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Gorbachev
He was the 8th and last leader of the Soviet Union -
Japan’s invasion of China
Also knows as The Second Sino-Japanese War, China fought Japan with econimic help from Germany. The war started from decades-long Japanese imperialist policies. The US aided China after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and China surrender to the Allies after the US bombed Nagasaki and Hiroshima. -
Germany Invades Poland
Adolf was upset that Poland recieved former German territories from World War I , therefore he invaded Poland and took rule. -
Battle Of Britain
The Battle of Britain was a major turning point of World War II. German and Britain forces engaged in air combat which is still the largest bombing campaing to date. Britain ultimatley overcame the Germans and saved them from the control of German autocracy. -
German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union
Second German Offensive against the Soviet Union , drove soldiers back 600 miles -
Leningrad blockade
Germany amy siezes Leningrad,Russia, lasted for almost 900 days -
Bombing Of Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Japanese Navy against the United States base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii -
Battle of Midway
Six months after Pearl Harbor, The Us defeated Japan in a naval battle. -
D-Day
Allied Forces fight the Nazis in Normandy, France to gain a foothold in continental Europe. -
Yatla Conference
second wartime conference between Chruchill,Stalin, and Roosevelt to discuss a post war era , all agreed to accepts Germany's surrender. -
Iwo Jima/Okinawa
Battle fought between the Japaneese and U.S on the islands of okinawa and iwo jima -
Hitler's Suicide
Commited suicide in his bunker ,because of paranoia that Russian forces wanted to capture him. -
VE Day
Europes formal acceptance of the surrender of Nazi Germany -
Potsdam Conference
Wiston Churchill,Joseph Stalin, and President Harry Truman met in Postdam, Germany to discuus the ends of World Was II. They established a Council of Foreign Ministers and a central Allied Control Council for Germany, they also discussed Germany's economy, punishment for war criminals, land boundaries and reparations. -
Atomic bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
America dropped the World's first atomic bomb. Japan’s Emperor Hirohito announced his surrender in World War II in a radio address on August 15. -
VJ Day
President Truman delcared this day to be VJ day becase of the surrender of WWII which caused celebrations all over the world. -
Tripartite Pact
Also known as the Berlin Pact, signed between Germany,Italy,and Spain. It was a defensive military alliance. It was later joined by Hungary, Yugoslavia, and Bulgaria. Later Yugoslavia partnership with another country provoked Germany and Italy to invade. -
Formation of the U.N.
International organization promoted by Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill during World War II -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan is an economic recovery program to aid Europe in rebuilding after the war. The US gave 17 billion dollars to help support the iniative. -
NATO
alliance cretaed to prevent further expansion of communist countries in europe -
Mao Zedong &People’s Republic of China
Revlutionary communist figure and formed the people's republic of China -
Korean War
America backs the Democratic Republic of South Korea agianst communist North America -
Stalin's Death
Stalin became active in revolutionary political activism in the Soviet Union -
Warsaw Pact
Also known as the Treaty of Friendship , a defensive treaty among 8 communist countries, included the Soviet Union, Albania, Poland, Romania, Hungary, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Bulgaria as members. -
Vietnam War
known as the second indochina war, war in which US invaded Vietnam to prevent it from falling to communism -
Sputnik
Sputnik is the first artificial sattelite launched into Space by the Soviet Union. Estimated Cost is 15 million -
Bay of Pigs
The U.S. government did not trust Fidel Castro and was cautious of his relationship with Nikita Khrushchev ( Soviet Union Leader) The U.S trained Cuban exiles for an invasion of their country. The plan was to overthrow Castro. -
Berlin Wall
Wall divided to seperate communist germany and democratic germany -
Cuban Missile Crisis
US and Russia in a tense stand off over the nuclear installation in Cuba during the cold war -
Soviet Union Falls
Soviet Union falls to radical reforms that Gorbachev implemented
