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World War Two Begins
World War Two began with the Germans attacking Poland. -
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Pearl Harbor
The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. This causes the United States to declare war on Japan, and then Germany declared war on the United States. -
D-Day
The Allies led an attack on the beaches of Normandy, France in an attempt to re-take over France. Allied victory! -
FDR dies
FDR died of a stroke. Harry S. Truman was inaugurated into office on the same day! -
Hitler dies.
Hitler commits suicide and his body is burned. -
The Potsdam Conference
Churchill, Truman, and Stalin met for 15 days to decide what the post-war world would be like. -
Atomic Bomb in Hiroshima
The Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb over Hiroshima, Japan urging Japan to surrender. -
Atomic Bomb in Nagasaki
The Bockscar dropped "Fat Man" over Nagasaki, Japan urging the Japanese to surrender from WW2. They surrendered! -
Cold War Begins
The Cold War begins. -
Korean War
North Korea invades South Korea and the U.N. helps the South. The war lasts for 3 years and to this day North Korea is still communist. A victory is unknown because the North is still communist, but we contained the communism and pushed the border North just a bit. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War started because of Vietnam splitting. The North and the Vietcong eventually ended up taking over the capital of Vietnam after 20 years. Vietnam today is still communist. -
D`etente
The D`etente was a general easing of tensions between the US and China, and also the US and the USSR. -
Berlin Wall Comes Down
The Berlin Wall in Berlin, Germany comes down and there is no split Germany anymore. Germany is democratic now. -
USSR ceases to exist
The USSR doesn't exist after a treaty between USSR, Belarus, and Ukraine. Gorbachev resigns as President and a new president comes. -
End of the Cold War
The Cold War ends after the USSR ceases to exist and becomes Russia.
