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japan’s invasion of China
when the Japanese claimed that they were fired on by Chinese troops at the Marco Polo Bridge near Beijing. They used that excuse for full scale invation on china -
Iwo Jima
island that is in the southern part of japan. it was a battle place for japan and U.S -
Germany invades Poland
in 1939, German forces bombard Poland on land and from the air, as Adolf Hitler seeks to regain lost territory and ultimately rule Poland. -
Battle of britain
during WWII britian's defense faced destructivee raid of germans airforce. (Luftwaffe) from July through September 1940. Won by the royal air force, giving britian survival for the exstension of the war. -
Tripartite pact
also known as the Berlin Pact, was an agreement between Germany, Italy and Japan signed in Berlin by, Adolf Hitler, Galeazzo Ciano and Saburō Kurusu. -
Lend-Lease act
was the principal means for providing U.S. military aid to foreign nations during World War II. It was proposed in late 1940s but it was passed in 1941 -
Leningrad blockade
it began in on september 1941 German troops completed their encirclement of the city. Hitler made the strategic decision to bypass Leningrad and strangle the city into submission rather than commit valuable resources to attacking it directly. -
Bombing of pearl harbor
a surprise military attack on United states naval base at Pearl harbor by the Japanese navy. which caused the united states to enter WWII -
Wannsee Conference
was a meeting of senior officials of Nazi Germany, held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee on 20 January 1942.was to ensure the cooperation of administrative leaders of various government departments in the implementation of the final solution to the Jewish question -
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was a crucial and decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theatre of World War II. Between 4 and 7 June 1942, -
D-Day
more than 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline, to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches in France. the Allies gained a foot-hold in Continental Europe. -
Yalta Conference
Conference of the three cheif allied powersto plan the final defeat and occupation of Nazi Germany. -
Hitler’s suicide
Adolf Hitler commits suicide by swallowing a cyanide capsule and shooting himself in the head. Soon after, Germany unconditionally surrendered to the Allied forces -
VE Day
was the public holiday celebrated on 8 May 1945 to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. -
Potsdam
Allied confrence over WWII. the confrence disccused about peace settlement, but they did not attempt to write treaties.Conference suggested continued harmony among the Allies, -
Atomic bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
during the final stage of the Second World War, the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. -
VJ day
victory over japan in 1945 ending WWII -
Formation of the U.N.
representatives of 26 nations at war with the Axis powers met in Washington to sign the Declaration of the United Nations endorsing and, pledging to use their full resources against the Axis and agreeing not to make a separate peace.n -
Truman Doctrine
pronouncenment by the U.S president Harry s. truman to aid the government of greece econmically and militarty. -
Marshall Plan
the United States provide economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe. -
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty -
German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union
germany invaded Russia using the Blitkrig method. at first it looked like it was going well however, the Soviet Union launched a counteroffensive in November 1942, trapping and destroying an entire German army at Stalingrad. -
Mao Zedong &People’s Republic of China
n October 1, 1949, Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong declared the creation of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The announcement ended the costly full-scale civil war between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Nationalist Party. -
Korean War
it was between North and South Korea, in which a United Nations force led by the United States of America fought for the South, and China fought for the North, which was also assisted by the Soviet Union -
Stalin’s death; Khrushchev
After the death of stalin in march 1953. A masked growing power struggle between Malenkov and Nikita Khruschev. -
Vietnam War
grew out of the long conflict between France and Vietnam. In July 1954, after one hundred years of colonial rule, a defeated France was forced to leave Vietnam. -
Warsaw Pact
was a collective defense treaty among eight communist states of Central and Eastern Europe in existence during the Cold War. -
Sputnik
the First satlite launched by man in space . was a 83.6-kg (184-pound) capsule. -
Bay of pigs
it was the invasion of Cuba at the Bahia de cochinos. The invasion was financed and dericted by the U.S. government. On April, three U.S. airplanes piloted by Cubans bombed Cuban air base. After two days the Cubans trained by the united states. -
Berlin Wall
was a barrier that divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989,constructed by the German Democratic Republic starting on 13 August 1961, that completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin until it was opened in November 1989. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
3 day confrontation in October 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union over Soviet ballistic missiles deployed in Cuba. -
Soviet Union falls
the Soviet Union disintegrated into fifteen separate countries. Its collapse was hailed by the west as a victory for freedom, a triumph of democracy over totalitarianism
