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Japan’s invasion of China
The Japanese invasion of Manchuria began when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria -
Iwo Jima/Okinawa
An island that is part of the Volcano Island, south of Japan most know during WWII. -
Germany invades Poland
Germany and the Soviet Union invade Poland starting WWII in Europe. -
Battle of Britain
Britain successfully defended their land during the air raids conducted by the Germans after France had fallen. -
Tripartite Pact
Also known as the Berlin Pact, was an agreement between Germany, Italy and Japan signed in Berlin. -
Land-Lease Act
A program under which the United States supplied Free France, Great Britain, the Republic of China, and later the USSR and other Allied nations with food, oil, and other materiel -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
A surprise air attack by the Japanese on the United States military base in Hawaii which dragged the United States into World War II. -
Wannsee COnference
A meeting of senior officials of Nazi Germany, held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee. -
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was a crucial and decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theatre of World War II. -
D-Day
The day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. -
Yalta Conference
A meeting held at Yalta in Crimea to plan the final defeat and occupation of Nazi Germany. -
Hitler's Suicide
Adolf Hitler committed suicide by swallowing a cyanide capsule and shooting himself in the head. -
VE Day
Victory of WWII in Europe. -
Potsdam conference
An Allied conference in Potsdam, Germany between Harry S. Truman, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin to discuss procedures of the peace settlements in Europe. -
Atomic Bombing
The U.S. creates the atomic bomb after Albert EInstein warns that Germany had been working on nuclear warfare. Thus causing for the U.S. to drop bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. -
VJ Day
The day when Japan had surrendered to the Allied powers, ending the war. -
Formation of the U.N.
An international organization that was the second multipurpose international organization established in the 20th century that was worldwide in scope and membership. -
Truman Doctrine
United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces. -
Truman Doctrine
Harry S. Truman sends over $400,000,000 to Greece (threatened by Communist insurrection), and Turkey (under pressure from Soviet expansion in the Mediterranean area). -
Marshall Plan
An American initiative to aid Europe, in which the United States gave $17 billion (approximately $120 billion in current dollar value) in economic support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II. -
NATO
An intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty. -
Korean War
A war between North and South Korea, in which a United Nations force led by the United States of America fought for the South, and China fought for the North, which was also assisted by the Soviet Union. -
Stalin's Death
Died at age of 74 from Cerebral Hemorrhage. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. -
Warsaw Pact
A collective defense treaty among eight communist states of Central and Eastern Europe in existence during the Cold War. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
A failed military invasion of Cuba. -
Berlin Wall
Barrier that divided Berlin constructed by the German Democratic Republic. -
Cuban Missile
The U.S. was threatened by the Soviet Union using their missiles in Cuba, 90 miles away from the U.S. shore -
Soviet Union Falls
Was formally enacted as a result of the declaration number 142-Н of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.
