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Gorbachev
Gorbachev was the last leader of the Soviet Union. -
Japan’s invasion of China
Japan invaded, and China resisted with the aid of Russia, the USA, and Germany. It was the beginning of the Pacific War. -
Germany invades Poland
This invasion was one of the main causes of WW2 -
Battle Of Britain
Britain's successful defense against Germany's air force. -
Tripartite pact
Pact that allied Japan, Italy, and Germany during WW2 -
Lend-Lease Act
Allowed the USA to aid other countries militraies during WW2 -
German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union
A "Lightning War" that weakened Russia during WW2 -
Leningrad blockade
Prestent day St. Petersburg was surrounded by German troops for 2 1/2 years while the people inside the city quickly began to starve and slowly began to go insane. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
The Bombing of Pearl Harbor was an attack by Japan on Hawaii that was designed to stop the US from joining WW2, but it had the opposite effect. -
Wannsee Conference
A meeting whose purpose was to discuss the way the Nazis would handle the Jewish population. -
Battle of Midway
The USA crushed Japan's navy -
D-Day
The goal of D-Day was to push the Nazis out of France. -
Yalta Conference
Conference between Chruchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin discuss how Europe would be reorganized after WW2 -
Iwo Jima/Okinawa
Bloodiest Pacific battles of WW2, the USA captured Iwo Jima. -
Hitler’s suicide
Hitler and his wife Eva Braun committed suicide. Hitler shot himsilf, while his wife, of less than 40 hours, Eva poisoned herself with cyanide. -
VE Day
Holiday celebrating the Allies victory over the Nazis -
Potsdam Conference
President Truman, Winston Chuchhill, and Joseph Stalin met to discuss peace in Europe but did not actually write any treaties. -
Atomic bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was bombed, and three days later on August 9, 1945 Nagasaki was bombed. -
VJ Day
Holiday celebrating Japan's surrender in WW2 -
Formation of the U.N.
Organization that was formed to promote international relationships and cooperation -
Truman Doctrine
Speech that basically said that the US should help other countries that are being threatened by comunism. -
Marshall Plan
The USA gave Europe 17 billion dollars to help rebuild European economies. -
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- a military alliance that basically says if a country attack one of us, it attacks all of us. -
Mao Zedong &People’s Republic of China
The People’s Republic of China is what we know as present day China. -
Korean War
The North Koreans and the South Koreans had a civil war. The North Koreans got help from the Soviet Union, and the South Koreans got help from the United States. -
Stalin’s death; Khrushchev
After Stalin died, Khrushchev took power. His policys were focused on the betterment of the people of the Soviet Union. -
Vietnam War
War between North Vietnam and South Vietnam & The United States. -
Warsaw Pact
Name given to the alliance between the Soviet Union and other European countries. -
Sputnik
The rocket used by the Soviet Union to beat the USA in the Space Race -
Bay of Pigs
Failed USA invasion of Cuba -
Berlin Wall
A wall that divided Berlin, Germany from the rest of Germany from 1961 to 1989 -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Russia gave Cuba missiles and the United States didn't want Cuba to have missiles so they blocked any more missiles from going to Cuba. -
Soviet Union falls
Gorbachev resigned and then Yeltin took office as the President of Russia.
