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Gorbachev
Soviet official, the general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Unionfrom 1985 to 1991 and president of the Soviet Union in 1990–91 -
Japan’s invasion of China
Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident. -
Germany invades Poland
Germany invade Poland and marked the start of WWII in Europe -
Battle of Britan
A succesful defense of Great Britain against unremitting and destructive air raids carried out be the Germans. -
Tripartite Pact
Pact signed in Berlin, Germany, established the Axis Powers of World War II. -
Lend-Lease Act
Act under which the United States supplied the Allied nations with materials. -
Germany takes Leningrad
Germany took Leningard. It was one of the longest and most destructive sieges in history -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Suprise military strike conducted by Japan Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Led to the entry of the United States into WWII. -
Wannsee Conference
Meeting of Nazi officals in Belin, the conference marked a turning point in Nazi policy towards Jews. -
Battle of Midway
Naval Battle fought almost entirely by aircraft. Was the turning point for the United States in the Pacific. -
German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union
Germans were defeated are five months -
D-Day
Allied invasion on Western Europe. Resulted in an Allied victory. -
Yalta Conference
Major World War II conference of the three chief Allied leaders. -
Iwo Jima/Okinawa
Major United States victory on these two islands. Curcial to their advances on Japan. -
Hitler’s suicide
Hitler committed suicide by gunshot along with his wife -
VE Day
Day that the Allies ceased victory in Europe. -
Potsdam Conference
Allied Conference held in Potsdam. Discussed the substance and procedures of peace in Europe. -
Atomic bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Conducted by the United States during the final stages of World War II in August 1945. -
VJ Day
When Japan surrendered in the Pacific resulting in United States victory. -
Formation of the U.N.
Intergovernmental organization -
Truman Doctrine
President Truman declared immediate economic and military aid to the governments of Greece, threatened by communist insurrection -
Marshall Plan
U.S.sponsored program designed to rehabilitate the economies of 17 western and southern European countries -
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization was a intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty -
Korean War
conflict between the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the Republic of Korea -
Stalin’s death; Khrushchev
After Stalin's death, Khrushchev gained power of the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War in -
Warsaw Pact
Treaty establishing a mutual-defense organization -
Sputnik
First satellite launched by man. Lauched by the Soviet Union. -
Vietnam War
A conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam and its allies in South Vietnam. The United States wasan ally of South Vietnam. -
Bay of Pigs
1400 Cuban exiles launched what became a botched invasion on the south coast of Cuba. -
Berlin Wall
Barrier surrounded West Berlin that prevented access to East Berlin. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Almost brought the United States and Soviet Union close to war, because of Soviet Union armed nuclear missiles in Cuba -
Mao Zedong &People’s Republic of China
A Chinese Communist revolutionary and the founding father of the People's Republic of China. -
Soviet Union Falls
The Soviet Union ceased to exist
