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Japan’s invasion of China
The Japanese invaded China. China was unable to resist the invasion because the Japanese military was only well armed but they were also brutal. -
Germany invades Poland
Germany invades Poland from the west, while the Soviet Union invaded from the east. -
Lend-Lease Act
A system used by the U.S. in aiding the WWII allies with war materials. -
Battle of Britain
successful defense of the Britain against the German -
Tripartite pact
The Axis power was formed when Germany, Italy, and Japan become allies with the signing of the Tripartite Pact in Berlin. -
Germany takes Leningrad
Germany surrounded Leningrad and bombed it. They decided not to storm the city. -
German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union
Germany invades the Soviet Union, eventhough they had a non-aggression pact. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Japan launched a surprise attack on American soil at Peral Harbor, -
Formation of the U.N.
The rpresentatives of 26 nations at war with the Axis powers met in Washington to sign the Declaration of the United Nations, which promoted the Atlantic Charter, pledging to use their full resources against the Axis and agreeing not to make a separate peace. -
Wannsee Conference
Nazi meeting to discuss the plan of "final solution" -
Battle of Midway
Naval battle, fought almost entirely with aircraft. U.S.A. destroyed Japan's first line carrier strength. -
D-Day
The Allied invasion whioch launched the U.S, British, and Canadian forces on five separated beachheads in Normandy, France. By the end of the day the northern part of France was freed from the Germna forces. -
Yalta Conference
A conference took place in a Russian resort town in Crimea. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin decisions regarding the future progress of the war and the postwar world. -
Iwo Jima/Okinawa
The U.S. used the process of island hopping to push the Japanese advancement back. The U.S attacked Iwo Jima first, then they attacked Okinawa. -
Hitler’s suicide
Hitler shot himself and his wife drank poison -
VE Day
the day marking the Allied victory in Europe in 1945 -
Potsdam Conference
The Soviet Union, Britain, and the U.S meet to negotiate terms for the end of World War II. -
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Atomic bomb was dropped on this Japanese cities to end WWII. -
VJ Day
The day the Japanese ceased fighting the allies. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine effectively reoriented U.S. foreign policy, away from its usual stance of withdrawal from regional conflicts not directly involving the United States, to one of possible intervention in far away conflicts. -
Marshall Plan
A U.S sponsored program that was designed to help the economies of 17 western and southern European countries in order to creat a stable economy for those countries that have democracy that could survive. -
NATO
military alliance established by the North Atlantic Treaty which was created to go against Soviet armies stationed in central and eastern Europe after World War II -
Mao Zedong &People’s Republic of China
Mao Zedong is a communist revolutionary offcial, who named himself head of state of the People's Republic of China. -
Korean War
Conflict between North and South Korea. North Korea gained advice and support from the Soviet Union and invaded South Korea. -
Stalin’s death; Khrushchev
Stalin's death led to a change in policy afected both education and science. -
Vietnam War
Conflict between the communist government of North Vietnam and its allies in South Vietnam against the government of South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. -
Warsaw Pact
teaty establishing a mutual-defense organization made by the Soviet Union -
Sputnik
The day the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik into space. -
Bay of Pigs
An abortive invasion of Cuba that was financed and directed by the U.S. government. -
Berlin Wall
Barrier that sorrounds the west Berlin and prevents access to it from east Berlin. It was built by the Soviet Union. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Major confrontation that brought the U.S and the Soviet Union close to war over the presence of nuclear missles in Cuba brought over by the Soveit Union. -
Gorbachev
He was the president of the Soviet Union in 1990–91. His efforts to democratize his country’s political system and decentralize its economy led to the downfall of communism and the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991. -
Soviet Union falls
A decline in economy and poorly execured plans led to the fall of the Soviet Union.
