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Japan's invasion of China
The Japanese claimed that they were fired on by members of the Chinese army, they then used this excuse to launch a full scale invasion of China. -
Germany Invades Poland
German units with more than 2,000 tanks and over 1,000 planes broke through Polish defenses along the border and advanced on Warsaw in a massive attack -
Lend-Lease Act
Means for providing U.S. military aid for foriegn countries during WWII -
Battle of Britian
German and British air forces clashed in the fall and summer of 1940. -
Tripartitie Pact
Germany, Italy, and Japan become allies with the signing of the Tripartite Pact in Berlin -
German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union
Germany swifly overran Europe using a war tactic called Blitzkrieg, which means lightning war. -
Germany takes Leningrad
On September 29, 1941, the violoent seige of Leningrad began. Over the course of this bloody seige, around 632,000 people died. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
On this Day, the Japanese attacked American troops at Pearl Harbor in Hawii. -
Wannsee Conference
Hitler laid out the plans for "the final soulution", which was Hitler's plan to exterminate all Jews from Germany. -
Battle of Midway
Represents the high water mark of Japan's Pacific Ocean War. -
Mao Zedong and people's republic of China
Naming himself head of state, Mao Zedong proclaims the existence of the People's republic of China -
D Day
About 156,000 American, British, and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily protected coast of France's Normandy region. -
Iwo Jima/Okinawa
The United States army fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima -
Yalta Conference
FDR, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin, made decisions about the future progress of the war and the post war world -
Hitler's Suicide
On this day, Adolf Hitler consumed a cyanide capsule, then shot himself with a pistol -
V-E Day
The day celebrated on May 81945, the marked Germany's surrender of its armed forces -
Postdam Conference
Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, and Harry Truman met in Potsdam Germany to negotiate terms for the end of WWII -
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
These bombings were conducted by the U.S. during the final stages of WWII, this was the first time an atomic weapon was ever used -
VJ Day
On this day, Japan surrendered to the Allies, ending WWII -
Formation of the United Nations
The United Nations (UN) was formed to maintan peace after the war -
Truman Doctrine
President Truman decided that the US would provide political, military, and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from either internal or external forces. -
Marshall Plan
A plan intended to help rebuild the economies of western Europe -
NATO
An intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty -
Korean War
In the eyes of American officials, the Korean War was a war aginst communism itself, and that is why the US had to enter the war on South Korea's behalf -
Stalin's Death
Joseph Stalin suffers from a cerebral hemorrhage and dies at age 73 -
Khrushchev
He was the first secretary of the communist party of the Soviet Union -
Vietnam War
This war pitted North Vietnam against the United States, Viet Cong, and South Vietnam -
Warsaw Pact
The Soviet Union and seven of its European satellites establish a mutual defense organization that put the Soviets in command of the armed forces of the member states -
Sputnik
Sputnik was the first artificial Earth satellite -
Bay of Pigs
On this day, Cuban exiles launched an unsuccessful invasion on the Bay of Pigs -
Berlin Wall
The East German government put up the Berlin Wall to prevent its citizens from fleeing to the west -
Cuban Missle Crisis
A 13 day political and military standoff over Soviets sending missles into on Cuba -
Gorbachev
Gorbachev initiated many events that marked the beginning of the end of the cold war. -
Soviet Union Falls
A few days before Christmas Day, representatives from 11 different Soviet republics met in Alma-Ata and announced that that they would no longer be a part of the Soviet Union. -
Nailah's Birthday!!!
I legend was born.
