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Mikhail Gorbachev was born
The first persident of the Soviet Union, and he also won the Nobel Prize that year too. -
Japan's Invasion of China
The Japanese invaded Manchuria China. It was invaded by the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan, This staterd WWII in the Pacific. -
Germaany Invades Poland
Germany bombed Poland from the air, and they also attacvked from land. Adolf hitler seeked to reagin Germany's lost territory. -
Tripartite Pact
The Axis powers form a pact in which they provide mutual assostance should any signatories suffer attack by any nation not already involved in the war. -
Battle of Britain
German and British air forces fought in the skies over United Kingdom. It ended when Germany failed to gain air superiority over the Royal Air Force. -
Lend-Lease Act
It was the act that allowed the U.S. military to help nations during World War II. -
German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union
German Blitzkrieg is a lighting war. The Germans used this to attack Poland, Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands, and other countries. When the Germans used this on the Soviet Union, It succeded at first but then it eventually failed. -
leningrad blockade
It was when the Germans sieged the city of leningrad for 900 days, and the Russians still didn't give up or give in. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Japan launches a suprise attack on Unitied States. This caused amercia to enter the war. Japan did this to destory the U.S. Pacific Fleet. -
Wannsee Conference
It was a meetinf of Nazi officials that took place in Berlin, and it was to disuss the Final Solution to the Jewish Question. -
Battle of Midway
It was a naval battle in World War II. In which Americian planes which were on carriers beat a Japanese fleet on its way to invade the Midway Islands. -
Yalta Conference
It was a metting of British Prime Minister, Soviet Union' leader, and U.S. president -
Iwo Jima
A major battle in which the Unitied States Armed Forces landed and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army. -
Okinawa
The Allies invade the island of Okinawa and this is the bloodiest battle in the Pacific War. -
Hitler's suicide
He commitied suicide in his underground with his wife, and he barely ever came out of their because he was afriad of getting caputed by the Russians. -
VE Day
Victory Day in Europe. When the Nazi surrendered to the Allies. -
Potsdam Conference
The Big three- The soviet leader, the British Prime Minister, and the U.S. president. They all met in Potsdam, Germany in order to discuss way to end World War II. -
Dropping of the Atomic bomb on Hiroshima
It was a uranium gun type bomb which was called Little Boy. This killed about 140,000 people. -
Dropping of the Atomic bomb on Nagasaki
It as a Plutonium implosion type bomb called Fat man, and it killed about 80,000 people. -
VJ Day
A formal surrender ceremony was held in Tokyo Bay on the USS Missouri. -
Foundation of U.N.
It was founded by signning a charter by 50 countries, and it replaced the League of Nations. -
Trruman Doctrine
In this document president Harry Turman asked congress for 400 million in military and economic assistance for Turkey and Greece. -
Marshall Plan
It was a European Recovery Program in which United States gave 17 billion in economic support to rebuild Europe's economy. -
NATO
It was a treaty between 12 western countries: the United States, Great Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Iceland, Canada, and Portugal. It was for self-defence against the Soviet's agression. -
Mao Zedong & People's Republic of China
Mao namaed himseld the head of state. -
Stalin's death: Khrushchev
Stalin dies of a massive heart attack, and after his death Khrushchev takes control of Russia. -
Korean War
In which the United Sates supported South Korea because it was democratic, and the Soviet Union supported North Korea which was communist. -
Warsaw Pact
It was a political and military alliance between Soviet Union and several Eastern European countries. It was counterbalance to the NATO. -
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Vietnam War
The French tried to reagin control of Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh asks US to tell France to leave them alone. US says that France is our friend, and has a historical right to the place
Ho Chi Minh goes to communist China, and asks for their help, they agree Vietnamese kick out French
Vietnam is divided - north communist, democratic south .
North attacks south and US helps south and then US eventually pulls out. -
Sputnik
It was the first sucessful satelite that was launched into space, and the Soviet Union did it. -
Bay of Pigs
Is when CIA- financed and trained groups of Cuban refugees lands in Cuba to stop the communist goverment of Fidel Castro. -
Berlin Wall made
A concreat wall that sepereated East and West germany. East was Communist and the Wall was made by East Germany -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
It was a misslie scare between the United States and Soviet Union between Soviet ballistic missiles deployed in Cuba. -
Berlin Wall destroyed
A concreat wall that sepereated East and West germany. East was Communist and the Wall was made by East Germany -
Soviet Union Falls
Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, resigned and, declared his office extinct, and handed over his powers and control of the Soviet nuclear missile launching codes to Russian President Boris Yeltsin.
