WW2

By ashleyjordan

  • Japans Invasion of China

    Japans Invasion of China
    Chinese forces were unable to fight against the Japenese troops; the Japenese occupied Manchuria.

  • Germany invades Poland

    Germany invades Poland
    the Polish armies fell within weeks of the Germans invading due to heavy bombing and thousands of tanks and planes.

  • Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain
    German and British airforces battled in the longest sustained bombing campaign.

  • Tripartite pact

    Tripartite pact
    Germany, Italy, and Japan become allies by signing the tripartite pact in Berlin.

  • Lend-Lease Act

    Lend-Lease Act
    This stated that the U.S. could help whoever they wanted without being overextended in battle.

  • Germany takes leningrad

  • german Blitzkrieg on Soviet union

  • Bombing of Pearl Harbor

    Bombing of Pearl Harbor
    The Japenese surprise attacked the U.S. at one of their military bases. Though the attack lasted for 2 hours, the damage was devastating.

  • formation of UN

  • Wannsee Conference

    Wannsee Conference
    Nazi party and German officials met up to discuss what they called "Final Solution of the Jewish Question".

  • Battle of midway

  • D-Day

  • Yalta Conference

  • Iwo Jima

  • Hitlers suicide

  • VE Day

  • Mao Zedong & People's republlic of china

  • Potsdam Conference

    Potsdam Conference
    Soviet Union, U.S., and British leaders all met in Potsdam to negotiate the end of WW2

  • Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
    The U.S. used atomic bombs, Little Boy and Fat Man, for the first time in the world on two Japenese cities.

  • VJ Day

  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine
    President Truman stated that the U.S. would provide political, military and economic assistance to countires that needed our help.

  • marshall plan

  • NATO

  • korean war

  • Stalin's death

    Stalin's death
    Stalin was the leader for almost 30 years. when he died, they preserved his body and put it out so people could come by and see the "best leader".

  • Warsaw pact

  • Vietnam War

  • Sputnik

    Sputnik
    Soviet Union succesfully launched the first artificial satellite in the world.

  • Bay of Pigs

    Bay of Pigs
    Castro revolted and lead an attack to overthrow the Cuban leader. Him doing so put the U.S. in danger of having stored bombs come to America.

  • berlin wall

  • Cuban missile crisis

  • Gorbachev

    Came to office in '90

  • Soviet Union falls