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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
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Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident.
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Germany invade Poland and marked the start of WWII in Europe
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A succesful defense of Great Britain against unremitting and destructive air raids carried out be the Germans.
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Pact signed in Berlin, Germany, established the Axis Powers of World War II.
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Act under which the United States supplied the Allied nations with materials.
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Germany took Leningard. It was one of the longest and most destructive sieges in history
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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.
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Meeting of Nazi officals in Belin, the conference marked a turning point in Nazi policy towards Jews.
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Naval Battle fought almost entirely by aircraft. Was the turning point for the United States in the Pacific.
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Germans were defeated are five months
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Allied invasion on Western Europe. Resulted in an Allied victory.
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Major World War II conference of the three chief Allied leaders.
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Major United States victory on these two islands. Curcial to their advances on Japan.
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Hitler committed suicide by gunshot along with his wife
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Day that the Allies ceased victory in Europe.
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Allied Conference held in Potsdam. Discussed the substance and procedures of peace in Europe.
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Conducted by the United States during the final stages of World War II in August 1945.
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When Japan surrendered in the Pacific resulting in United States victory.
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Intergovernmental organization
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President Truman declared immediate economic and military aid to the governments of Greece, threatened by communist insurrection
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U.S.sponsored program designed to rehabilitate the economies of 17 western and southern European countries
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization was a intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty
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conflict between the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the Republic of Korea
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After Stalin's death, Khrushchev gained power of the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War in
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Treaty establishing a mutual-defense organization
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First satellite launched by man. Lauched by the Soviet Union.
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A conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam and its allies in South Vietnam. The United States wasan ally of South Vietnam.
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1400 Cuban exiles launched what became a botched invasion on the south coast of Cuba.
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Barrier surrounded West Berlin that prevented access to East Berlin.
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Almost brought the United States and Soviet Union close to war, because of Soviet Union armed nuclear missiles in Cuba
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A Chinese Communist revolutionary and the founding father of the People's Republic of China.
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The Soviet Union ceased to exist
