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Japan’s invasion of China (know as Second Sino-Japanese War)
In an effort to fight the Nationalist government of China, the Japanese occupied large areas of eastern China in 1937–38. Japanese quickly captured all key Chinese ports and industrial centres, including cities such as the Chinese capital Nanking and Shanghai, A stalemate then ensued due to resisting of both Chinese Communist and Nationalist partys, during the invasion it also lead up the tragic Nanjing Massacre which brings about 200000~300000 Chinese to death. -
Germany Invades Poland
Invasion of Poland was joint by Germany, the Soviet Union, and a small Slovak contingent. The campaign ended with Germany and the Soviet Union dividing and annexing the whole of Poland due to the Non-Aggression Pact by Hitler and Stalin. -
Battle of Britain
Air force battles waged by the German Air Force against the United Kingdom during July of 1940. The Battle of Britain was the first major campaign to be fought entirely by air forces. This event is considered the first major defeat of Gaermany and a turning point in the World War II. -
Tripartite Pact
The Tripartite Pact, also known as the Berlin Pact, was an agreement between Germany, Italy and Japan signed in Berlin on 27 September 1940. The Tripartite Pact was a warning directed to the United States, servivng as a military defensive pupose. this treaty soon force Italy and Germany to declare war on U.S. after the declaration by Japan. -
Lend-Lease Act
It was the principal means for providing U.S. military aid to foreign nations during World War II. United States supplied France, Great Britain, the Republic of China, and later the USSR and other Allied nations with food, oil, and materiel. This Act effectively ended the United States' pretense of neutrality. -
German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union
Blitzkriegs were a military tactic by the Germans, also defined as 'lightning war'. In June 1941, German forces launched the same series of short attacks on the Soviet Union and although they succeeded in pushing the Soviets back to Moscow, they were later destroyed in the Battle of Stalingrad by the Soviets. -
Leningrad Blockade
The capture of Leningrad was one of three strategic goals of German. However the siege was ultimately ended in January 1944 with a vistory toward the Soviet Union. It was one of the longest and most destructive sieges in history and overwhelmingly the most costly in terms of casualties. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
It was a surprise military strike conducted by the Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, in Hawaii.The attack on Pearl Harbor was intended to and hence protect Japan's advance into Malaya and the Dutch East Indies, where the can access to natural resources such as oil and rubber. The attack led to the United States' entry into World War II. -
Wannsee Conference
Nazi Party and German government officials gathered in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee to discuss and coordinate the implementation of what they called the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question." The final solution is to have European Jews sent to concentration(extermination) camps where they would be murdered. -
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway fought almost entirely with aircraft, in which the United States destroyed Japan’s most of its best trained naval pilots. The Battle of Midway ended the threat of further Japanese invasion in the Pacific. -
D-Day
The Normandy landings termed D-Day were the landing operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy during World War II. The largest seaborne invasion in history, the operation began the invasion of German-occupied western Europe, led to the liberation of France from Nazi control, and contributed to an Allied victory in the war. More than 5,000 Ships and 13,000 aircraft supported the D-Day invasion. More than 9,000 Allied Soldiers were killed or wounded during the invasion. -
Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union, represented by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Premier Joseph Stalin for the purpose of discussing Europe's post-war reorganization. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle by the United States Forces which landed and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Army during World War II. -
Battle of Okinawa
The capture of Okinawa was part of a three-point plan the Americans had for winning the war in the Far East. Okinawa was a bloody battle and it was to be one of the major battles of World War II. Okinawa was later declared toward the U.S., but the casualties were devastating for both sides. -
Hitler's Suicide
Germany's military situation was on the verge of total collapse. Adolf Hitler then commited suicide by gunshot and his wife followed by taking cyanide. -
V-E Day
Victory in Europe Daymark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. It signified the end of World War II in Europe. -
Potsdam Conference
The Big Three: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Harry Truman met in Potsdam, Germany to negotiate terms for the end of World War II. Allied leaders agreed meet over the summer at Potsdam to continue the discussions that had begun at Yalta. They discussed postwar reconstruction on the European continent. -
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
United States deployed atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagaskai of Japan and resulted in at least 129,000 deaths. These two bombings are currently the only times nuclear warfare has been used. Japan’s Emperor Hirohito announced his country’s unconditional surrender in World War II through radio address on August 15, citing the devastating power of “a new and most cruel bomb.” -
V-J Day
August 14 and August 15 are now both known as "Victory Over Japan Day," since 1945 when it was announced that Japan had officially surrendered to the Allies, which the end of World War II. -
Formation of the United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization. A replacement for the ineffective League of Nations, the organization was created following the Second World War to prevent another such conflict. Its objectives include maintaining international peace and security, promoting human rights, fostering social and economic development, protecting the environment, and providing humanitarian aid in cases of famine, natural disasters -
Truman Doctrine
In the Truman Doctrine, President Harry S. Truman established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces. This provide immediate support to Greece and Turkey. -
Marshall Plan
U.S. sponsored program designed to recovery the economies of 17 western and southern European countries in order to create stable conditions that democratic institutions could survive. -
NATO
The North Atlantic Treat Organization (NATO) is a miliatry alliance between 28 states in North America and Europe. Its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party. -
Mao Zedong & People's Republic of China
Mao Zedong was the founding father of the People's Republic of China, which was established at Beijing by defeating the Guomindang and forcing them to relocate to Taipei, Taiwan. He governed as the Chairman from its establishment until his death. Mao Zedong is credited with industrializing China into a world power. But before his death he admit that the hugest mistake is changin the name of China from Republic of China to People's Republic of China due to political and military reasons. -
Korean War
The Korean War began when some 75,000 soldiers from the North Korean People’s Army cross the 38th parallel, the boundary between the North and South Korea. This invasion was the first military action of the Cold War. By July, American troops had entered the war on South Korea’s behalf. An armistice was signed in 1953 due to military stalemate. The Korean peninsula is still divided today. -
Stalin's Death; Khrushchev
After Stalin's death in 1953, Khrushchev eventually won and became the leader of the Soviet Union. Khruschev was noted for the de-Stalinization of the Soviet Union as well as the support for the Soviet space program. It was also durign his rule that the Cold War reached its peak. -
Warsaw Pact
The Soviet Union and seven of its European satellites sign a treaty establishing the Warsaw Pact, a mutual defense organization that put the Soviets in command of the armed forces of the NATO. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was fought between North Vietnam (assisted mainly by the Soviet Union, China) and South Vietnam (U.S.). The war ended with the North winning, and North Vietnam reunified Vietnam. -
Sputnik
Sputnik was a series of 10 artificial Earth satellites launched by the former Soviet Union. Sputnik 1 was the world’s first artificial satellite. -
Bay of Pigs
The Bay of Pigs invasion begins when a CIA financed and trained group of Cuban refugees lands in Cuba and attempts to topple the communist government of Fidel Castro. The attack was a failure. -
Construction of the Berlin Wall
The communist government of East Germany begins building the Berlin Wall to divide East and West Berlin. Construction of the wall caused a short-term crisis in U.S.-Soviet relations, and the wall itself came to symbolize the Cold War. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a tense 13-day political over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba. John Kennedy explained his decision to enact a naval blockade around Cuba. disaster was avoided when the U.S. agree offer to remove the Cuban missiles in exchange for the U.S. promising not to invade Cuba. Kennedy also secretly agreed to remove U.S. missiles from Turkey. -
Fall of Berlin Wall
When the head of the East German Communist Party announced that citizens could cross the border whenever they pleased. That night crowed crossed freely to West Berlin, while others brought hammers and picks and began to chip away at the wall itself. -
Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev became the eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union in 1990. He contributed largely to the end of the Cold War as well as the removal of the Communist Party and disintegration of the Soviet Union. He also attempted to democratize the Soviet Union's political system. -
Falls of Soviet Union
Due to the large number of reforms that the Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev implemented during his rule, the Soviet Union fell. A few days before, representatives from 11 Soviet republics gathered to say that they would no longer be a part of the Soviet Union. They are kraine, the Russian Federation, Belarus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
