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The events that happened during WWII through the Cold War.
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Japanese Imperialists wished to conquer China for its resources and labor. China had assistance from the Soviet Union.
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Germany ignites the second World War. German forces invaded Poland from the north, south, and west.
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German Luftwaffes began to combat British airplanes in Britain. The Germans began to drop bombs in the cities causing major loss of civillians.
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Germany, Japan, and Italy become allies.
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Allowed the President to sell, lease, or lend military hardware to any country he wanted as vital to American national security.
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Germany launched a blitzkreig on the Soviet Union, however was completely defeted.
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German troops tried to take over Leningrad(St. Petersburg). This was a long and devastating seige.
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Imperial Japanese Navy airplanes terrorized Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Mainly focused attack on US weapons and carriers.
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High standing German officials got together to determine what they were going to the Jews.
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Japanese forces attacked the United States Navy however were unsuccessful because the US countered the attack.
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Normandy France, Allied forces took over the German forces in victory.
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United States, Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom attended this conference to decide how to govern Europe after the war.
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Two small islands in southern Japan. US invaded these islands as part of winning the was against Japan.
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On this date Hitler along with his wife Eva committed suicide in his bunker. The method however is still undetermined.
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Victory in Europe. The axis forces surrendered to the allies.
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Held at Cecilienhof. US, Britain, and the Soviet Union negotiated terms of WWII.
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The US dropped two atomic bombs on two cities of Japan. This devastated Japan and was one of the main causes for them to drop out of the war.
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American victory over Japan.
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A replacement for the League of Nations. Was created to prevent any future conflict from occuring between nations(another WW).
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President Harry S. Truman established that the United States would provide assistance to all democratic nations under threat from other nations.
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US offered to aid European countries after WWII to prevent communism from spreading.
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Was made to prevent Soviet Union expansion. Incouraged European political integration.
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Mao Zedong led the communist party to victory in the Chinese civil war.
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Conflict arose when Soviet backed North Korea and democratic South Korea fought for Korea.
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After Stalin's death, Khrushchev became Chairman of the Council of Ministers. He was responsible for backtracking the Soviet Union from the space race.
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A defense organization that puts the Soviet Union in command of the armed forces of the member states.
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Communist parties were trying to unify Vietnam. United States fought for democracy in Vietnam.
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Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satilite. Gave US advantage in the space race.
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Fidel Castro starts revolution in Cuba. He attacks US companies and industries in Cuba.
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Completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin.
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The closest point the US and the Soviet Union came to a war during the Cold War.
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He was the seventh and last undisputed leader of the Soviet Union. He lost his leadership on this date.
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The Soviet Union decides to break apart. Divided into fifteen different countries.
