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Gorbachev
A political leader in the Soviet Union who is trying to democraticize the Soviet union -
Japanese invation of China
After the Mukden incident Japan immediatly invaded Manchuria located in China -
Germany invades Poland
After signing the non-agression pact with the Soviet Union Germany invade Poland -
German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union
Germanys plan to have lightning war on the Soviet union -
Battle of Britian
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Tripartite pact
After seeing Germany's pact with Russia, Japan joined forces with Germany and Italy in a pact to be there for each other. -
Lend-Lease Act
This is when the U.S lended supplies and materials to Allied Forces during the war and later they were given land internationally -
Leningrad blockade
A long and devistating seige made by the German army on the soviet union -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Japan attacked Hawaii Pear Harbor inviting the united states into WW2 -
Wannsee Conference
A Nazi conferance to come up with a final solution to the Jewish question -
Battle of Midway
A naval war between Japan and the U.S in which the U.S totally destroyed the Japanese. -
D-Day
This is the day Allied forces sent the invation on western Europe -
Yalta Conference
A final Conferance held by the big three leaders of the Allied powers to finally defeat the Nazi's -
Iwo Jima/Okinawa
A fierce battle between the Marines and the Japanese solders and lasted about a month -
Hitler’s suicide
Hitler afer the Stress of knowing his doom in war commited suicide in his bunker with a pistol. -
VE Day
Also known as victory day in Europe -
Potsdam Conference
Did not make any peace treaties, but U.S president and Allied forces disscused the making of peace -
Atomic bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
This was a decition by the U.S to stop japan by bombing it with deadly nuclear bombs. -
VJ Day
This is when the japan announced it surruender and is also known as Victory over Japan day -
Formation of the U.N.
When many nations came together and made a pledge to peace -
Truman Doctrine
Was the United States saying that they are the police of democracy and any communist treats to any other countries the U.S will be there to fight. -
Marshall Plan
Was an American aid to europe to help unite the nations. -
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization is a mutual defence making organization. -
Mao Zedong &People’s Republic of China
Mao a Communist leader proclaimed the all new People’s Republic of China as the new system for china -
Korean War
War between south korea represented by the U.S and North korea by China came to civil war. -
Stalin’s death; Khrushchev
Stalin's death gave a rise to comunism and his death was caused -
Warsaw Pact
A pact made between origionally communist contries during the cold war. -
Vietnam War
The north communist vietnam vs the south non-communist vietnam with the U.S -
Sputnik
was luanched by the Soviet Union and was also the first one luanched by man -
Bay of Pigs
This was an invation on cuba in Bahía de Cochinos and it was done by the U.S -
Berlin Wall
A wall erected to seperate east and west germany -
Cuban Missile Crisis
When a plane flew over cuba and took pictures of ussr missles pointing at the U.S war almost broke out between The U.S and the USSR -
Soviet Union falls
Soviet President resigned and handed power to russian president.
