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China moved away from the short lived democratic views and under Mao, became communist.
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Japan invaded China, which truely began their unrestrained conquest over Asia
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Hitler demonstrated his ideas of a "blitzkreig" by bombing and invading Poland.
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German bombed London to try to get England to surrender and finish the western front of the war
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Pact that linked Japan, Italy, and Germany together, forming the Axis Powers.
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Act passed which provided millitary and supply support to any nation that may be defending against someone who could attack the US.
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Hitler invaded the USSR in an attempt to quickly defeat them by quickly overwhelming their forces.
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Germany blockaded Leningrad for 149 days in an attempt to capture the old capital of the Soviet Union to demoralize the USSR.
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Japan attacked the American base on Hawaii, therefore causing America to enter the war
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Meeting where the Nazi final solution to the Jewish problem was discussed.
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The turning point of the Pacific Theater, American troops had decifered Japanese messages and stoped their attack on the aircraft carrier.
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Mass attack on French beach, which led to allied invasion of German territory.
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A conference in Russia to discuss allied plans for ending the war.
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These two islands were attacked and captured. This provided the crucial bases needed for invasion of Japan.
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Since defeat was eminent HItler killed himself to avoid war crime charges.
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This was the end of the war in the European Theater.
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The three big allied leaders met outside Berlin, Germany to discuss what to do with Germany, Italy, and Japan
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To more swiftly end the war and save many american lives, Truman decides to send atomic bombs on two large Japanese cities to incurage peace.
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End of the Pacific theater of WWII and the defeat of Japan
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The UN was formed to help prevent future large wars.Unlike the League of Nations, they had administrative power.
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Truman stated that the US would give military help to all democratic nations
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Plan passed that allowed the USA to help rebuild western Europe after the war.
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Millitary agreement between America and Western Europe for support against outside attack.
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The war between north, communist Korea and south, capitalist Korea. South Korea winning the war allowed them to seperate and become their own country.
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Even though he was very harsh, all of the Soviet Union wept for the loss of their leader who led them through WWII. The position was eventually filled by Khrushchev who slowly began to de-stalinize Russia
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Allience formed between the Soviet Union and many Eastern European countries as a counter to NATO.
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War for the democratic South Vietnam. Since America pulled out communist Vietnam took over.
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It was the first thing launched into orbit which kicked off the space race.
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This was an attempted invasion of Cuba by the USA to prevent farther communication with the Soviet Union.
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This was a wall that went up in the middle of Berlin deviding east and west Berlin so that the communist side couldn't escape and the captialist side could not have resources.
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Soviet Union had missles pointed at major US cities therefore almost causing the US to send missles to the USSR and begin a nuclear war.
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He was the last fully powerful Soviet leader.He removed communist power.
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The last Soviet leader resigns therefore ending the Soviet Union and the cold war.
