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Japan's invasion of China
China began resistance to Japanese influence. -
German invasion Poland
1.5 million German troops invade Poland. -
Battle of Britain
German and British air forces began the largest bombing at the time ever Great Britain. -
Tripartite Pact
Germany, Italy, and Japn form the Axis powers. -
Lend-Lease Act
Authorized the US to provide military aid during WWII -
German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union
The attack on Soviet forces by Germany using Hitler's lightning war tactic -
Siege of Leningrad
German forces bombed Leningrad surrounded the city to cut it off from the rest of Russia -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese fighter plans bombed the American naval at Perl Harbor, motivating the US to join the war. -
Wannsee Conference
A metting of senior officials of Nazi Germany in the Berlin suburb -
Battle of Midway
The US countered Japan's planned ambush of their aircraft carriers, a major turning point in the Pacific campaign -
D-Day
Allied forces invaded Normany, France and stormed the Germans -
Yalta Conference
A meeting between Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, and President Roosevelt near the end of WWII -
Iwo Jima/Okinawa
A major battle where the US captured the Japanese island of Iwo Jima. Codename: Operation Iceburg, the largest amphibious battle during WWII. -
Hitler's suicide
Adolph Hitler hid in an air-raid shelter, ate a cyanide capsule and shot himslef with a pistol -
VE Day
The Allied victory in Europe in 1945 -
Potsdam Conference
Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, and Harry Truman met in Potsdam Germant to negotiate terms for the end of WWII -
Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
America dropped the world's first atomic bomb wiping out 90% of the city population. Nagasaki was bombed three days later killing about 40,000 people. -
VJ day
Japan suffered unconditionally to the Allies, ending WWII -
Formation of the UN
26 nations at war against the Axis powers met to make a united peace -
Truman Doctrine
A speech by President Harry Truman stating the US would provide assistance to all democratic -
Marshall Plan
US would give economic support to help rebuild European economies after WWII -
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization formed to provide a military alliance against Soviet agression -
People's Republic of China
Mao Zedong was the father of Communist China and brought a new age to China -
Korean War
The war between North and South Korea began after North Korea invaded South Korea. -
Stalin's death
Joseph Stalin had suffered a ccerebral hemorrhage , came into power shortly after. -
Warsaw Pact
A political and military alliance between Soviet Union and other Eastern European countries -
Sputnik
A series of Soviet artificial satellites; first satellite placed in orbit -
Vietnam War
A War between North Vietnam and South Vietnam with the help of the US as communism was spreading -
Bay of Pigs
A failed military invasion of Cuba by CIA-trained Cuban exiles -
Berlin Wall
A defining symbol of the Cold War seperating East and West Germany, was taken down in 1989 -
Cuban Missle Crisis
The Soviet Union and US engaged in a political and military standoff -
Mikhail Gorbachev
The president of Soviet Union -
Collapse of the Soviet Union
The Soviet hammer and sickle flag was lowered and soon changed after Gorbachev resigned
