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Japan's invasion of China
Japan invades manchuria for resources and due to lack of resistance they move on to take over more of China -
Germany invades Poland
German attacked Poland from both land and air, as Hitler tries to regain lost territory -
Battle of Britain
German and British airforces met and fought above the United Kingdom, Britain won -
Tripartite Pact
Provided mutual assistance if any nation suffered attack that was not already in the war -
Lend-Lease Act
This act gave the president permission to transfer arms or other defenses materials -
German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union
Germany invaded the Soviet Union in its largest military operation of WWII -
Leningrad Blockade
German army surrounds the city of Lieningrad, beginning a seige that lasted a year and a half. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Japan sent fighter planes to attack a naval base at Pearl harbor near Honolulu, there were 2000 casualties and many more vehicle desturctions -
Wannsee Conference
Nazi officials met to talk and discuss the little parts of the Final Solution of the Jewish question -
Battle of Midway
U.S. aircraft sunk Japanese carriers which marked the turning point of WWII in the Pacific. -
D-Day
The largest amphibous attack in history resulting in a succesful attack with over 2,000 casualties -
Yalta Conference
FDR, Churchill, and Joseph Stalin meet at Yalta to discuss postwar world -
Iwo Jima / Okinawa
Americans invade Iwo Jima in need of a base near the Japanese coast. Okinawa was the last and biggest of the Pacific Island battles; it invovled nearly 300,000 of the U.S. troops. -
Hitler's Suicide
Hitler commited sucicide by swallowing a cyanide capsule and shooting himself in the head. -
VE Day
The day when German troops throughout Europe finally laid down their arms -
Postdam Conference
Last of World War 2 meetings held by the heads of state including the President , the Prime minister, and the soviet premier -
Atomic bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
An american B-29 bomber dropped the first two atomic bombs over thr cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki immediatly killing 80,000 people. -
VJ Day
The day that Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the allies -
Formation of the U.N.
Represntatives of 50 countries met in San Francisco to draw up the United Nations charter. The U.N. officailly came into existance whenit was ratified by the majority of the 50 countries. -
Truman Doctrine
This Doctrine established that the United States would provide political and military assistance to all democratic nations under attack -
Marshall Plan
This plan gave over $13 billion to finance the economic recovery of europe -
NATO
Members of North Atlantic Treaty Organization agree to mutual defense and repsonse to attack by any external party. -
Mao Zedong & People's Republic of China
After naming himself head of state, Mao Zedong proclaimed the existance of the People's Republic of China, officially making them communist. -
Korean War
75,000 soldiers from North Korea crossed the 38th parallel starting the Korean War, which caused nearly 5 million deaths. -
Stalin's death; Khruchchev
After Stalin died, Khrushchev came into power as the leader of the soviet union -
Warsaw Pact
Soviet Union and seven of its European satellites sign a treaty establshing the warsaw pact, which puts the soviets in command of the armed forces -
Sputnik
Today was the day the soviet union launched the space age with its launch of sputnik the worlds first artificial satellite -
Bay of Pigs
America invaded Cuba to spark an anti-Castro movement however this failed in epic proportions resulting in 114 deaths and over 1100 people taken prisoner. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
President John Kennedy told Americans about the prescnce of missles and explained how the U.S. was going to surround Cuba to show we are ready to fight. -
Vietnam War
Communist forces seized control of Saigon, ending the Vietnam War. -
Gorbachev
He launched the Soviet Union in a dramatic new course, which introduced profound changes in economic practice, internal affairs, and international relations. -
Berlin Wall
People came to the wall with hammer s and picks and hit the wall while cranes and bulldozers pulled down section after section until East and West Germany was reunited. -
Soviet Union Falls
After many nations, including the Baltic States, Ukraine, and the Russian Federation, broke away from the USSR, they followed were many other nations until at last the Soviet Union fell.
