WW2

By elosoblanco

  • German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union

    German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union
    Lightning war tactic used by Germans that was quick and relentless and allowed the opponent no time to prepare or recover.

  • Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain
    Longest bombing Campaign before that time in which Germany continually attacked the Uited Kngdom. Ended when Germany could not gain air dominance.

  • Tripartite pact

    Tripartite pact
    Axis powers are formed as Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite pact in Berlin. Was designed to keep the United States from joining the Allies.

  • Lend-Lease Act

    Lend-Lease Act
    Proposal that allowed the united states to give foreign countries military aid.

  • Bombing of Pearl Harbor

    Bombing of Pearl Harbor
    A surptise japanese attack on the United States naval bases in Hawaii by Japan. Was hoped to cripple the American Pacific fleet and give Japan the upper hand in the war.

  • Formation of the U.N.

    Formation of the U.N.
    26 countries met up in Washington D.C. to sign a document and declare declare how they were against Axis powers.

  • D-Day

    D-Day
    An allied Ivasion of then german held france that was focused on Normandy France and the surrounding coutryside.

  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference
    Where Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, and FDR met to discuss the end of the war and post war matters.

  • Iwo Jima/Okinawa

    Iwo Jima/Okinawa
    2 islands that Japan controlled in the south pacific that the united states took over.

  • Postdam Conference

    Postdam Conference
    Last conference in which Stalin. Truman, and Churchill were all present to discuss what to do in the time after the war.

  • VJ Day

    VJ Day
    The day that Japan announced its surrender to the united states that officially ended WW2.

  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine
    Truman asks for U.S. assistance for Greece and Turkey to forestall communist domination of the two nations.

  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan
    Economic recovry plan for Europe and specifally Germany that chanelled nearly 13 billion dollars between 1948 and 1951 into Germay

  • Mao Zedong &People’s Republic of China

    Mao Zedong &People’s Republic of China
    Mao Zedong proclaims himself the leader of the Peoples Republic of China. The loss of China to Communism was a major blow to the United States.

  • Sputnik

    Sputnik
    The first successful rocket sent into space, launched by the soviet union. It transmitted radio signals back to earth that could be heard from a regular radio

  • Bay of Pigs

    Bay of Pigs
    CIA trained and financed operation that was designed to topel the communist regim Fidel Castro had in Cuba. Was a complete failure.

  • Gorbachev

    Gorbachev
    Was the first presiden tof the Soviet Union, Awarded the noble peace prize for helping break up the USSR.