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Japan had invaded Northern China earlier in 1931, but now they were invading the area around the Yangtze River and took over the Chinese capital of Nanking.
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Germany moves troops into Poland and begins to attack.
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The Germans attenpted to invade Britian, but they were defeated by the British air force.
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An alliance between Germany, Italy, and Japan.
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A system in which the United States gave materials to the Allies to support them in the war.
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Germany's attempted attack on the Soviet Union that ended in the German's defeat.
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The Germans blockaded the city of Leningrad for almost 900 days.
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An attack on the United States by the Japanese. This lead to the united states joining the war.
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A Nazi meeting where they decided what to do about the Jews.
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The United States attacked the Japanese navy.
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The Allied powers invaded Western Europe.
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A confrence that was held in order to discus the defeat and occupation of Germany.
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A battle between the United States, it was a bloody battle that lasted about a month, and ended with the United States victory.
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After accepting defeat, Hitler shot himself.
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The Surrender of Nazi Germany, which marked the end of the war in Europe.
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Harry S. Truman, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin got together to discuss peace.
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The U.S. dropped to atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagassaki. These bombs devistated several miles of land and killed over 100,000 people.
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A celebration of the victory over Japan.
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After WWII the allied powers estaablished the U.N. to handle international problems.
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Declared economic and military aid to Greece.
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The United States aided 17 European countries in establishing a democracy.
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A military alliance made to protect Eastern and Central Europe from the Soviet Union.
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Mao Zedong lead the communist party. He established the People's Republic of China.
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North Korea invaded South Korea. China sided with the North and the United States sided with the South. The war ended with the seperation of Korea into North and South.
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When stalin died, Khrushchev took over the soviet union. He promoted de-stalinization.
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The Warsaw Pact was created to help maintain the Soviet Union's military power.
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North Vietnam wanted to unite all ove Vietnam under one communist country.
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The first sattellites launched into space by the Soviet Union.
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The United states invation of Cuba.
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A wall that seperated East Berlin from West Berlin.
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The Soviet Union put nuclear weapons in Cuba.
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The President of the Soviet Union, and lead to the down fall of the communist party and established a democracy.
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Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus voted for independece and the end of the Soviet Union.
