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By Brizzy

  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference
    It was the wartime meeting of the heads of government. The meeting was intended mainly to discuss the re-establishment of the nations of war-torn Europe.

  • Mao Zedong comes to power

    Mao Zedong comes to power
    Mao rose to power by commanding the Long March, forming a United Front with the Kuomintang (KMT) during the Second Sino-Japanese War to repel a Japanese invasion.

  • Ending of WW2

    Ending of WW2
    The United States dropped Atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Soviet union declared war on Japan and the Japanese government surrendered

  • Creation of United Nations

    Creation of United Nations
    In 1945, representatives of 50 countries met in San Francisco at the United Nations Conference on International Organization to draw up the United Nations Charter.

  • Beginning of Korean War

    Beginning of Korean War
    North Korea attacked South Korea crossing the 38th parallel.
    North Korean invaders hoped to take the South Korean capital

  • Ending of Korean War

    Ending of Korean War
    It ended not far from where it began. General McArthur was the commander of UN forces in Korea.

  • Beginning of Vietnam

    Beginning of Vietnam
    But there was no fixed beginning for the U.S. war in Vietnam.The multiple starting dates for the war complicate efforts to describe the causes of U.S. entry.

  • Gulf of Tonkin Incident

    Gulf of Tonkin Incident
    In the Gulf of Tonkin incident, North Vietnamese torpedo boats supposedly attacked the USS Maddox in the Gulf of Tonkin. In retrospect it is clear that the alleged attack was little more than a transparent pretext for war.

  • Tet Offensive

    Tet Offensive
    The Tet Offensive was a military campaign during the Vietnam War. The purpose of the offensive was to utilize the element of surprise and strike military and civilian.

  • President Nixon visits China

    President Nixon visits China
    U.S. President Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to the People's Republic of China was an important step in formally normalizing relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China (PRC).

  • Ending of Vietnam

    Ending of Vietnam
    Newly elected President Richard M. Nixon declared in 1969 that he would continue the American involvement in the Vietnam war in order to end the conflict and secure "peace with honor" for the United States and for its ally, South Vietnam.