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After the successful assault on Shanghai, Japanese forces attacked the Chinese capital of Nanking.
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Beginning WWII, German forces move into Poland to occupy the state.
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British forces defeated the German air force, Lutwaffe, as they began air raids onto Great Britian.
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Agreement between Axis powers (Germany, Italy, Japan) signed in Berlin, Germany.
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An act to which the U.S. would send aid to overseas troops.
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Breaking previously signed peace treaties, German forces assaulted USSR and ultimately lost.
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Also known as the Seige of Leningrad, the three year conflict between the recently angered Germans and Russian forces led to massive destruction. Leningrad was the old name for St. Petersburg.
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Japanese air fighters attacked US forces stationed at Pearl Harbor, a military naval base located off of Oahu, Hawaii.
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German leaders discuss the plans on how to deal with the surrounding Jewish population.
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From June 4th to June 7th, Japanese forces decidingly assualted approaching U.S. forces by the Midway Atoll.
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The day of the Normandy Invasion (Normandy, France) by Allied forces.
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Roosevelt of the US, Chruchill of Great Britian, and Stalin of the Soviet Union discuss the final plans to end WWII. Specifically on how to defeat the Nazi Party.
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In the Pacific campaign towards the final stretches of the war, U.S. soldiers had begin to take over the final necessary islands. The bloodiest one to take was Iwo Jima, a conflict lasting for months.
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On this day, Hitler, fleeing enroaching Allied forces, committed suicide in his bunker.
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The victory of Allied forces against the Axis on the Atlantic front was declared. VE stands for Victory Europe.
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Harry S. Truman (US), Winston Churchill (Britian), and Joseph Stalin (Russia or USSR) meet in Berlin in a suburb named Potsdam, to discuss possible peace treaties.
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From August 6th to August 9th, U.S. forces dropped two atomic bombs onto cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki of Japan. These acts were done to end the Pacific front of WWII.
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Also known as Victory over Japan day, Truman declared the ending of WWII after calling peace with Japan. The surrender was held in Tokyo Bay on the USS Missouri.
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An international organization developed to entrust worldwide peace, security, cooperation, and human rights.
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US president Harry S. Truman sends aid to Greece and Turkey under the threat of communist oppression.
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A "rehabilition" plan led by the U.S. to aid western countries post-WWII.
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Otherwise known as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO serves as an alliance force to countries located on the Atlantic fronts.
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Mao Zedong, after negotiaions with Russia for aid, established the People's Republic of China.
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A conflict between North and South Korea. U.S. shortly became involved in order to protect the ally of South Korea.
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Following Joseph Stalin's death on March 5, 1953, Nikita Khrushchev followed to leading the USSR.
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Surrounding Soviet countries (including the Soviet Union, Hungary, Poland, etc.) created a defense organization to help aid and assist one another.
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First unmanned craft to ever orbit the Earth.
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The first living being to be sent into space...the dog Laika, to which also the craft orbited the Earth.
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A U.S. led assault on Cuba, which ultimately failed. The CIA was headfronting the operation.
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U.S. spy planes spotted multiple ranges of destructive ordanence set up in Cuba by Soviet forces, something promised would happen by the U.S.
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Following numerous assaults, the U.S. unofficially enters the war to stop the spread of communism. This act was signed by Lyndon B. Johnson.
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On this day, the Berlin Wall, seperating East and West Germany, collapsed. It seperated free country from communism.
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After much tension and conflict, Gorbachev stepped down from presidency of the USSR on Christmas, the same day the USSR officially collapsed.
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On the same day Gorbachev resigns position, the Soviet Union falls. It was a decision elected upon by Soivet officials.
