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Japan’s invasion of China
Japan began to invade the divided China in 1931 through their Manchuria base. Japan captured th ports and key cities and then prodceded to slaughter many Chinese peasenats.Between 10-20 million civilian deaths occured during the occupation and removial of Japan in China. -
Germany invades Poland
1.5 million German troops ivaded Poland and 2 days later Poland declared war, beginning WWII -
Battle of Britian
Germany was conducting air raids on Britian from July to September, and Britian sucessfully defeneded itself and stopped invasion from Germany. -
Tripartite pact
An agreement signed by German, Italy and Japan to become allies. -
Lend-Lease Act
United States aided its World War II allies with war materials, such as ammunition, tanks, airplanes, and trucks, and with food and other raw materials. -
Leningrad blockade
900 days of Leningrad. The German army blockaded Leningrad for 900, but the Soviets did not surrender. -
German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union
Hitler tried to invade Soviet Russia but they failed and were defeated, it was Hitler's big mistake. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Japanese fighter planes attack the American Naval Base of Peral Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. The attack lasted 2 hours and 2,000 American were killed, and 1,000 wounded. It was the second largest attack on American soil. -
Wannsee Conference
High ranking German and Nazi officials gathered to discuss a solution for the Jews and other enemies of the Nazi partay. -
Battle of Midway
A crucial tactical naval battle in the Pacific 6 months after Peral Harbor. -
D-Day
A month long battle that freed Western Europe from Nazi Germany's control. 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily guarded coast of France’s Normandy region. -
Yalta Conference
The Allies came together to discuss Germany's total surrender. -
Iwo Jima/Okinawa
Biggest Pacific battle in WWII with both sides suffering many casualties. -
Hitler’s suicide
Hitler and his new wife Eva Braun consumed cyanide and then Hitler shot himself. They also poisoned their dogs. -
VE Day
Victory for Europe Day. The day the Allies won WWII in Europe -
Potsdam Conference
A confrence held by the Aliies in a Berlin suburb to discuss peace settlements but not peace treaties. -
Atomic bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
America dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, and on August 9, 1045 they dropped the second bomb on Nagasaki -
VJ Day
Japan surrendered to the United States -
Formation of the U.N.
In 1945, representatives of 50 countries met in San Francisco to draw up the United Nations Charter. -
Truman Doctrine
Presdient Truman declared political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations in danger for from Communist nations. -
Marshall Plan
The UnitedStates gave 17 billion dollars to Europe to rebuild after WWII -
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 28 States agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party. -
Mao Zedong &People’s Republic of China
Mao Zedong named himself leader of China and created communist People’s Republic of China -
Korean War
North Korea invaded South Korea. By July, the United States were backing up South Korea -
Stalin’s death; Khrushchev
Stalin dies suddenly on March 5th from a massive heart attack. Khrushchev took over after a political battle with Malenkov. -
Warsaw Pact
The Soviet Union and 7 of its allies formed an alliance of mutual defense and but Soviets in charge of their militaires. -
Vietnam War
Resistance War Against America. it refers to the period when the United States and other members of the SEATO joined the forces of the Republic of South Vietnam in contesting communist forces -
Sputnik
Soviet Union created the world's first artificial satellite -
Bay of Pigs
The United States made an attempt to invade Cuba. It was unsucessful. -
Berlin Wall
A wall constructed to seperate Communist East Berlin and East Berlin. It was demolished on November 9, 1989 -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a tense, 13-day political and military standoff over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba -
Gorbachev
The last ruler of the Soviet Union before its fall -
Soviet Union falls
11 Soviet representatives they declared they would establish a Commonwealth of Independent States.
