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China was weak, as it was a divided nation. Japan took advantage of these weaknesses in order to gain the natural resources that could be found in China
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Hitler was trying to regain lost land from Poland and attacked Poland with bombs by land and air. This was the beginning of WWII.
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German and British airforces fought, ended when Germany’s Luftwaffe could not dominate over the British Royal Air Force.
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Signed in Berlin and was what formed the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan)
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A way for the US to aid, through arms or other defenses, to any government vital to the US.
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Lightning War. Failed attack on the Soviet Union by Germany.
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Germans bomb Leningrad,killing more than 1,000 Russians.
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Japanese fighter planes attacked the US naval base Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. The next day, the US declared war on Japan.
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Post-war peacekeeping organization including 26 countries.
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Nazi officials met to determine how to deal with the Jews.
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US destroyed two Japanese aircraft carriers.
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The day the battle of Normandy began.
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Britain, Soviet Union, and US decided to demand Germany's unconditional surrendeer.
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Island near Japan captured by the US.
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Battle that caused many casualties. Defending air bases vital to the US invasion of Japan.
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As Nazi Germany fell, Hitler was in an underground bunker where he consumed cyanide and shot himself.
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Great Britain and US celebrate the defeat of the Nazis.
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Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, and Harry Truman met in Germany to discuss terms for the end of WWII
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The majority of the war was winding down, but Japan refused to surrender. The USA dropped the atomic bombs on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
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With no surrender from Japan still, the US dropped another bomb on Japan, this time on Nagasaki
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Japan finally surrendered unconditionally, ending WWII
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US President Harry Truman strayed from the typical US foreign policy of staying out of it and stated that the US would provide political, economic, and military assistance to any democratic nation threatened by authoritarian forces.
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European Recovery Plan, succesfully retored European economic recovery.
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The US and 11 others formed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Used to prevent futureagression against Western Europe.
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Naming himself head of state, Mao Zedong declared the People's Republic of China, making China officially communist.
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Northern half of Korea, supprted by the soviet union fought agauinst the southern half of Korea which was supported by the weat.
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Leader of the Soviet Union since 1924 died in Moscow.
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Viet Cong vs South Vietnam and US over communism in Vietnam.
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Soviet Union, Albania, Poland, Romania, Hungary, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Bulgaria would come to one another's aid if they were to be attacked.
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Soviet Union successfully launched a satellite into space.
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Led the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War from 1958 to 1964.
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Cuban refugees landed in Cuba and attempted to overthrow Fidel Castro. They failed.
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Permanently closed off Eat Berlin from Wet Berlin.
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Military standoff between Soviet Union and US over nuclear weapons in Cuba.
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Became secretary of the Soviet communist party. His plan swept all over.
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11 days prior, Soviet republics stated that they would no longer be a part of the Soviet Union.
