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Gorbachev
Gorbachev accused the United States of dragging Russia into the Cold war. He was the 8th and last leader of the Soviet Union. -
Japan's Ivasion of China
This war started because the Japanese claimed that China fired at them near Beijing. Japan then decided to form groups in order to retaliate against China. -
Germany Invades Poland
Hitler made the call to invade Poland both by land and air. He decided this as a strategy of war. -
Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain is the defeat of Great Britain by Germany -
Tripartite Pact
This was an agreement between Germany, Italy, and Japan for any one of those countries suffering and how help can be provided. -
Lend-Lease Act
The Lend lease was proposed by Roosevelt and was passed in March of 1941. This allows the president to help any nation and in return recieve what the president would like if not suffiecient enough payment. -
Leningrad Blockade
The leningrad blockade was a military operation done by the German Army. This started after the beginning of the Barbarossa operation. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
The bombing of Pearl Harbor was by the Japanese. Because of this, -
Wannsee Conference
This conference was for the Nazis to come up with a plan to get rid of the entire Jewish Population. -
Battle of Midway
This was a naval battle between the United States and Japan. -
D-Day
This was the invasion of Normandy, France. -
Yalta Conference
This was the second conference between Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt about the war. The three of them agreed to Germany's standards. -
Iwo Jima
This was a battle in which the U.S armed forces captured the Iwo Jima island from the Japanese in WW11. -
Hitler's Suicide
Hitler told his personal assistant to bury his and his wife's body. He felt as if it made no sense to live any longer. Berlin would no longer be recieving troops. -
VE Day
Great Britain and the United States celebrated Europe's victory. -
Potsdam Conference
This conference was held in Germany between Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, and President Truman. The three leaders sat down and negotiated the terms for the endging of the second world war. -
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
An American B-29 dropped the first atomic bomb ever made over Hiroshima. Many die. After that first bomb, another was dropped over Nagasaki. -
VJ Day
On this day President Truman declared that it become VJ Day due to the fact that they were surrendering and it was the official end to WW11. -
Formation of the U.N.
26 nations at war with the Axis powers met to sign a document for the fomration of the United States. -
Truman Doctrine
President Truman announced that people of Greece would recieve military and economic help. -
Marshall Plan
This was a way for the Americans to help Europe. The Amereicans gave $17 billion to help aid Europe after the war. -
NATO
This is a military based alliance off of the North Atlantic Treaty. It is a defense treaty allowing to be defended if attacked by an external party. -
Mao Zedong/ People's Republic of China
Mao Zedong was the communist leader of China. He was the founding father of the People's republic of China. -
Korean War
The Korean was brought about because of the disagreements between North Korea and South Korea. North korea invaded South Korea first in 1950 with advice from the Soviet Union. -
Stalin's Death
Stalin died due to a heart attack. -
Warsaw Pact
The warsaw pact is a treaty allowing the Soviet Union to be in charge of the rest of the member states. These include: Soviet Union, Albania, Poland, Romania, Hungary, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Bulgaria. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War occurred when there was conflict between northern and southern vietnam. -
Sputnik
The sputnik was Earth's first satellite that the Soviet Union launched. -
Bay of Pigs
The Bay of Pigs is when 1400 Cuban exiles were launched into the south coast of Cuba. -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a barrier that was around West Berlin. The wall symbolized the Cold War because it showed the partition between East and West Germany. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was when the soviet union and leaders from the U.S. had disagreements about the nuclear missiles in Cuba that were being brought about by the Soviets. -
Soviet Union Falls
11 soviet union republics announced that they would no longer be a part of the Soviet Union. Instead the decided to become independent states.
