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Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong is born. Mao will lead his country through revolution and into communism. He governs communist China until his death in September of 1976. -
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Mao Zedong
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Gorbachev
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev was born. He later becomes a political leader in the Soviet Union. He is the last president of the Soviet Union and helped to put an end to the cold war and bring peace to his country. -
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Gorbachev
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Japan's Invasion of China
Japan and China have disagreements and eventually they have a small skirmish where a few people die. After this, Japan captures all of China's port cities and China's capital, Nanking, and Shanghai. -
Germany Invades Poland
Germany invades Poland in an attempt to regain lost land from WWI. This attack comes by suprise and marks a begining to WWII. -
Lend-Lease Act
This act was passed to allow the U.S president to send supplies to other countries in the war if it was deemed that it would help hold up the security of the United States. -
Battle of Britain
Germany set out to destroy British towns and defenses on the coast after they defeated France. Late the Germans sought to destroy London, however, Britain was able to fight off the German planes. -
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Battle of Britain
Germany set out to destroy British towns and defenses on the coast after they defeated France. Late the Germans sought to destroy London, however, Britain was able to fight off the German planes. -
The Tripartite/ Berlin Pact
Germany, Italy, Japan sign a pact making them all allies which creates the Axis Powers of WWII -
Leningrad Blockade
This was a battle for the city of Leningrad in the center of the USSR. This battle was between the USSR and the Germans & Finnish. This battle was a stalemate that lasted 872 days. -
German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union
This is when Germany tried to invade the Soviet Union using their Blitzkrieg tactic. This was one of Germany's defeats early in the war. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Japan bombs U.S navy base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. At the time, U.S was neutral in the war, but this is what led the U.S into joining into the fight. -
Wannsee Conference
This was a meeting between government officials discussing their actions about "The Final Solution" which was code name for the mass murder of all European Jews. -
Battle of Midway
This was a battle between, mostly, the Japanese and the United Startes in the Pacific. Japan was planning on taking out the U.S's naval fleets in the Pacific, but the U.S wasable to counter this and cripple Japan's navy and turn the tables in the Pacific to where the Allied Powers were now on offense and the Axis were on defense. -
D-Day
Over 160,000 Allied troops invaded Normandy, France by beach where they got their first steps into continental Europe and started progress into total domination in the war. -
The Battle of Iwo Jima/ Okinawa
American troops pressed against Japanese troops on the islan Iwo Jima to try to establish an American base in Japan. -
The Yalta Conference
The U.S, Britain, and USSR all met in the resort town of Crimea in Russia to discuss future progress in the war and the postwar world. -
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The Yalta Conference
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Hitler’s suicide
Hitler kills himself inside an old air raid bunker by swallowing cyanide and shooting himself in the head -
VE Day
This is the day that Nazi Germany officially surrendered and an end of the war came. -
Postdam Conference
A conference held between the U.S, Britain, and (at the time) USSR. Talked about what they wanted from peace, but did not draft any peace treaties. -
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Postdam Conference
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Atomic Bommbing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The U.S dropped 2 atomic bombs on Japan. One over Hiroshima and one over Nagasaki. They did so in an attempt to stop fighting in the war and put an official end to it. -
VJ Day
The war ended in August and on September 2nd, there was a formal surrender of Japn on the USS Missouri, for this reason, president Truman declared September 2nd as VJ Day. -
Formation of The United Nations
The United Nations is formed consisting of 26 nations who have pledged to fight against the axis powers. -
Truman Doctrine
President Truman delievered a speech to congress proposing that the U.S will help democratic states who are conflicted by authoritarian forces. -
Marshall Plan
U.S funding to help rebuild Europe after WWII. -
NATO
Twelve nations in Europe and North America, including the U.S, signed a treaty, in response to the Warsaw pact, to form an alliance against commustist countries. -
Korean War
North Korean forces invaded South Korea. American troops came to South Korea to help aid the South Koreans, who were democratic. -
Stalin’s death; Khrushchev
Stalin dies, and Khrushchev is name 1 of 5 secritariats, which marks the begining of his rise to power. After this he rises through the ranks to become premeir, which is right below the dictator of the time. -
Warsaw Pact
Pact between communist countrie of Europe agreeing to defend each other and allow each other to use the millitaries of their countries when they need to. -
Vietnam War
This was a war between the communist forces of North Vietnam and Southern Vietnam and their allies, the U.S. -
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Vietnam War
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Sputnik
USSR launches first man made object into space. It is called Sputnik and it consists of a shiny metal ball and 4 radio antennas to transmit data. -
Bay of Pigs
Fidel Castro invades Cuba's capital, Havana, and overthrows the current leader of Cuba. In response, the U.S attempts to fight off Castro's power, but are outnumbered in their largest attack nad lost any hope of fending him off. -
Berlin Wall
On Augusrt 13, 1961, the communist government of Germany put up a wall bettwen the eastern, communist part of Berlin and the western, "fascist" part of Berlin. The wall fell on November 9, 1989 and citizens of both parts of Berlin were able to cross this old border. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
This was a 13 day standoff between the United States and USSR because of the USSR's nuclear missles being installed in Cuba. -
Soviet Union Falls
Eleven Soviet leaders met and declared their independence from the Soviet Union. Reforms by the president of the USSR at the time led to countrys' leaders wanting independence.
