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Japan’s invasion of China
The raping of Nanjieng Nanking Massacre. -
Germany invades Poland
Germany took over Austria and Czechoslovakia and their next target was Poland. They invade Poland thinkin that no one would step in. -
Battle of Britain
Soviet Union were selling raw materials to Germany so Britian was scared to attack Germany. -
Tripartite pact
It's the Axis Power and there were Germany, Italy, and Japan was in it against the allied power. -
Lend-Lease Act
Lend-Lease was a way the U.S. was able to aid Britain in it's war on the European mainland with Germany. -
Germany takes Leningrad
Hitler wanted to take all important port city in Leningrad. It was the longest seige and most destructive in history. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor a major island in Hawaii, and this led to U.S participation in the war. -
Formation of the U.N.
26 nations met in Washington to sign the Declaration of the United Nations. They would do anything to stop axis power, and agreeing not to make a separate peace. -
Wannsee Conference
It was a meeting of senior officials of Nazi Germany, held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee. The conference is to decide on what to do with the Jews -
Battle of Midway
It was a battle between the U.S and Japan in the Pacific Ocean. It was the first war that the United Nation win in Pacific Ocean during WWII -
German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union
Blitzkrieg was Hitler's plan of action during World War II. It's purpose was to serve as a method of quick, silent, genocide -
D-Day
Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy. -
Yalta Conference
Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill planned the final stages of World War II and agreed to the territorial division of Europe. -
Iwo Jima/Okinawa
Iwo Jima was strategically important as an air base for fighter escorts supporting long-range bombing missions against mainland Japan. Okinawa was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War of World War II. -
Hitler's Suicide
Hitler and his wife Eva commited suicide in Führerbunker in Berlin. Many say he shot himself and/or poison himself. -
VE Day
It's the day that the Allied Power win the war in Europe. -
Mao Zedong & People’s Republic of China
Mao Zedong is the founding father of People's Republic of China. He basically led communism to China and people worship him. -
Potsdam Conference
Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill drew up plans for the administration of Germany and Poland after World War II ended. -
Atomic bombing of Hiroshima
It's 2 first atomic bombs that the U.S used in order to stop Japan from getting any stronger. Cause of this Japan had to leave the war. -
VJ Day
It's the day that Japan surrendered. -
Truman Doctrine
It was Truman's plan to help Greece and Turkey with military and economic aid to prevent them from becoming communist like the Soviet Union -
Marshall Plan
The U.S made this in order to help Europe and stop communism. Marshall Plan changed the economic in Europe. It also stop Soviet Union from interfering in European spreading Communism. -
NATO
It was set up by the United States, it's basically a military alliance. It's protection against potential conflict with Germany's fate and the Berlin Airlift. -
Korean War
War between North(Communis) and South Korea. The U.S also want to check on China because they influenced North Korea on Communism. South won and they had to split the country up to 38th parallel. -
Stalin’s death; Khrushchev
After Stalin Death, there was many conflicts within the country. The U.S underestimated Khrushchev; he rised to power, and this led to the Cold War. -
Warsaw Pact
Warsaw Pact was a form of non-nuclear confrontation between the allied Soviet and the United States. -
Vietnam War
War between North Vietnam(communist) and South Vietnam. United Nation helped South Vietnam in order to stop communism. Very hard war due to the fact that Americans did not recognize this guerrilla war. South won, Vietnam is communist. -
Sputnik
The first satellite launched into Earth's orbit. -
Bay of Pigs
When Russia tried turning Cuba into a missile platform close to the U.S -
Cuban Missle Crisis
Cuban Missle Crisis was the first major showdown of the cold war. -
Soviet Union falls
Blitzkrieg was Hitler's plan of action during World War II. It's purpose was to serve as a method of quick, silent, genocide -
Gorbachev
He was the last leader of the Soviet Union. His plan was to end Cold War and it did. He also want to end communism. -
Berlin Wall
It was constructed by the German Democratic Republic to seperate Berlin into East and West. The East put it up i order to stop people from escaping from the West.
