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Creation of United Nations
The name "United Nations", coined by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt was first used in the Declaration by United Nations of 1 January 1942, during the Second World War, when representatives of 26 nations pledged their Governments to continue fighting together against the Axis Powers. -
Yalta Conference
major World War II conference of the three chief Allied leaders, President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the United States, Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Great Britain, and Premier Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union, which met at Yalta in the Crimea to plan the final defeat and occupation of Nazi Germany. -
Ending of WW2
Japan surrendered on September 2,1945, after the bombing; which lead to the United State's victory. -
Mao Zedong comes to power
Mao Zedong came to power after the Second World War when the Nationalists battled the Communists for control over China. Chiang Kai Shek's Nationalist party fled China and the Communists eventually took over China on October 1, 1949.Chiang Kai Shek would assume control of the island of Taiwan. -
Beginnning of Korea War
North Korean Communist forces invade South Korea. -
Ending of the Korea War (final result)
A ceasefire stopped the fighting on July 27, 1953. There was an armistice signed by North Korea, China and the UN but not South Korea. -
Beginning or Vietnam
he Vietnam war started because American president Eissenhower did not want communism to spread throughout the world and eventually to America. -
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
At 8:35 a.m., the last Americans, ten Marines from the embassy, depart Saigon, concluding the United States presence in Vietnam. North Vietnamese troops pour into Saigon and encounter little resistance. By 11 a.m., the red and blue Viet Cong flag flies from the presidential palace. President Minh broadcasts a message of unconditional surrender. The war is over. -
Tet Offensive
The Tet Offensive was a series of surprise attacks by the Vietcong (rebel forces sponsored by North Vietnam) and North Vietnamese forces, on scores of cities, towns, and hamlets throughout South Vietnam. It was considered to be a turning point in the Vietnam War. -
President Nixon visits China
For eight days and nights, American television audiences tuned in to a spectacular parade of images from China, the first they had seen in more than twenty years. -
Ending of Vietnam (final result)
At 8:35 a.m., the last Americans, ten Marines from the embassy, depart Saigon, concluding the United States presence in Vietnam. North Vietnamese troops pour into Saigon and encounter little resistance. By 11 a.m., the red and blue Viet Cong flag flies from the presidential palace. President Minh broadcasts a message of unconditional surrender. The war is over.
