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japan invades manchuria
The Japanese invasion of Manchuria began on 18 September 1931, when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident. At war’s end in February of 1932, the Japanese established the puppet state of Manchukuo. -
munich pact
The Munich Agreement or Munich Betrayal was an agreement concluded at Munich on 30 September 1938, by Nazi Germany, the United Kingdom, the French Third Republic, and the Kingdom of Italy. It provided "cession to Germany of the Sudeten German territory" of Czechoslovakia. Wikipedia -
Kristallnacht
Nazis in Germany torched synagogues, vandalized Jewish homes, schools and businesses and killed close to 100 Jews. -
Neutrality act of 1939
the Neutrality acts were to prevent U.S. involvement in the war and to maintain isolationism. these acts prohibited the sales of arms and lending of money to any country involved in military action. -
Germany invades Poland
by Germany invading Poland, which led to France and Britain declaring war on Germany. FDR's attempts to change American policy from isolationism to international involvement led to evolving more involved policies as in cash and carry , Destroyers for base deal and lend lease. -
Lend-Lease Act
congress authorized Roosevelt to sell, transfer title to exchange, lease, lend, or otherwise. -
Exec Order 8022
this prohibited ethnic or racial discrimination in the nations defense industry. -
Alantic Charter
these were goals that the American and Britain used after the war . -
Attack on pearl harbor
the attack on pearl harbor was a surprise military attack imperial by the Japanese air service causing the U.S. to join the war . -
Exec order 9066
The document ordered the removal of resident enemy aliens from parts of the West vaguely identified as military areas. -
Operation Torch
this was an allied invasion of french north africa during the second world war The French colonies in the area were dominated by the French, formally aligned with Germany but of mixed loyalties. Reports indicated that they might support the Allies. -
Koremastu Vs United States
this is the case in which the court held the Japanese American from the west coast military area during world war 2 -
D-Day (Invasion Of Normandy)
the allied forces of Britain, America, Canada, and France attacked Germany forces on the coast of Normandy. the allies attacked and became the turning point for world war 2 in europe -
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that took place on 4–7 June 1942, six months after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea. -
Yalta conference
meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe. -
bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
The United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively. -
United nations is created
The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945 after the Second World War by 51 countries committed to maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations, and promoting social progress, better living standards, and human rights. -
Nuremburg
The Nuremberg trials were a series of military tribunals held after World War II by the Allied forces under international law and the laws of war -
Truman doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was an American foreign policy whose stated purpose was to contain Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War. It was announced to Congress by President Harry S. -
Marshall Plan
was a U.S. program providing aid to Western Europe following the devastation of World War II. It was enacted in 1948 and provided more than $15 billion to help finance rebuilding efforts on the continent. -
Isareal is established
David Ben-Gurion, the head of the Jewish Agency, proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel. U.S. President Harry S. Truman recognized the new nation on the same day. -
Berlin Aircraft
The United States and United Kingdom responded by airlifting food and fuel to Berlin from Allied airbases in western Germany. -
U.S. establises nato
The Senate ratified the treaty on 21 July 1949 by a vote of 83-13. On 25 July 1949, President Truman and Secretary Acheson signed the Instrument of Accession, making the United States a founding member of NATO. -
Soviet Union test atomic bombs
the Soviet Union conducted its first nuclear test, code-named 'RDS-1', at the Semipalatinsk test site in modern-day Kazakhstan. The device had a yield of 22 kilotons. The Soviet device was therefore also a plutonium-based implosion device -
Korean Conflict
The Korean War was a war between North Korea and South Korea. The war began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea following clashes along the border and insurrections in the south. -
Eisenhower Doctrine
The Eisenhower Doctrine was a policy enunciated by Dwight D. ... Under the Eisenhower Doctrine, a Middle Eastern country could request American economic assistance or aid from U.S. military forces if it was being threatened by armed aggression. -
Soviet Union launches Sputnick
the Soviet Union launched the earth's first artificial satellite, Sputnik I. The successful launch came as a shock to experts and citizens in the United States, who had hoped that the United States would accomplish this scientific advancement first. -
national defense education act
The National Defense Education Act (NDEA) was passed in 1958 in response to Soviet acceleration of the space race with the launch of the satellite Sputnik. -
Rise of the berlin wall
e German Democratic Republic (GDR, or East Germany) began to build a barbed wire and concrete “Antifascistischer Schutzwall,” or “antifascist bulwark,” between East and West Berlin -
soviet Invasion on Afghanistan
The Soviet–Afghan War was a conflict wherein insurgent groups, as well as smaller Maoist groups, fought a nine-year guerrilla war against the Soviet Army and the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan government throughout the 1980s, mostly in the Afghan countryside. -
Fall of the berlin wall
t was on 9 November 1989, five days after half a million people gathered in East Berlin in a mass protest, that the Berlin Wall dividing communist East Germany from West Germany crumbled. East German leaders had tried to calm mounting protests by loosening the borders, making travel easier for East Germans.