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Mao Zedong and People's Republic of China
Mao Zedong takes control of the communist party in China. -
Japan's invasion of China
Japan attackes China after the Mukden incident and wants to take Manchuria. -
Germany invades Poland
Germany uses its "lighntning" warfare to take over poland. -
Battle of Britain
Germany bombes Britain continuously with "The Blitz" style. -
Tripartite pact
The day when the Italy, Japan, and Germany made an alliance as the Axis Powers. -
Lend-Lease Act
The US help in the war of supplying and lending military weapons and supplies to Great Britain. -
German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union
Germany turns against the Soviet Union and tries to surprise attack them with new tactics. -
Germany takes Leningrad
Germany invades Leningrad (St. Petersberg) in order to end communist control and become leader. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor was bombed by Japan with a surprise attack. -
Wannsee Conference
Meeting held between Nazi leaders to discuss the "Final Solution" -
Battle of Midway
One of the most important naval battles in WW2 against the Japanese in the Pacific. -
DDay
The United States and other Allied countries invade French coast to try to retake France. -
Formation of the UN
Nations form an agreement of peace in the United Nations. -
Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference was a meeting between the leaders FDR, Stalin, and Churchill. -
Hitler's suicide
Hitler comits suicide once he realizes his Nazi Germany is being defeated. -
VE Day
The day the Allies defeated Germany and had a victory in Europe. -
Potsdam Conference
The three main leaders of the allies meet to discuss what will happen after the war. -
Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Japan in an attempt to end conflict. -
Iwo Jima and Okanawa
Battle warfare where the US used the island hopping style to defeat Japan in the Pacific. -
VJ day
The day Jaban surrendered to the Allied powers. -
Truman Doctrine
US aid to other countries in Europe to strengthen their economies and stay out of the Soviet sphere of influence. -
Marshall Plan
The American plan to aid the European countries after WW2. -
NATO
A military alliance between all North Atlantic countries. -
Korean War
Communist Northern Korea and United States aided South Korea fight back and forth over the 38th parallel. -
Stalin’s death;Khrushchev
Communist leader Joseph Stalin dies and Nikita Khrushchev comes to power. -
Warsaw Pact
Soviet Union pact that strengthens military and defense. -
Sputnik
The first Russian satellite to orbit Earth. -
Bay of Pigs
1500 anti-Castro Cubans landed in the Bay of Pigs to create an internal uprising. -
Berlin wall
A wall that was constructed to separate East Berlin from West Berlin. -
Cuban Missle Crisis
Cuba scares the US with nuclear threat with the aid of the Soviet Union. -
Vietnam War
US enter Vietnam to stop the spread of communism. -
Gorbachev
Gorbachev becomes the general secretary of the Communist party. -
Soviet Union Falls
The communist world super power, the Soviet Union, falls and ceases to exist.
