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Gorbachev
In 1961 he became a delecate for the Communist Party in Russia. He was the first presidant of the Soviet Union in 1990. He won the Nobel Peace Prize the same year. -
Blitskreig
Nonagreesion pact signed by Germany and Soviet Union a few days before the beginning of WWII. It divided Eastern Europe in half for Germany and Soviet Union. -
Germany invades Poland
The beginning of WWII when German forces invaded Poland by land and air in an attempt to regain land and take control. -
Lend-Lease Act
A system to which the United States aided their allies during WWII. Franklin D. Roosevelt enacted this. -
Battle of Britain
The German air force conducted and air raid on Great Britain. The Germans were not successful. -
Tripartite Pact
A pact signed in Berlin, Germany which set up the Axis powers for WWII. Japan, Germany, and Italy signed. -
Pearl Harbor
The Japenese bomb Pearl Harbor, which is near Hawaii. This bombing cause the United States to officially fight in WWII. -
Wannsee Conference
A Nazi conference to plan the "final solution". This conference marked a turning point for the Nazis towards the Jews. -
Battle of Midway
A battle fought almost entirley with aircrafts. -
D-Day
Allied forces stormed onto the beaches of Normandy, France which helped liberated France. Fun fact: my great grandpa was apart of D-Day and he took apart Nazi rifles and sent them home. We now have them in our computer room. There are six. -
Yalta Conference
Major WWII conference involving the three cheif Allies. There they planned a final defeat and occupation of Germany. -
Iwo Jima
An island off the coast of Japan where U.S troops invaded in the last phases of WWII. The island was important because, if successfully invaded, could be a base for U.S fighter planes. They were successful. -
Hitler's suicide
In his bunker under Berlin, Hitler swallowed a cyanide capsule and shoots himself in the head. -
VE Day
The day in history that marked the allies winning WWII -
Potsdam Conference
An Allied conference held in Berlin with the US, Britain, and Soviet Union. This conference discussed peace settlements. -
Atomic Bomb
A bomb dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima in Japan. It was dropped by the United States and it ultimatley ended WWII when it cause Japan to surrender. -
Formation of the U.N
A second multipurpose organization established to maintain peace, security, and friendly realtions throughout the world. -
Truman Doctrine
Truman decides to send military and economic aid to Greece. -
Nato
North Atlantic Treaty Organization was established at the end of the Cold War .It is a militry alliance based off of the treaty signed the same day the organization was established. -
Korean War
A war between North and South Korea in which 2.5 million people lost their lives. China sided with North Korea while the United Nations, with U.S mainly, sided with South Korea. -
Death of Stalin/Khrushchev
He became the premier of the Soviet Union after Stalin passed. He was originally the secretary of the Soviet nion communist party. -
Warsaw Pact
The treart established a unified military command -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam war lasted for 20 years. It was a battle between the North (communists) and the allied South. -
Sputnik
Sputnik was a satellite launched by the Soviet Union -
Bay of Pigs
The invasion of Cuba by the United States. -
Berlin Wall
A series of concrete walls seperating East Berlin from West. The wall was taken down on November 9, 1989. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A crisis that almost brought the Soviet Union and the United States. The U.S feared because there were Soviet armed missiles in Cuba. -
Soviet Union falls
The Soviet Union splits into commonwealth of states.
