WWII Timeline

Gorbachev

Mar 2, 1931

Last Soviet Union leader who won a nobel peace prize for promoting a more democratic political system in Russia.

Japan invasion of China

Jul 7, 1937

Japan begin to invade China but end invading once first atomic bomb is dropped

Germany invades Poland

Sep 1, 1939

first act that started WWII where Adolf Hitler invaded Poland to regain lost territory

Wannsee Conference

Jan 20, 1940

Conference in which high ranked officials made agreement to try and exterminate the jewish population of Europe

Battle of Britain

Jul 1, 1940

Battle that prevented the german army into invading Great Britain by succesfully defending a series of air raids.

Tripartite Pact

Sep 27, 1940

Military alliance signed by Germany, Japan, and italy.

Lend-Lease act

Mar 1, 1941

U.S agreement to send military aid to other countries

German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union

Jun 1, 1941

Nazi attack on Soviet Union where they pushed them back up to 600 miles into the gates of moscow but ultimetly lost.

Leningrad blockade

Jun 1, 1941

Attack on Soviet city Leningrad which was major indutry center in Soviet Union

Bombing of Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

Aerial attack from japanese bombers on US harbor that made the US enter the war.

Battle of Midway

Dec 7, 1941

decisive naval battle where the U.S. was able to win by intercepting telegraphs with japanese plans

Formation of United Nations

Jan 1, 1942

During WWII when 26 nations pledged to continue fighting the axis powers.

D-Day

Jun 6, 1944

Allied attempt to regain weestern europe from Nazis

Yalta Conference

Feb 4, 1945

Conference held between Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill inorder to discuss war plans against Nazi Germany.

Iwo Jima/Okinawa

Feb 19, 1945

First American attack on Japanese homeland

Hitler’s suicide

Apr 30, 1945

Suicide of Nazi leader by cyanide poisining and a bullet in the head.

VE Day

May 18, 1945

Day in which Nazi Germany surrenders in the war.

Postdam Conference

Jul 17, 1945

Conference the allies had in the suburbs of berlin.

Atomic bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki

Aug 6, 1945

U.S dropped the first ever nuclear bomb on cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan.

VJ Day

Sep 2, 1945

Day Japan surrendered from WWII.

Truman Doctrine

Mar 12, 1947

U.S aid to Greece after being threatened by communism.

Marshall Plan

Apr 1, 1948

Initiative to aid Europe post war by donating 13 billion in recovers.

NATO

Apr 4, 1949

military alliance after WWII ti counteract the Soviet army set up in Europe.

Mao Zedong &People’s Republic of China

Oct 1, 1949

Mao Zedong becomes ruler of china and makes china comunist.

Korean War

Jun 25, 1950

War between Soviet supported North Korea and US supported South Korea.

Stalin’s death; Khrushchev

Mar 5, 1953

After Stalins death Khrushchev took over as leader of Soviet Union and was responsible for the Cuban missle crisis.

Warsaw Pact

May 14, 1955

Treaty that put Soviet Union in charge of armed forces of each of the countries signing.

Vietnam War

Nov 1, 1955

Conflict where the U.S fought the north communist Vietnam.

Vietnam War

Nov 1, 1955

War involving the U.S. fighting the north and communist Vietnam where the U.S. lost.

Sputnik

Oct 4, 1957

First atelite sent into space which was aceived by the Soviet Union.

Bay of Pigs

Apr 1, 1961

CIA attempt to take over communist Cuba where they were unsucessful.

Berlin Wall

Aug 13, 1961

Wall built in Berlin that divided the comunist east and republic west.

Cuban Missile Crisis

Oct 22, 1962

Intense standoff where U.S prevented soviet union to send missles to Cuba where they were only 90 mile away from.

Soviet Union falls

Dec 25, 1991

Fell due to the radical actions of the last soviet leader Gorbachev.