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Second Opium War
Against France and Britain. -
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First Sino-Japanese War
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Proclamation of the USSR
Overthrow of the Provisional Government by the Bolsheviks, now under the rule of Vladmir Lenin. -
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Second Sino-Japanese War
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Potsdam Conference
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Division of the Korean Peninsula
Territory divided into:
North Korea- Kim Il Sung (USSR's influence)
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End of the Second World War
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Truman Doctrine
Seen by communists as an open declaration that innoficially began the Cold War, consolidated through the Marshall Plan. -
Marshall Plan Begins
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Proclamation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
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Secret Meeting between Stalin and Kim Il Sung
At the time, Sung asked for permission to invade South Korea- and he was denied as Stalin was more worried with the events occuring in Berlin than the situation in the Korean peninsula. http://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/collection/138/conversations-with-kim-il-sung -
Signing of the NATO Pact
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Proclamation of the People's Republic of China
Country now under the influence of the communist party and running under the leadership of Mao Zedong. -
Recognition of the PRC by the USSR
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Secret Meeting between Stalin and Kim Il Sung 2
This time, Stalin authorizes Sung to cross the 38th Parallel once he feels his nation is ready for the task.
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Invasion of South Korea by North Korea