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World War II
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Japans invasion of China
The Japanese invaded China proper, launching the Second Sino-Japanese War(1937-1945) -
Germany Invades Poland
German forces bombed Poland , as Adolf Hitler seeks to regain lost territory and rule Poland. World War II had begun. -
Battle of Britan
the successful defense of Great Britain against destructive air raids conducted by the German air force between july-august of 1940 -
Tripartite pact
a pact signed in Berlin, Germany on September 27, 1940, which established the Axis Powers of World War II(Japan Italy and Germany) -
Lend-Lease Act
whenChurchill warned Roosevelt that the British were no longer able to pay for supplies, President Rooseveltproposed the Lend-Lease act. -
Germany takes Leningrad
a long military operation by the German Army Group North against Leningrad or saint petersburg ending january 1944 -
German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union
a big turning point of World War II where Germany was defeated after five months of combat when turning against the Soviet -
bombing of Pearl Harbor
Japan Bombs The US naval base in pearl harbor -
Formation of the U.N.
Representatives from 26 nations met up to sign an agreement to use full resources against axis powers if needed and not to sign other peace treaties -
Wannsee Conference
15 hilghly ranked nazis and hitler met in a suburb in germany of wannsee to discuss what they called the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question." -
battle of midway
A stunning defeat of japans navy when they tried to attack Midway Atoll. We severly hurt there fleet -
D-Day
The World War II invasion of nazi occupied Normandy, France by the allies. -
Yalta Conference
meeting of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union, represented by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Premier Joseph Stalin, for the purpose of discussing Europe's post-war reorganization -
Iwo Jima/Okinawa
US fighting in japan. okinawa introduced kamikaze missions US won the fight -
Hitlers Suicide
When Hitler knew for sure that Germany wasnt going to win the war against the allies he poisoned and shot himself in a bunker. -
VE Day
mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces.It became the end of World War II in Europe. -
Potsdam Conference
Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Harry Truman met in Potsdam, Germany, from July 17 to August 2, 1945, to end of World War II. -
bombing of hiroshima
the atomic bombing of Japan because of the pearl harbor attack -
bombing of Nagasaki
the atomic bombing of Japan because of the pearl harbor attack -
VJ Day
Victory over japan day when japan surrendered to the allies and the war eneded simply. -
Truman Doctrine
Harry S. Truman established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces. -
Marshall Plan
George C. Marshall issued a call for a comprehensive program to rebuild Europe and with the fear of spreading communism the marshall plan was passed in march 1948 -
Korean War
a war between the South Korea supported by the United Nations, and the North Korea, at one time supported by China and the Soviet Union. The war happened because the allies split Korea up after they won WW2 -
Stalins Death;Khrushchev
73 years of age, had suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and died at 9:50 p.m. on March 5, 1953.Khrushchev led the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War, serving as premier from 1958 to 1964. -
Warsaw Pact
a political and military alliance between the Soviet Union and several Eastern European countries. A counterbalance to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), -
Vietnam War
When the US wanted to help south vietnam the North commun ists that had China and the Soviet. With the US and south only reaching a stalemate we ended the war in 1968 but then Nixon reentered but bombed north Vietnam more. -
Sputnik
Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite during the cold war against Russia -
Bay of Pigs
Cuban exiles launched what became a botched invasion at the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba. -
Berlin Wall
Started as barbed wire fence when communist east germans wanted to keep people to rule, but turned into a massive wall with many layers mines and watchtowers -
Cuban Missle Crisis
president kennedy tells everyone that Cuba has missles pointed at us from the Soviet Union. A big threat to the US so we had to make agreements with the USSR -
Gorbachev
a former Soviet statesman. He was the 7th and last undisputed leader of the Soviet Union, having served as General Secretary of the Communist Party for the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991 -
Soviet Union Falls
when Yeltsin dismantled the communist party while Gorbachev was vacaing the Soviet Union disintegrated into fifteen separate countries. Its collapse was hailed by the west as a victory for freedom
