on August 19–21, 1991, bringing an end to the Communist Party and accelerating the movement to disband the Soviet Union. The coup was carried out by hard-line Communist Party, KGB, and military officials attempting to avert a new liberalized union treaty and return to the old-line party values
