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German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union
blitzkrieg is a military tactic designed for disorganization among enemy forces through the use of mobile forces and locally concentrated firepower -
Battle of Britian
The Battle of Britian is when The Britian and German were fighting in the air throwing bombs over the U.K. -
Tripartite pact
It was a treaty that was made that started the allies. It basically covered that once they signed this pact that if any country that wasnt already in the war acttacked any of them they would protect and help one another. -
Lend-Lease Act
It's an act that was made that allowed the U.S. military to help out Foriegn countries during WWII -
Bombing Of Pearl Harbor
Hundreds of Japanese flighter planes bombed U.S. Naval Bases that were located in Honolulu, Hawaii. more than 2,000 Sailors were killed and 1,000 were wounded. This was the turning point for the U.S. After they were bombed they entered into WWII. -
Formation of the U.N.
It was formed during WWII. It was where 26 countries sent representatives to help join the war against the Axis powers. -
D-Day
This is when the Canadian, American, and British military came to Normandy and attacked with 156,000 soldiers. It was one of the biggest military assults in history. -
Yalta Conference
Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt all came together for a conference demanding Germany to surrender and to begin plans for post-war world. Stalin agreed to hold free elections and to enter the Asian war in order to get back some land that was lost in Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 -
Iwo Jima/Okinawa
The American Soldiers needed a base near Japan so they decided to invade Iwo Jima. Iwo Jima had 23,000 soldiers but afrter a month, the American troops beat them and took it over. -
Potsdam Conference
It was the last meeting during WWII held by Harry S. Truman, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin. It help establish a council of Foreign minsters and a council for the Allied Control Council -
VJ Day
V J Day is when the Japenese surrendered to the Allies. Once they did that it ended World War II . -
Truman Doctrine
It was a speech that Harry S. Truman made asking for assistance in Greece and Turkey to try to stall the two countries from being taken over ny communists. This speech is also known as the official decleration of the Cold War. -
Marshall Plan
It was a plan made to help the European Economy recover from the war. -
Mao Zedong &People’s Republic of China
This was when Mao Zedong communist party finally declared themselves as the People's Republic of China. This greatly impactred th U.S. because we were supply money and arms to the regime of Chinese Nationalist Chiang Kai-Shek. So when we lost china the biggest country in asia it affected us alot. -
Vietnam War
It was a war against a communist government and a democracy. more than 500,000 us military were involved in the war. -
Sputnik
This was the first artificial Satelite sent into space by the Soviet Union. Which started the "Space Age" -
Bay of Pigs
This is when Fidell Castro overthrew the president of cuba and became Dictator The U.S. then trained american- cuban soldiers to go and try to overthrow Castro but they gave up after Castro's army out numbered the American troops.
