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Mao Zedong & People's Republic of China
China moved away from the short lived democratic views and under Mao, became communist. -
Japans Invasion of China
Japan invaded China, which truely began their unrestrained conquest over Asia -
Germany Invades Poland
Hitler demonstrated his ideas of a "blitzkreig" by bombing and invading Poland. -
Battle of Britain
German bombed London to try to get England to surrender and finish the western front of the war -
Tripartite Pact
Pact that linked Japan, Italy, and Germany together, forming the Axis Powers. -
Lend-Lease Act
Act passed which provided millitary and supply support to any nation that may be defending against someone who could attack the US. -
German Blitzkreig on Soviet Union
Hitler invaded the USSR in an attempt to quickly defeat them by quickly overwhelming their forces. -
Germany Takes Leningrad
Germany blockaded Leningrad for 149 days in an attempt to capture the old capital of the Soviet Union to demoralize the USSR. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Japan attacked the American base on Hawaii, therefore causing America to enter the war -
Wannsee Conference
Meeting where the Nazi final solution to the Jewish problem was discussed. -
Battle of Midway
The turning point of the Pacific Theater, American troops had decifered Japanese messages and stoped their attack on the aircraft carrier. -
D-Day
Mass attack on French beach, which led to allied invasion of German territory. -
Yalta Conference
A conference in Russia to discuss allied plans for ending the war. -
Iwo Jima/ Okinawa
These two islands were attacked and captured. This provided the crucial bases needed for invasion of Japan. -
Hitler's Suicide
Since defeat was eminent HItler killed himself to avoid war crime charges. -
VE Day
This was the end of the war in the European Theater. -
Potsdam Conference
The three big allied leaders met outside Berlin, Germany to discuss what to do with Germany, Italy, and Japan -
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
To more swiftly end the war and save many american lives, Truman decides to send atomic bombs on two large Japanese cities to incurage peace. -
VJ Day
End of the Pacific theater of WWII and the defeat of Japan -
Formation of the UN
The UN was formed to help prevent future large wars.Unlike the League of Nations, they had administrative power. -
Truman Doctrine
Truman stated that the US would give military help to all democratic nations -
Marshall Plan
Plan passed that allowed the USA to help rebuild western Europe after the war. -
NATO
Millitary agreement between America and Western Europe for support against outside attack. -
Korean War
The war between north, communist Korea and south, capitalist Korea. South Korea winning the war allowed them to seperate and become their own country. -
Stalin's death
Even though he was very harsh, all of the Soviet Union wept for the loss of their leader who led them through WWII. The position was eventually filled by Khrushchev who slowly began to de-stalinize Russia -
Warsaw Pact
Allience formed between the Soviet Union and many Eastern European countries as a counter to NATO. -
Vietnam War
War for the democratic South Vietnam. Since America pulled out communist Vietnam took over. -
Sputnik
It was the first thing launched into orbit which kicked off the space race. -
Bay of Pigs
This was an attempted invasion of Cuba by the USA to prevent farther communication with the Soviet Union. -
Berlin Wall
This was a wall that went up in the middle of Berlin deviding east and west Berlin so that the communist side couldn't escape and the captialist side could not have resources. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Soviet Union had missles pointed at major US cities therefore almost causing the US to send missles to the USSR and begin a nuclear war. -
Gorbachev
He was the last fully powerful Soviet leader.He removed communist power. -
Soviet Union Falls
The last Soviet leader resigns therefore ending the Soviet Union and the cold war.
