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Japan's Invasion of China
On July 7, 1937 The japense attempted to invade China. China tried to hold the Japenese at ba -
Germany Invades Poland
The invasion of Poland was how Hitler intended to wage war. This strategy would later ebcome the "Blitzrieg" strategy. Hitler attacked using air force and taking out the railroads, enemys air capacity, and communication lines. -
Battle of Britain
France has "left: World War II, so now ther Germans turn their sights onto the British. The royal fleet is forced to protect itself against the attackers, aka the Luftwaffe. -
Tripartite Pact
Also known as the Berlin Pact,was the pact that formed the Axis powers. This pact made Germany, Italy, and Japan allies. The pact provided for mutual assisstance should any of the signers be attacked. -
Lend- Lease Act
The Lend-Lease Act was the principal meanse for providing US military aid to foreign nations during World War II. Allowed the US to transfer money and arms to othwer countries. -
German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union
German tried to fight the Soviet Union in a Blitzkrieg or " lightning- fast wars" and were defeated. This is also considered to be a turning point in the war because this was the first German loss. -
Leningrad blockade
German forces placed a blockade and seiged the city of Leningrad, formally St Petersburg. Leningrad was a very industrialized city and the inhabitants of the city refused to suurrender to the Germans. The city was able to last 872 days without contact to the outside world. Many people died from starvation and disease. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Hundreds of Japense fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor. The Japenese managed to destroy almost 20 naval ships and aklmost 2,000 planes. The day after this attack the US declares war on Japan. -
Wannsee Conference
The Nazi Party and German government officials gathered to discuss the final solution. The "final solution" was the code given to the deliberate, total annhialtaion of the European Jews. Hitler authorized his European wide-spread mass murder. -
Battle of Midway
This was a very important battle to the navy. This battle was crucial and decisive and was fought in the pacific theater of World War II. This Battle laster for four days. -
D-Day
more than 160,000 Allied troops landed on the shores of Normandy, France to fight the german nazi's. -
Yalta Conference
Sometimes called the Crimea conference. At Yalta, Franklin D Roosevelt, Britich Prime MInister Winston Churchill, and soviet Premier Joseph Stalin made important decisions regarding the future progrss of the war and postwar -
Iwo Jima/Okinawa
Iwo Jima was attacked first. The Japense dug into a dead volcano and used it for protection against the US marines. Only 200 of the 21,000 Japenese soilders survived.Next came Okinawa,they had three times the forces than Iwo Jima and were in range to recieve help from japanese airforce. Japan lost over 100,000 men and an island critical to the protection of Japan in this battle. -
Hitler's Suicide
Adolf Hitler killed himself by a gunshot to the head. His wife, Eva, also committed suicide by taking Cyanide. -
VE Day
"Victory in Europe day" was the public holiday celebrated to mark the formal aceptance by thr allies of World War II of Nazi Germanys unconditional surrender. This was a very happily celebrated day! -
Potsdam Conference
Soviet Leader- Joseph Stalin; British Prime Minister-Winston Churchill;U.S President- Harry Truman meet in Potsdam ,Germany from July 17- August 2, 1945 to negotiate terms of eding World War II -
Atomic bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
August 6, B-29 Bomber dropped the first atomic bomb over Hiroshima. Three days later, the second bomb is dropped on the Japense city of Nagasaki. -
VJ Day
A formal surrender meeting was held in Tokyo. President Truman declared September 2 VJ Day. -
Formation of the U.N.
The allied powers agreed to come up with a charter for the united nations. This charter basically waas the foundation for the United Nations. The countires/allies in the United Nations agreed to use all of their resources together to take down the axis powers. -
Truman Doctrine
President Truman states that the US will be of services to all Democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces.This includes political, military and economic services. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall plan required a lessening of interstate barriers. Also, it dropped many petty regulations constraining buissiness, and encouraged an increase ini productivity. This plan was made to help destroyed regions be able to build themselves back up faster ad less expensive. -
NATO
NATO stands for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an insie government military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty. -
Mao Zedong & People's Republic of China
Mao Zedong, communist leader, takes over china and declares it to be a Democratice Republic of china. Mao Zedong names himself leader and makes Zhou Enlai premier. -
Korean War
Norht Korea's army pours accross the 38th parallel. By July the United States of America had joined the battle on the South's side. As the US was concerned they were battling communism itself. -
Warsaw Pact
Formally know communist saty of friendship, was a collective defense treaty among 8 communist states -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam war pitted the communist north against South Vietnam and its main ally the US. After the rise to power of Ho Chi Minh, him and his communist party tried to overtake the south part of vietnam.By 1969, more than 500,000 US military personel were involved in this conflict. In 1975, communist forces take control. Ends April 30, 1975. -
Stalin's death; Khrushchev
When Stalin dies the power is almost immediantly handed off to Malenkov. Khrushchev, however, attempted to bring Malenkov his downfall. Khhrushchev told Malenkov to given up his poweras first secretary. This was a more important part because it lead to the control of the party appparatus. Then, to replace Malenkov, a five-person position was appointed. Krushchev's name was always first on the list while the others were placed in alphabetical order. Krushchev is eventually primeir himself. -
Sputnik
Sputnik was the first artificial satellite. It was a 58 cm diameter metal sphere, with four external radio antennas to broadcast radio pulses. -
Bay of Pigs
The US sends in a full-scale invasion of Cuba by 1,400 American trained Cubans. These troops were greatly outnumbered by Castro's and they surrendered after less than 24 hours of fighting. -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a Barrier that divided Germany into East and West. This wall was built by the German Democratic Republic starting o August 13, 1961. -
Cuban Missle Crisis
Leaders of the Unitedd States and the Soviet Union had an intense 13 day standoff in october. On October 22, 1962, president John Kennady announced that the US has found out the plans of Soviet Union to smuggle bombs into Cuba and launch them at us. -
Gorbachev
Gorbachev was the 8th and last leader of the Soviet Union. When the party was dissolved he became the President of the Soviet Union instead of the head of the communist party. -
Soviet Union Falls
The 11 Soviet Republics (Ukraine, the russian federation, Belarus,Armenia,Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan,Kyrgystan,Moldova, Turkmenistan,Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan) met and decided they would not be part of the Soviet Union any longer. Gorbachev resigns from his job and Russia is born.
