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Gorbachev
General secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. -
Germany invades Poland
Germany invades Poland from the land and sky. This was an attempt to gain back land Germany had lost. -
Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain was a successful defence of Great Britain from German air raids. -
Japan's invasion of China
Japan chose to side with the axis powers aand invade southeast asia. -
Tripartite Pact
Germany, Italy, and Japan joined together to found the axis powers. They made a pact of mutural assistance during an attack. -
Lend-Lease Act
U.S. providing military assistance to foreign nations during WWII. It let the U.S. help in WWII without being involved. -
German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union
Hitler tried to invade the Soviet Union in the winter using the Blitzkrieg stadegy. It didn't work and Hitler lost a lot of men. -
Germany takes Leningrad
Germany takes over Leningrad in an attempt to cut of the rest of Russia. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Japan was trying to gain control of the Pacific islands. -
Wannsee Conference
A Nazi conference that was held in the streets of Berlin where officals talked about the "final solution". -
Battle of Midway
The first major win for the U.S. by taking down some of Japan's navy and only losing one aircraft carrier of its own. -
D-Day
The Allied armies stormed the beaches of Normandy, Franch liberating France. -
Yalta Conference
Conference in Yalta in which the three Allied leaders planed the final defeat of Nazi Germany. -
Iwo Jima/Okinawa
American soldiers make their first strikes in Japan. -
Hitler’s suicide
Hitler saw that his was going to lose the war so he shot himself. -
VE Day
Allies celebrate victory over the Germans and Italians. Victory over Europe day. -
Potsdam Conference
A conference in Potsdam Germany where the leaders of the Allied nations came together and talked about peace settlements but not peace treaties. -
Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The United States dropped two atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan on August 6th and 9th 1945. -
VJ Day
Victory over Japan day. Allies celebrate winning the war against Japan. -
Formation of the U.N.
United nations was formed to keep peace around the world. -
Truman Doctrine
President Truman said that the U.S. would provide political, economic, and military assistance to any democratic nation who needed help. -
Marshall Plan
President Truman signs the Marshall Plan. A plan that would help the nations of Europe recover after the war. -
NATO
The U.S. and 11 other countries made a pact to stop the Soviet Union and the spread of communism. -
Mao Zedong &People’s Republic of China
Mao Zedong gains control over China and makes in communist. -
Korean War
North Korea invaded South Korea to make them communist and the U.S. came in to help South Korea. -
Vietnam War
North Vietnam invaded South and wanted to be communist. -
Warsaw Pact
Estanbished a mutual defence oganization. Made a unified military command that was a plan to stregnthen the Soviet Union. -
Sputnik
The Soviet Union launched their first satellites into space. The launch started the space race. -
Stalin’s death; Khrushchev
Stalin dies and Khrushchev becomes Soviet premier. -
Bay of Pigs
The U.S. sends people to Cuba to stop communist from growing. -
Berlin Wall
A large wall that the Soviet Union put up to divide east and west germany. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Soviet Union gave Cuba nuclear missiles which were then aime at the United States. -
Soviet Union falls
The Soviet Union fell and became Russia.
