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Japan invades Manchuria after the Mukden Incident.
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Germany invades Poland, thus starting WWII.
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The beginning of the German bombing raids on Britain.
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An agreement signed by Germany, Italy, and Japan, thus creating the Axis powers.
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The Lend-Lease Act allowed the US to send arms, defense materials, and money to other countries during the war.
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Germany break their non-agression pact with Russia and invades Russia.
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German attempt to block all routes to Leningrad.
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Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, sparking the involvement of the US in WWII.
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German conference that was called in order to determine the punishment for the Jewish population.
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Battle that marked the turning point for the war in the Pacific.
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The beginning of the Aliied invasions of Normandy, France.
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Conference that was called to determine the punishment placed on Germany.
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Two of the most bloodiest battles of WWII. Okinawa is known as the bloodiest battle in the Pacific.
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Hitler and his wife ingested cyanide and shot themselves.
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The day that Germany surrendered. Also known as Victory in Europe Day.
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The conference where world leaders gathered to determine the punishment Germany would have to face.
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The day that WWII officially ended.
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The UN was an upgraded version of the League of Nations. The UN enforced peace and encouraged other countries to join.
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The United States dropped the first atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 to end WWII.
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Stated that the US would provide all forms of support for democratic countries facing the threat of Communism.
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American initiative to aid Europe and provide economic support after WWII.
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed to counter the Warsaw Pact.
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Mao Zedong took over China and made it Communist.
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A civil war that resulted in the eventual division of the land which led to North Korea & South Korea.
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Joseph Stalin, leader of Russia, dies.
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Nikita Khrushchev becomes leader of Russia after Stalin's death.
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European alliance similiar to NATO that consisted of the USSR & other Communist countries.
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Civil war between North Vietnam, backed by Russia and other Communist countries, and South Vietnam, backed by the US and other anti-communist countries. North Vietnam won once US troops were taken out of Vietnam. North Vietnam reunited the two countries and now Vietnam is communist.
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The day that Sputnik 1 was launched into space.
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The attempt to invade Cuba, also known as the Bay of Pigs, begins.
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USSR's retalitation to the Bay of Pigs invasion. The crisis was averted, but if it were not, a nuclear war between the US and the USSR would have began.
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Gorbachev gets elected into office and served for 6 years.
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Destruction of the Berlin Wall began in 1990.
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The Soviet flag is lowered for the last time and Khrushchev resigns from office and makes Boris Yeltsin the new president of Russia.
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