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Japan invated China for their supply of resources, and this initatived the second Sino-Japanese War. China received aid from the communists, Britan, France, and United States. germany also helped China for a short period of time before making a treaty with Japan.
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Hitler wants to regain Danzing corridor from Poland, which was taken away from Germany after World War I and given to Poland.This area gave Poland sea access. Germany invades Poland in hopes to regain Danzing corridor.
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After the fall of France, the German air force (Luftwaffe) conducted many air raids on Britian. British air force (Royal Air Force) ended up defeating the Gemans and prevented Britian from being invaded by Germany.
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This is th day where the Axis powers were formed: Germany, Italy, and Japan.
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The United States passed this Act after Britian could not afford to buy war tools. It let the Allies get war materials and pay in forms other thn cash.
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German invades Russia and uses Blitzkrieg techniques. Eventually, Germany faces defeat and this is known as the turning point in the world.
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Leningrad blockade is also known as Siege of Leningrad. Germany army invaded Leningrad (present day St.Petersburg) and created a blockade for 900 days. Many citizens died of starvation and disease.
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Due to the United States cracking Japan's secret code, the Japanese dropped a surprise bomb on Pearl Harbor, a United States' naval base. The bomb killed and wounded many Americans and damaged many ships. This surprise attack made the United States to declare war on Japan and their allies.
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Nazi officals met to discuss what should be done with the Jewish people. They abandoned the idea of sending all Jews to Madagascar and instead created labor camps.
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United States defated Japanesse naval forces with U.S. air crafts and it contributed to the end of Japanesse expansion into the Pacific.
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The Allies attacked the German army which were located on Normandy beaches. This invasion weakened Germany's "Atlantic Wall", which resulted in many people being liberated from the Nazi rule. At the end of this invasion, Northan France was liberated.
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United States' forces focus on the island Iwo Jima because they want to make it a U.S. fighter plane base. The invasion of Okinawa was known as the last step to taking over Kyushu.
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All three major Allies powers leaders ( Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin) met at Yalta and discussed the final defeat of Nazi Germany.
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Hitler consumes a cyanide pill then shoots himself in an air-raid shelter in Berlin.
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German surrenders and put their weapons down.
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Harry S. Truman, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin all met in Potsdam, a suburb of Berlin, and discussed what to do with Germany.
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Truman, United States' presdient, ordered an atomic bomb to be dropped on Japan in order to defeat Japan and save more lives of American soldiers. A bomb named "Little Boy" was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6th, and a bomb named "Fat Man" was dropped on Nagasaki on August 9th.
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This was the day Japan surrending to the Allies power was announced. This marked the end to World War II.
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United Nations came after the League of Nations failed to prevent World War II from occuring. 50 countries met in San Francisco to create the charter,and the charter was later ratified.
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United States' president Harry S. Truman ordered the United states to give ecomonic help to Greece and Turkey due to communist pressure.
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This was a program sponsored by the United States to help 17 European countries recover from the war. This plan had hopes of maintaining democratic states.
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This treaty was made in response to Soviet Union's communist treats. It was made so that North American presence in Europe could possibly stop communist expansion.
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Mao Zedong was the chairman of People’s Republic of China. People’s Republic of China had ties with the Soviet Union which made them have conflict with western powers.
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Nikita Khrushchev came into power after Stalins death on March 5, 1953. His rise to power eased tensions between the Soviet Union and United States.
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This war was fought between North and South Korea. The Soviet Union faught on North Korea's side, and the United Nations, especially United States, faught on South Korea's side. The war ended with Korea splitting up into North and South Korea.
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This was a treaty between Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania. This treaty allowed Soviet Union's military units to be taken care of in other territories involved with this treaty.
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This was a satellite launched by the Soviet Union which started the space age. Sputnik cirlcled the Earth every 96 minutes and remained in orbit till early 1958.
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This was an unsuccessful invasion in Cuba by Cuban exiles who were against Castro. This invasion was funded by the United States government and contributed to the start of the Cuban Mistle Crisis.
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The Berlin Wall was built to seperate East and West Berlin from 1961 to 1989.
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The Soviet Union were sending missile shipments to Cuba. The United States created a blockade to prevent morre missiles from arriving in Cuba. The missiles were a treat because eastern United States could easily get attacked.
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The United States faught along side with South Vietnam against North Vietnam. The cause of this war was North Vietnams desire to become communist.
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He became the first president of the Soviet Union and is known for his leadership to end The Cold War.
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Mikhail Gorbachev announced the break up of USSR in hopes theycould improve relationships with the United Nations, especially United States
