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Kwantung Army invaded Manchuria immediately after the Mukden Incident and the Japanese established a puppet state called Manchukuo.
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Sparks the beginning of the war, because Germany does this only days after signing the Naz-Soviet Non-Agression pact.
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Also known as "The Blitz," Germany declared war on the Britains, hoping to defend themselves through almost all air attacks. They heavily raided metropolitan areas and killed more than 40,000 British people in the process.
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Signed in Berlin, Germany which established the Axis powers (Japan, Germany, and Italy).
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Material/services provided by the US to its allies during the war.
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Prolonged military operation that ended up being one of the longest and most destructive in history.
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Surprise air raid by the Japanese on the US naval base in Pearl Harbor-Hawaii that caused the US to enter the war.
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Meeting of officials of Nazi Germany which decided the "Final Solution."
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American aircraft carriers defeated a Japanese fleet in the Pacific.
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Germans lost the Battle of Stalingrad after five months of fighting-it is considered to be a major turning point in the war.
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Allied forces invaded Northern France through Normandy.
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Meeting of the Allied leaders President Franklin D. Roosevelt (US), Prime Minister Winston Churchill (Great Britain), and Premier Joseph Stalin (Soviet Union) in Yalta, Crimea to plan the last defeat of Nazi Germany.
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The United States Armed Forces fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Empire
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Killed himself by gunshot in Berlin after the collapse of the Third Reich.
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Allied victory in Europe.
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An allied conference held right outside of Berlin to discuss peace settlements in Europe. The participants included US President Harry S.Truman, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin.
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US bombings on Japanese ports during the final stages of the war.
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Japan surrenders to the Allies, ending World War II.
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The United Nations was formed as a response to World War II, as well as because the League of Nations failed. They wanted to make it more fair and representative.
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Declared by President Harry S. Truman to provide economic and military aid to the governments of Greece (threatened by Communisism) and Turkey (threatened by Soviet expansion).
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The US helped rebuild European economies in order to prevent the spread of communism by the Soviets.
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization based on military alliances for defense against aggression.
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Mao Zedong, a Communist Revolutionary Leader, names himself head of state and proclaims the existence of the People's Republic of China.
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North Korea (with Communist China) invaded South Korea (with US), and both sides ended up in a stalemate.
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Stalin died of Cerebral hemorrhage, and later Khrushchev led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War.
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A military alliance of Communist nations (Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union) in eastern Europe as a response to NATO.
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An Earth satellite launched by the Soviet Union which began the Space Age.
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A military struggle between North Vietnam (China and Soviet Union) and South Vietnam (US).
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The site of the failed attempt of invasion by anti-Castro forces in Cuba.
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Wall constructed by the German Deomocratic Republic in East Germany to keep its citizens from fleeing to the west.
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Confrontation between the US and the Soviet Union over possible Cuban missiles.
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General Secretary for the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and eventually president of the Soviet Union who led to the downfall of Communism by democratizing the political system and decentralizing the economic system. He is credited with ending the cold war.
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The Soviet Union falls because of economic instability due to socialism.
