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Mao Zedong & People’s Republic of China
A founder member of the Chinese Communist Party and led his followers in the "Long March" which was a 6,000 mile journey to northwest China so that they could establish a new base. -
Japan’s invasion of China
The second Sino-Japanese War. The rape of Nanking was one of the most atrocities in World War II. -
Germany Invades Poland
German forces bombarded Poland with air and land force. This was the beginning of World War 2. The strategy put in place was blitzkrieg or lighting war. This is when there is sudden attack. -
Battle of Britain
The German Air Force's attempt to gain air superiority over the RAF -
Tripartite pact
A pact signed that established the Axis Powers of World War II. -
German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union
Blitzkrieg is a military tactic designed to create disorganization among the enemy forces through the use of mobile forces and locally concentrated firepower. -
Lend-Lease Act
Provided US military aid to foreign countries in World War II. This allowed the President to send arms to other countries. -
Battle of Midway
The United States defeated Japan in one of the most decisive naval battles of World War II. This took place because the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. -
Germany takes Leningrad
German Bombers blasted through Leningrad's antiaircraft defenses killing more than 1,000 Russians. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American navl base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. The bombing lasted 2 hours. -
Wannsee Conference
Nazi officials came together to discuss the details of the "Final Solution" for the Jews. The main focus was what they were going to do with the Jews. -
D-Day
The invasion was one of the largest military assaults in history that required extensive planning. -
Yalta Conference
The Allied leaders met and made imporant decisions that were about the future progress of the war and the postwar world. They also discussed the future of Germany, Eastern Europe, and the United Nations. -
Iwo Jima/Okinawa
A air base that was important for as an air base for fighter escorts supporting long-range bombing missions against mainland Japan. -
Hitler's Suicide
Hitler commited suicide by shooting himself so that he didn't have to surrender. -
VE Day
Germany surrended and the Americans and British celebrate this day because they beat the Nazi War Machine. -
Potsdam Conference
Last of the World War II meetings that consisted of the "Big Three" heads of state -
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
An American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The bomb killed many and wiped out 90% of the city. Three days later, a second B-29 dropped another A-bomb on Nagasaki. -
VJ Day
Japan formally surrendered aboard the U.S.S. Missouri in Tokyo Bay. -
Formation of the United Nations
The name "United Nations" was coined by the United States President FDR and used in the Declaration by United Nations on January 1, 1942 when representatives of 26 nations pledged to continue to fight together against the Axis Powers -
Truman Doctrine
President Harry S. Truman established that the United States would provide political, military, and economic assistancve to all democratic nations under any authoritarian forces. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was made to help the European economy recover and there was about $13 billion to help them recover. -
NATO
The further Communist expansion made the United States and 11 other Western nations want to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. -
Korean War
The Korean War began when 75,000 soldiers from the North Korean People’s Army came across the 38th paralle. This invasion was the first military action of the Cold War. By July, American troops had entered the war on South Korea’s side. -
Stalin's Death/ Khrushchev
Leader of Soviet Union formed an alliance with Hitler for self-interested reasons. -
The Warsaw Pact
The Soviet Union and seven of its European neighbors signed a treaty stating that the mutual defense organization that put the Soviets in command of the armed forces of the member states. -
Sputnik
The Soviet Union launched ahead in the Space Race. The country sent the world's first artificial satellite into space. -
Bay of Pigs
The ultimate goal of this plan was to overthrow Castro and establish a non-communist government which failed due to many errors and factors. -
Berlin Wall
The Communist government of the German Democratic Republic began to build a barbed wire and concrete wall between East and West Berlin so that the people would not come into the west with their facist ideas. -
Cuban Missle Crisis
A 3-day political and military standoff between the US and the Soviet Union in October 1962 over the nuclear-armed Soviet missiles in Cuba. President Kennedy notified the Americans that they were ready to use military force if needed. -
Vietnam War
Fought by North and South Vietnam over the type of government -
Gorbachev
His efforts to democratize his country's political system and decentalize the economy led to the downfall of communism and breakup of the the Soviet Union. -
Soviet Union Falls
11 Soviet cities met and decided that they would no longer be a part of the Soviet Union.
