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Germany invades Polan
Hitler invades Poland, starting WWII. -
Japan's invasoin of China
Also known as the SIno-Japanesse War, Japan invaded China in an effort to overthrow the Nationalist government of Chiang Kai-shek. (1937-1945) -
Battle at Britain
Germany's attempt to win air superiority over the UK. -
Tripartite pact
A signing of the Axis Powers, Germany, Italy, and Japan, agreeing to stick together. -
Formation of the UN
A declaration was signed, agrreing to keep peace after war. -
Lend-Lease Act
The US sent military aid to help other countries during WWII. -
Blitzkrieg
Translating to lightning war, this was a tactic used by Germany to avoid long war by quick surrender; however, it was failed against the Soviet Union -
Siege of Leningrad
Lasted for 900 days, the Siege of Leningrad was a hard period of time whene the town's civilians went through food rasions and heatless winters. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Japanese air forces dropped bombs on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. This caused America to join the war, already two year deep. -
Wannsee Conference
A meeting attended by Nazis to discuss the fate of the Jews. -
Battle of Midway
Six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States defeated Japan and demolished their naval strength. -
Iwo Jima/Okinawa
During the Battle at Iwo Jima, American soldiers make their first strike on the Japanese Home Islands at Iwo Jima.
1/4/45-The Battle at Okinawa was the biggest invasian in the Pacific Ocean by the US through a 82 day campaign on Japan. -
Hitler's suicide
Hitler failed in his attempt to commit suicide by drinking poison, then shot himself in his bunker. -
VE Day
Germany surrendered to the Allies (Soviet Union), marking an end to WWII in Europe. -
Potsdam Conference
Soviet Union, Britian, and America met to negotiate an end to WWII. -
Atomic bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
American airplanes dropped the first ever atomic bomb on Hiroshima followed my Nagasaki the next day, leading to Japan's surrender. -
VJ Day
Japan Surrenders, finally ending WWII. -
Yalta Conference
Meeting with US, UK, and Soviet Union to discuss how to rebuild Europe after WWII. -
Truman Doctrine
Presdent Truman established that the United States would provide political, military and economic aid to all democratic nations. This was said to be the start of the Cold War. -
The Marshall Plan
The US gave Europe 13 billion dollars to help repair their economy after WWII. -
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was made to unify and strengthen the Western Allies’ military response. Their enemies were the Warsaw Pact; a Soviet started communist group. -
Mao Zedong & People’s Republic of China
The leadership of Mao Zedong ended China's war between the Nationalist and Communist Party, begining the People's Republic of China. -
Korean War
A war between North and South Korea, the first militarty action of the Cold War. -
Stalin’s death; Khrushchev
Josef Stalin died, and Nikita Khrushchev rose to power. He started off as the secretary of the Communist Party in September 1953, and then became premier in 1958. -
Sputnik
Opened Russian-American spcae race to the moon -
Bay of Pigs
A failed attempt by America's CIA to overthrow Fidel Castro. -
Berlin Wall
Built by the German Democratic Republic to keep the fascist in the West out the socialist East Gemany. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A 3-day political and military standoff in October 1962 over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba -
Vietnam War
It put the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. -
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev
First Soviet president. -
Soviet Union falls
The Soviet Union fell when the west defeated the east, democracy reigned over totalitarianism, and there was superiority of capitalism over socialism.
