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Japan's Invasion of China
Japan-China War started in July 1937 when the Japanese claimed that they were fired on by Chinese troop. This was false but using that excuse, they invaded China -
Germany Invades Poland
Hitler's first victim of his "blitzkrig" tactic untimatly starting the war. -
Battle of Britain
The battle where German air raids rained down on Britain. If the German air force, Luftwaffe, were succesful, it would have exposed Briain to an invasion of the German army. In the end, the battle was won by the Royal Air Force. -
Tripartite Pact
Pact that pledged Germany, Itlaly, and Japan to "assist one another with all political, economic, and military means." -
Lend-Lease Act
Congress passed this act for the United States to help aid its WWII allies with war materials such as ammunition, tanks, airplanes, and trucks. -
Leningrad Blockade
A seige by Germany on the Soviet City of Leningrad. This siege is also known as the 900 day seige. -
German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union
Germany's failed attempt to invade Russia quickly. They failed as the invasion took longer than usual, leading into the cold winters in Russia which the Germantroops were not prepared for. What made the situation worse for the German troops was that the Russians managed to burn any shelter that the Germans took over so the Germans had to bear the cold with no shelter. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
This event was the spark that influenced the United States to join WWII when Japanese planes bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. -
Wannsee Conference
Meeting of Nazi officials that discussed what to do with Jewish people. This changed what the Nazi's untimatly did to Jewish people. Before they were going to ship most of them off to mdagascar or somewhere in aftrica but that wasn't efficient. -
Battle of Midway
A naval battle where the United States took out the Japanese's best naval pilots. -
D-Day
An Allied invasion of Normandy,France where the Allies faced heavy resistance on Omaha Beach where 2000 allied lives were lost. -
Yalta Conference
A conference with the Allied leaders Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Chruchill, and Josph Stalin where they planned the final defeat and occupation of Germany. -
Iwo Jima/ Okinawa
Iwo Jima were bombed, showing that Japan could be bombed out of the war. Later, however, Americans launched the biggest amphibious operation in the Pacific War. -
Hitler's Suicide
He went to his room and shot himself while his wife took poison. -
VE Day
Countries in Europe and the United States celebrate the defeat of Nazi Germany. -
Potsdam Conference
An Allied conference that discussed the procedures of the peace settlements in Europe. -
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
After creating an atomic bomb, the United States dropped one bomb on Hiroshima and then three days later, one on Nagasaki. Soon after the bombings, Japan soon surrendered. -
VJ Day
The day that Japan surrendered and marked the end of World War II -
Formation of the U.N.
Came from the League of Nations that later disbanded. -
Truman Doctrine
The pronouncement by the United Staes President Harry Truman declaring economic and military aid to the governmants of Greece abd Turkey. -
Marshall Plan
U.S. Sponsored program that helped 17 European Countries reach stability. -
Mao Zedong & People's Republic of China
Mao Zedong was the chairman of the People's Republic of China from 1949 to 1959 when he died. He was the pricipal architect of the new China. -
NATO
Created to go against Soviet Forces after World War II -
Korean War
Sparked when the Soviet-backed North Korea invaded South Korea. After years of fighting, both sides declared an armistice. -
Bay of Pigs
A failed military invasion of Cuba from the United States that failed in three days where the invading forces were defeated by the Cuban Armed Forces. The united State's intentions were to overthrow the communist government of Fidel Castro. -
Khrushchev
He was the first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1953 to 1964 and the premier of the Soviet Union in 1958 to 1964. He proposed the policy of de-Stalinization -
Stalin's Death
Stalin became increasingly suspicious in his final year where he had Jewish Doctors imprision but before he could, he died suddenly. People suspect fould play was involved. -
Vietnam War
After gaining independence from the French, Northern Vietnam wanted a unified state based off the Communist ideas of China and the Soviet Union while Southern Vietnam wanted more of a democracy. This started a civil war. -
Warsaw Pact
A treaty establishing a alliance between the Soviet Union and Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania. -
Sputnik
Launched by the Soviet Union, it was the first satellite launched by man. -
Berlin Wall
A wall that separated West Berlin and East Berlin. Before the wall was put up, thousands of Germans in East Berlin fled to West Berlin. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union that alomost brought both countries to war because the Soviet Union send Nuclear Missiles to Cuba where, if launched, can hit eastern United States within minutes. -
Gorbachev
A Soviet Official and the general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991. he democrotized his country's political system which led to the downfall of the Soviet Union. -
Soviet Union Falls
As the Republics of the Soviet Union requested they would nolonger be part of the Soviet Union, Gorbochev resigned which ended the Soviet Union.
