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Japan's Invasion of China
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 -
Germany Invades Poland
Hitler was trying to regain lost land from Poland and attacked Poland with bombs by land and air. This was the beginning of WWII. -
Battle of Britain
German and British airforces fought, ended when Germany’s Luftwaffe could not dominate over the British Royal Air Force. -
Tripartite Pact
Signed in Berlin and was what formed the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) -
Lend-Lease Act
A way for the US to aid, through arms or other defenses, to any government vital to the US. -
German Blitzkreig on Soviet Union
Lightning War. Failed attack on the Soviet Union by Germany. -
Germany takes Leningrad
Germans bomb Leningrad,killing more than 1,000 Russians. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Japanese fighter planes attacked the US naval base Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. The next day, the US declared war on Japan. -
Formation of the UN
Post-war peacekeeping organization including 26 countries. -
Wannsee Conference
Nazi officials met to determine how to deal with the Jews. -
Battle of Midway
US destroyed two Japanese aircraft carriers. -
D-Day
The day the battle of Normandy began. -
Yalta Conference
Britain, Soviet Union, and US decided to demand Germany's unconditional surrendeer. -
Iwo Jima
Island near Japan captured by the US. -
Okinawa
Battle that caused many casualties. Defending air bases vital to the US invasion of Japan. -
Hitler's Suicide
As Nazi Germany fell, Hitler was in an underground bunker where he consumed cyanide and shot himself. -
VE Day
Great Britain and US celebrate the defeat of the Nazis. -
Potsdam Conference
Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, and Harry Truman met in Germany to discuss terms for the end of WWII -
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
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. -
Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki
With no surrender from Japan still, the US dropped another bomb on Japan, this time on Nagasaki -
VJ Day
Japan finally surrendered unconditionally, ending WWII -
Truman Doctrine
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. -
Marshall Plan
European Recovery Plan, succesfully retored European economic recovery. -
NATO
The US and 11 others formed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Used to prevent futureagression against Western Europe. -
Mao Zedong and People's Republic of China
Naming himself head of state, Mao Zedong declared the People's Republic of China, making China officially communist. -
Korean War
Northern half of Korea, supprted by the soviet union fought agauinst the southern half of Korea which was supported by the weat. -
Stalin's Death
Leader of the Soviet Union since 1924 died in Moscow. -
Vietnam War
Viet Cong vs South Vietnam and US over communism in Vietnam. -
Warsaw Pact
Soviet Union, Albania, Poland, Romania, Hungary, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Bulgaria would come to one another's aid if they were to be attacked. -
Sputnik
Soviet Union successfully launched a satellite into space. -
Khrushchev
Led the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War from 1958 to 1964. -
Bay of Pigs
Cuban refugees landed in Cuba and attempted to overthrow Fidel Castro. They failed. -
Berlin Wall
Permanently closed off Eat Berlin from Wet Berlin. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Military standoff between Soviet Union and US over nuclear weapons in Cuba. -
Gorbachev
Became secretary of the Soviet communist party. His plan swept all over. -
Soviet Union Falls
11 days prior, Soviet republics stated that they would no longer be a part of the Soviet Union.
