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Japan's invasion on China
The "rape of Nanking" was one of the most shocking incidents in modern History. It was when the Japanese went into China and murdered tens and thousands as they went. The Guomintang leader, Chiang, had to establish a new capital in Chongqing. -
Germany Invades Poland
The invasion of Poland was by Germany, The Soviet Union, and the Slovak that marked the beginning of WWII in Europe. -
Battle of Britian
The Batlle of Britian was a name the was given for the second World War. The battle was fought by thwe German forces against the United Kingdom. It was the first to be entirely fought by air forces, and largest most sustained bombing till this day. -
tripartite pact
The Tripartite Pact was a piece of propaganda directed primarily at the United States. It was also called the Berlin pact. From this pact, Germany, Italy, and Japan became allies with signing the pact in Berlin. -
Lend- Lease Act
Lend-Lease Act was basically for providing U.S. military aid to foreign nations during World War II. It allowed the president to transfer arms or any other defense materials for which Congress appropriated money. -
German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union
It was the failed attack on the Soviet Union. The battles of Stalingarad and The Battle of Moscow were eventually the turning point of WWII. Bitzkrieg was a military tactic used to create disorganization amoung enemies. The Germans used it on Poland without trying the tactic out. -
Leningrad blockade
military operation undertaken by the German Army Group North against Leningrad. It was mainly to go against Leningrad when the German troops were approching the important part of the city which was Leningrad. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
The Bombing of Pearl Harbor was the time when Japan attacked the navy base of the Unites States in Hawaii. The surprise attack Japan did on the U.S eventually caused them to enter WWII. -
Wannsee Conference
The purpose of this confernce that was held in Berlin was to ensure the cooperation of administrative leaders of various government departments in the implementation of the final solution to the Jewish question. -
Battle of Midway
The United Staes decided to attack Japan 6 months after the Japanese had attacked Pearl Harbor. THe U.S deafeated the most decisive naval batlles of WWII. The victory allowed the U.S to move into an offensive position. -
D-Day
The invasion was one of the largest amphibious military assaults in history and required extensive planning. It was the day where the allied invasion of Normandy in operation overload during WWII. THe invasion first began in German occupied western Europe. That invasion of the Germans eventually led to the liberation of France from Nazi contol. it eventaully led to an allied victory in the war. -
Yalta Conference
It was a WWII meeting between the heads of the governments. (US, UK, Soviet Union).It was aminly for all of them to dicuss Europe's post-war reorganization. The Cold War divided the continent, Yalta became a subject of intense controversy -
Iwo Jima/Okinawa
The batlle had lasted 82 days, and the allies went to Japan on the island of Okinawa to use as a base for air operations on the planned invasion of Japanese mainland. It was fought between the US and Japan. -
Hitler's Suicide
The scandal of Hitler's life was his niece which eventually lead to the suicide of Hilter. He killed him self by a gunshot. His wife Eva also committed suicide with him by taking cyanide. -
VE Day
It is a holiday where its celebrated to mark the end of WWI in Europe. This day was mainly celebrated to show the end of WWII in Europe and rejoicing in the defeat of the Nazi war machine. Also, the Nazi unconditionally surrender of its arm forces. -
Potsdam Conference
The Potsdam Conference was held at Cecilienhof, the home of Crown Prince Wilhelm Hohenzollern, in Potsdam, occupied Germany. The conference was also called the Berlin Confernece of the three heads of Government of the USSR, Unites States, and United Kingdom. -
Atomic bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
The United States dropped two nuclear bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki after the Japanese attacked the U.S and their main navy base of Peral Harbor. THe two atomic bombs was a plan to make the Japanese surrender in WWII and they did. -
VJ Day
Victory over Japan Day or Victory in the Pacific Day. The names were after Japan had surrended after Japan surrendered, it led to the end of WWII. Also, this day in Tokyo, Japan a ceremony was performed on the USS Missouri batteleship. -
Formation of the U.N.
It was the interformation of gorvnment which was used to replace the League of Nations. It was created after WWII to prevent conflicts like the world wars. -
Truman Doctrine
President Harry S. Truman established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations . It was the Policy to stop the expansion of the soviet union during the cold war. -
Marshall Plan
It was when the Americans helped European economy and gave them 17 billion dollars in economic support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II. -
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization was and organization that constitues a system of collective defence where its members states agree to mutal defense in response to an attcak by an outside party. -
Mao Zedong &People’s Republic of China
Mao Zedong was a Chinese Communist who was the founder of the People's Republic of China. He got his control through land reforms and through a psychological victory in the Korean War, and through campaigns against landlords. -
Korean War
It was a war fought between North and South Korea. The war was fought after WWI when Korea split into North and South Korea and also from the global tensions of the Cold War. -
Stalin’s death; Khrushchev
After Stalin's death, his regime had been disapproved in so many ways and it was mostly by his successor Khrushchev who later denounced his legacy and initiated a process of destalinization. -
Warsaw Pact
was a collective defense treaty among eight communist states of Central and Eastern Europe in existence during the Cold War. -
Vietnam War
The fight was between North Vietnam and its allies Viet Cong and South VIetnam with its allies the USA. The power of the commmunist party in North Vietnam continued against the backdrop of the cold war between the USA and Soviet Union. -
sputnik
It was one of the first artifical satellite on earth. The first people to launch it was the Soviet Union (Russia). The Americans were surprised and started a space race, which was part of the Cold War. -
Bay of Pigs
Was a failed military invasion of Cuba by the U.S. The invasion was because officials at U.S wanted to take Castro from having power, so they decided to attack Cuba to get him off power. -
Berlin Wall
It was a barrier that was built by the German Democratic Republic to divide Berlin. -
Cuban Missle Crisis
It was the response to the failed Bay of Pigs invasion. The U.S and the Soviet Union engaged in military standoff over the nuclear armed soviet missle crisis on Cuba. -
Gorbachev
He was a statesman that was part of the Soviet Union, who eventally became the last leader(8th) of the Soviet Union. He was also a General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. -
Soviet Union falls
It fell after the declaration of the Soviet Sepreme of the Soviet Union. It fell because of reforms that were led/made by Gorbachev. He was upset over the ending of his nation, that he retired.
