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Japan’s invasion of China
This developed a second war between them called Second Sino-Japanese War. this was due to the first Sino-Japanese War. After Japan dropped a bomb on Pearl Harbor. China joined the Alliance to defeat Japan. -
Germany invades Poland
It was on Hitler's idea to invade poland and take over. This caused German people to come in and live their. Germans were looking forward to colonizing in poland as well. -
Battle of Britain begins
The Battle of Britain had started when Kriegsmarine Told Hitler that an invasion was being considred. Many ships were destroyed during this war. -
Tripartite pact
An agreement between Italy, Germany, Japan to become the Axis power. This agreement kept them from turning on one another. -
Battle of Britain ends
The battle ends. first defeat of Hitler's force. -
Lend-Lease Act
United states wanted to provide food, clothing, and defense material to Britain. This caused the USA to almost enter the war. -
German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union
Hitler tried to make a surprise attack on the soviet union, and was a sucessful attempt. they took 600,000 soviet soldiers and prisoned them. over 150,000 soviet soldiers were killed or wounded. -
Leningrad blockade
extended military operation to to take over the Germany army. Their goal was to take over Leningrad. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Japan made a suprise military attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawai.
This lead them into WWII. Over 2,000+ people were killed during this attack -
Wannsee Conference
This was Nazi conference to kill the jews. Thier plan was to take them to Poland and kill them. Their main goal was to exterminate the Jewish population. -
Battle of Midway
This battle was between united states and japan in the pacific coast near hawaii. It was a crucial war between them because it was a one after the battle of coral sea. -
D-day started
160,000 allied troops landed on the normandy beach to fight the Nazi German. -
Yalta Conference
made to discuss post-war reorganization. mainly it was to recover from WWII. The conference was with President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Premier Joseph Stalin. -
Iwo Jima
fought between Japan and United states. Japanese built deep bunkers to protect themselves from missles and tanks. -
Iwo Okinawa
Okinawa was fought between the United States, Britain, their allies, and the Japanese. The main reason for this battle was to capture the island closest to Japan. -
Hitler commited suicide
Hitler commited suicide. this was the end of his dictatorship. -
V-E Day
Victory of Europe. Defeating Germany or the Nazi. -
Potsdam Conference
It was to negotiate the end of WWII. This was an agreement with Germany after the Yalta conference. They had many problem with germany because they cannot trust them. -
Atomic bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
The atomic bomb killed over 100,000+ people in Japan. This was the only Nuclear weapon used in history. -
V-J Day
United States victory over Japan -
Formation of the U.N.
All the Allies of the United states Signed a treaty to fight against the axis power and to not sign a treaty to go against one another. This Formed the U.N. -
Truman Doctrine
President Harry S. Truman was wanting to stop the soviet union from expanding because od communism. -
Marshall Plan
America wanted to support Europe after world war II. America gave 17 billion dollars to Europe to build their economy back up. -
NATO
Intergovernmental military alliance. It was a collective defense system. -
Mao Zedong &People’s Republic of China
Mao Zedong proclaim People’s Republic of China by a victorious vote. This means that china became a communist country after Mao Zedong came. -
Korean War begins
It was a war between North and South Korea until other countries picked sides to fight with. China was with North korea while United states was with South Korea. -
Stalin’s death; Khrushchev
After Stalin Death, Nikita Khrushchev took over the siviet union afterwards. He also served as a first secretary for the communist party of the soviet union. -
Korean War ended
The aftermath was South Korea signing a treaty with The united states called the Mutual defense Treaty. South korea began to develope while North Korea did not. -
Warsaw Pact
A defense treaty among the 8 communist countries in Europe. It was to benefit and look out for one another. -
Vietnam War begin
This was the beginning of the vietnam war. United state came into the war by giving south vietnam training and equipment to fight in the war. this led united state to come into the war. -
Sputnik
Sputnik soviet union first ever satellite. it was the size of a basketball, weigh 183 lb, and it orbit the earth. This was a sucessful attempt -
Bay of Pigs
A failed attempt to invade cuba by the paramilitary group brigade 2506. -
Berlin wall construction
The berlin wall was created to divide west Berlin and east Berlin from east Germany. It was a physical border to dice the places. -
Cuban Missile Crisis aka October Crisis
A 13 day confortation that was between the United State and soviet union. closest thing to escalating to the cold war. -
Vietnam War end
The vietnam war ended with the a anti-war protest. South Korea and North Korea still fight often. North korea made a peace treaty with United states. -
Gorbachev
He was the former stateman of the soviet union until it fell. -
Soviet Union falls
Sviet union fell due to having less troops to fight and not having enough money. -
Berlin wall destroyed
Many of the people had relatives on the other side. which mean that they wanted to escap and see them again. Many protest was rallied and they wanted the wall to fall. they did it eventually.
