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Japan’s invasion of China
Japan invaded and took Beijing, Nanjing, and Shanghai through ruthless bombings. -
Germany invades Poland
Marks the begining of world war II. -
Battle of Britian
Where Britian beat the Germans in a areail battle and held off invasion. -
Tripartite pact
Pact that established the Axis powers, Germany, Italy, and Japan. -
Lend-Lease Act
Had the US produce supply the Allied powers with weapons for free. -
Germany takes Leningrad
Long and destructive siege. Germany was not stopped until 1944. -
German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union
Hitler's plan for lightning war. It was short effective and saved lives. Hitler lost when using it in USSR. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Japan picked the lesser of two evils when choosing to fight the US, as opposed to succumbing to their demands. They did it using suprize and it effectivly knocked out the US navy in the pacific. -
Formation of the UN
Established during WW2 with 26 nations to fight the Axis powers. -
Wannsee Conference
Made sure germany internal government folled the plan dealing with the jews. -
Battle of Midway
Due to cracking the coded Japanese plans, the us was able to easily thwart the planned Japanese invasion of this Us base. It was a turning point in the war. -
D-Day
Known as operation Overlord, British and US forced invaded the french coast, Normandy. They freed north France. -
Yalta Conference
USA, UK, and USSR discussed the reconstruction of hurt nations. -
Iwo Jima/Okinawa
Two island that were crutial to the invasion of japan due to proximity. -
Hitler’s suicide
Knowing defeate was coming to his already crippled empire he killed himself. Leaving Germany's only choice to surrender. -
VE Day
Allies overan the Seigfreid line, and beat Germany. They collasped and surrendered on this day. -
Potsdam Conference
Lasted until August 2, designed so UK, USA, and USSR could decide on how to punish Germany. -
Atomic bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
The atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima, Little Boy on the 6th, and Nagasaki, Fat Man on the 9th. -
VJ Day
Surrender of Japan to the US. -
Truman Doctrine
Speech stating the US would provide militarial and econmic aid to Turkey and Greece to prevent them from going to the Soviets. -
Marshall Plan
US economic suport to European contries to rebuild their economies and try to prevent the spread of communism. -
NATO
Collective defense system of EU an NA. -
Mao Zedong &People’s Republic of China
Lasting in the 70, had a civil war and followed socialist transformations. -
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Korean War
The US fought North Korea on the 38th parallel to stop the spread of communism. -
Stalin's Death
Stalin died by a heart attack leaving the Soviet Union in control of many eagar people of his party who briefly attempted to rule. -
Warsaw Pact
Military alliance among communist states. Helped USSR mantain control in East and central Europe. -
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Vietnam War
This was like the Korean war where the US fought to stop the the North from spreading communism in the south. It was unpopular so the US withdrew and Vietnam turned to communism. -
Sputnik
Soviet satellite ignited space race and grew cold war tensions. -
Bay of Pigs
CIA plan to bomb and invade Cuba to over thow the dictatorship. It was a failed attempt full of mishaps. -
Berlin Wall
Set up to seperate "Facist" west fro Socialist east. It detered emigration and defection. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
When USSR had nukes in Cuba threatening US, almost became a violent war. Resulted in cuban embargo. -
Gorbachev
He was elected by SU's Congress to take a 5 year term of presidency. He tore down the Berlin war. -
Fall of Soviet Union
This was a peaceful end to the union, where all the regions left the union.
