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USSR
Lenin Was in office for 7 years until he got replaced by Stalin. After, Khrushchev was in office and was a part of making the USSR communist. Eventually Gorbachev took office and was the reason of the USSR fall because he started to allow more freedoms to the citizens, which doesn’t work in a communist government. -
Treaty of Munich
The day declared that Hitler should Sudetanland of Czechoslovakia. Chamberlain, Daladier of France and Mussolini of Italy met in Munich to declare this. Hitler planned to expand. -
Britain and France declare war on Germany
Britain and France declared war on Germany after Hitler invades Czechoslovakia and Poland. Hitler signed the Treaty of Munich but invaded these countries anyway. Britain had tried to arm Poland before the invasion. -
Battle of Britain
London was heavily bombed because Hitler wanted to destroy more of the British people. Switched to night bombing after the daytime bombing failed. He tried to bomb important endustrial cities. -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese bombed Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor. Japan also bond islands owned by British and Dutch. Japan was ready at war with China. -
Britain and United States declare war on Japan
In response to Japan’s surprise attack from the previous day, United States congress declared war. Declared hours after Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Infany Speech. U.S. went into war with Japan. -
Battle of Midway
This was a naval battle in Pacific Theater of WWll. United States beats Japan navy. Happened months after Japan attack on Pearl Harbor. This battle helped the United States win the war. -
D Day
Allie’s attack Germany’s forces in Normandy in France. The allies invaded the beaches under the command of Eisenhower. The Germans had been fed false information. -
Hitler commits suciside
Hitler, leader of German, committed suicide in his bombproof shelter with his mistress. Her was is Eva Brawn. He made her his wife last minute. -
Japanese surrender
Due to Japan surrendering, this brought WWll to an end. Japan was announced to surrender on August 15th. Then weeks later, officially signed off to surrender, September 2nd 1945. -
Atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Japanese generals rejected to surrender, leading U.S. to drop a bomb on Hiroshima. Also, do to Japanese rejecting to surrender, U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki after Hiroshima. -
Yalta Conference
Day to determine what should happened after the war. Meeting between Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin. They discussed, Fate of Poland, The United Nations, Partitioning of Germany, and German reparations. -
Churchill’s Iron Curtain Speech
Churchill ‘Sinews of Peace’ speech. Gave a famous line, “..an iron curtain has descended on Europe”. Known as the most memorable war time speech. -
Truman Doctrine
President Truman made a promise that he would help any country from facing Communism. He asked Congress for $400 million for support for the military and economics for Turkey and Germany. He made a military alliance that’s still in effect today. -
Berlin Blockade
Russia cut off all roads and railroads to Berlin.This was due to United States, French, and UK response to these counties making an alliance together. People in Western Barlin had no access to food supply, which lead to hunger. -
Warsaw Pact
Countries East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Soviet Union made a pact with one another. This pact was a military and political alliance. Also seen as a threat. This became a symbol of Soviet dominance in Eastern Europe. -
Berlin Wall
On this day, the Berlin Wall was built. Seperating borders bewteen East and West German. This caused lots of tension. Also, tons were killed. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Over Soviet nuclear missile base in Cuba was seen a spy plane from U.S. Kennedy, president at the time, demanded missiles to be removed. U.S. agreed not to invade Cuba. -
JFK Assination
While JF Kennedy was on his way to Dallas Texas, he was murdered. The murder was Lee Harvey Oswald and he was arrested after the trauma. People thought there were more killers involved. -
End of Soviet Union
Soviet Union fell apart in every way. It separated into fifteen countries. The west saw it as a victory of freedom.
