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japan attacked china to gain natural resources and terrorized civilians in the process.
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Germany breaks peace treaty and invades Poland to begin world war two
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German "lightning war" against russia which ultimately ended in defeat due to cold winter.
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germany defeated france and began air raids to try to conquer great britain. Bombings began in most major cities such as London.
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axis powers of Germany, Italy, and Japan sign agreement to be allies
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United atates signs act that allows the president to send military assistance to any country he deems necessary tot the defense of the US.
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Germany attempts to take Leningaurd (st. petersburg) during german invasion of russia.
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Japan bombs the United States naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. brings US into the war.
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26 bworl leaders met in Washington to make a world peace agreement and world league/concil to maintain peace.
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conference held by the Nazis to agree n final solution which was the mass genocide of the jews in concentration camps.
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first naval victory over japan which occurred because of US codebreaking abilities.
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United states storms normandy beach in northern france to defeat german forces in control there.
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Soviet Union discusses the terms under which it will enter the war against Japan.
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united states conquers islands of Iwo Jima and Okinawa to get Tokyo within range of B-29 bombers.
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Hitler committed suicide in his Berlin Bunker after hearing of the Allis' victory. He died by gunshot and his wife ingested cyanide.
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Victory in Europe, which marked the day that Germany surrendered to the Allied forces.
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World leaders Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, and Fedrick Roosevelt meet to discuss the negotiations for the end of WW II.
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united states dropped two atomic bomb on two japanese major cities to force japan to surrender and end WW II
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victory over Japan day.
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President Harry Truman makes a speech vowing that the US will give military assistance to any democratic country being oppressed by a communist country.
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A plan that said the united states would channel over $13 billion to Europe to help rebuild after the war.
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united states agreement/peace treaty to unify North American countries against communism and promote world trade.
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former school teacher and library assistant who was led the communist party in China and defeated Jiang Jieshi for governmental control over China.
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Korean forces forced themselves across the 38th parallel into south Korea. United States fought with South Korea in hopes of defeating this spread of communism.
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stalin dies and the control of Russia falls into the hands of Khrushchev who was more cooperative than stalin.
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Soviet's response to NATO which brought together all soviet contries to defend themselves.
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costly war against communism in vietnam that the united states lost.
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Russian Satellite was the first artificial satellite launched into the earth's orbit.
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anti-castro exiles launched an attack on castro and United States failed to help with their promised air raid. Attack failed and castro gained more power.
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physical barrier between western free Germany and eastern communist Germany.
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dramatic face off between the United States and Russia/cuba that almost resulted in nuclear war.
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became general secretary in Russia and created reforms that helped end the nuclear arms race with the United States.
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soviet union collapses into fifteen different countries and the cold war is over.
