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Mikhail Gorbachev
USSR ruler after 1985 who renewed attacks on Stalinism and proclaimed plicies of glasnost and perestroika. -
Japan's invasion of China
Japan launched full-scale invasion of China; start of the Second Sino-Japanese War. -
Germany invades Poland
Nazi invades Poland and defeat Poland in one month; laater divided between Germany and Soviet Union. -
Battle of Britain
German attempt to invade and defeat the English almost solely through air attacksled by the Luftwaffe. -
Tripartite pact
Signed between the Axis powers in 1940 (Italy, Germany and Japan) where by which each pledged to declare war on any nation that attacked any of them -
Lend-Lease Act
System 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. -
Germany Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union
Hitler's formidable Blitzkrieg ("lightning war") tactic consisted of using mobile troops to cause disorganization among enemy troops. -
Germany takes Leningrad
Nazi armys unseccesful attempt to capture city of Leningrad in the Soviet Union during WWII that lasted 872 days. -
The Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Japanese surprise attack that hopes to destroy American naval capacity in the Pacific, to clear the way for the conquest of southeast Asia and to create a defensive Japanese perimeter. -
Wannsee Conference
A meeting between the Nazi officials in which the "Final solution" and use of concentration camps were decided. -
The Battle of Midway
U.S. naval victory over the Japanese fleet in which the Japanese lost four of their best aircraft carriers; it marked a turning point in World War II. -
D-Day
Allied incasion of western Europe that stormed the beaches at Normandy and began the process of re-taking France; the turning point of World War II. -
Yalta Conference
Conference between FDR, Churchill, and Stalin during WWII to make final war plans, arrange the post-war fate of Germany, and discuss the proposal for creation of the United Nations. -
Iwo Jima/Okinawa
Battles where savage fighting occurs between U.S. and Japan where U.S. innovative amphibious tactics and the vigor and sacrifice of Japanese soldiers and pillots. -
Hitler's suicide ^-^
Before Germans surrendered unconditionally on 8 May 1945, Hitler commited suicide in his underground bunker. -
Victory in Europe Day
Victory in Europe when the Germans surrendered; WWII in Europe ended. -
Potsdam Conference
The final wartime meeting of the leaders of the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union that discussed the future of Europe. -
Atomic bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Nuclear attacks during World War II against the Empire of Japan by the United States of America at the order of U.S. President Harry S. Truman. -
Victory over Japan Day
On this day, it was announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, effectively ending World War II. -
Formation of United Nations
International organization formed to ensure world peace based on collective security and to createa regional militarian alliance against Soviet agression. -
Truman Doctrine
President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology -
Marshall Plan
U.S. plan, officially called the European Recovery Program, that offered financial and other econmic aid to all European states that had suffered from World War II. -
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organizaion)
Organization formed as a military alliance of western European and North American states against the Soviet Union and its east European allies. -
Mao Zedong and People's Republic of China
After defeating Jiang Jieshi and the Nationalist party, Mao Zedong and his Chinese Communist Party created the People's Republic of China. -
The Korean War
The conflict between Communist North Korea and Non-Communist South Korea. The United Nations (led by the United States) helped South Korea whereas the Soviet Unions and China support North Korea. -
Stalin’s death; Khrushchev
After Stalin's death; Nikita Khrushchev denounced Stalin's rule of terror and promoted an active policy of de-Stalinization. -
Warsaw Pact
An alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations as a response to the NATO. -
The Vietnam War
A conflict between South Vietnam (later aided by the U.S., South Korea, and etc.) and the Vietcong and North Vietnam. -
Sputnik
First artificial Earth satellite launched by Moscow in 1957 and sparked U.S. fears of Soviet dominance in technology and outer space. -
Bay of Pigs Attack
Abortive invasion of Cuba at the Bahía de Cochinos directed by U.S. government. -
The Berlin Wall
The separation barrier between East Germany and West Germany from 1961 to 1989. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Cold War event that was the closest that the Soviet Union and Unites States came to war with one another where Soviet deployed nuclear missiles in Cuba, aimed at U.S.. -
Soviet Union falls
Marked the end of the Cold War and by popular agreement, the Soviet Union disintegrated into 15 independent states. -
JJSwag's BD
JJSWAG was born. :D -
Ms Ashby's Wedding
Ms Ashby is married to Johnathan Chounith
