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Japan's Invasion of China
After the Mukden Incident, which was a pre-planned Japanese attack on themselves which they blamed on China, Japan invades Manchuria. -
Germany Invades Poland
Germany invades Poland which starts WWII -
Battle of Britain
German attack on Britain that consisted of mostly air raids and bombings. -
Tripartite Pact
Agreement between Germany, Italy, & Japan that formed the Axis Powers. -
Lend-Lease Act
The Lend-Lease Act allowed the US to send arms, defense materials, and money to other countries during the war. -
German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union
Germany breaks their non-agression pact with Russia and invades Russia. -
Leningrad blockade
German troops isolated The Siege of Leningrad and the people lived in tragity and suffered in cold and hunger -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Japan bombs the US naval base. -
Wannsee Conference
German conference that was called to determine the punishment for the Jewish population during WWII. -
Battle of Midway
Japan never recovered from this bevause it weakened Japans naval strength -
D-Day
when some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France's Normandy region. -
Yalta Conference
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin made important decisions regarding the future progress of the war and the postwar world. -
Iwo Jima/Okinawa
Fought between in Japanese and theUS known as the " Operation Detachment" -
Hitler's Suicide
Hitler the dictator of Germany killed himself by gunshot -
VE Day
the victory in Europe when crowd hears over WWII -
Postdam Conference
Churchill, Truman,Roosevelt and Stalin meet in Postdam Germany to talk about the endding of WWII -
VJ Day
On August 15, 1945, news of the surrender was announced to the world. This sparked spontaneous celebrations over the final ending of World War II. -
Formation of the U.N.
Made to have international co-operation -
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The US dropped the first atomic bombs on these two Japanese cities to the end WWII in the Pacific. -
truman doctrine
Truman says that US would provide political, military, and economical help to all democtratic nations -
Marshalls Plan
what a recovery plan for Eurpoe -
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organizatio military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty -
Mao Zedong &People’s Republic of China
Mao proclaims the people of china a new group of name the Peoples REpublic of China and falls under communism -
Korean War
The Korean War was a war between North and South Korea and the UN made US fight with the south and Chin afought with the north -
Stalin 's Death
Stalin died from a heart attack -
warsaw pact
collective defense treaty among eight communist states of Central and Eastern Europe in existence during the Cold War. -
Vietnam War
North vietnam was communist and was trying to invade south vietnam -
Sputnik
was the first satellite from earth that was sent from Soviet Union -
Bay of Pigs
Invasion of Cuba by the U.S government that failed to happen -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a barrier that divided Berlin -
Cuban Missile Crisis
13 days of dangerous watchibng the US and SSR almost have a nuclear war -
Gorbachev
8th and last leader of the Soviet Union serving for the communust party -
Soviet Union falls
SSR separated into 15 different countries
