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Japan invades China
Although there were tensions between China and Japan before hand, this was the date of the first militarized conflict. -
Germany Invades Poland
This was the day that Hitler started the attack on Poland with ground and aerial bombardment ... and not that game from the Simpsons ... -
Battle of Britain (Luftschlacht um England)
This was the date of the first attack on London. Here Germany attempted to overtake Britain through a series of aerial attacks which failed miserably once Britain caught wind. -
Tripartite Pact
This was an agreement between Germany, Italy, and Japan that said that they would assist one another in war efforts with the understanding that Germany and Italy would rule Europe while Japan would rule over Greater East Asia. -
Lend-Lease Act
This was an act passed by Congress that allows the US to send weapons and ammunition to Allied countries. -
Leningrad Blockade
This was when German troops surrounded and locked down Leningrad. No people, information, or food in, no people, information, or food out. -
The Bombing of Pearl Harbor
This is the day that Japan sent hundreds of fighter pilots to attack the American naval base of Pearl Harbor. This killed many hundreds of soldiers and encouraged the US to join the war. -
Wannsee Conference
This was when Nazi leaders got together in order to figure out how they might rid themselves of the "Jewish Plague". -
The Battle of Midway
This was when the United States discovered a Japanese fleet out of position and eliminated. it down with military precision. -
German Blitzkrieg on the Soviet Union
This was the day that German troops were finally completely defeated after trying to conquer the UUSR in a matter of months. They were unprepared for the Russian Winter and ended up getting massacred by Mother Russia. -
D-Day
This is the day that hundreds of thousands of soldiers landed on Normandy in order to finish Germany -
The Yalta Conference
This event lasted a week during which Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin made decisions about how the war should be carried out and how they could end it. -
Iwo Jima/Okinawa
This was the United States' first attack on the Japanese coast. This was an amphibious battle containing both aquatic and terrestrial warfare. -
Adolf Hitler's Suicide
This is the day that Hitler realized he couldn't win the war and decided that taking his life was a more pleasureable alternative. -
Victory in Europe Day
This is the day that is celebrated as the defeat of the Nazi conquering machine called Germany. -
Postdam Conference
This was the first date that major allied leaders, Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill(who was later replaced), and Harry Truman, met in order to negotiate terms to end World War II -
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
This was the day that the united states sent bomber planes with atomic bombs to Japan. In an effort to end the war as quickly as possible, Nagasaki and Hiroshima were completely obliterated. -
V-J Day
This was the day that Japan surrendered unconditionally to the Aliies which is the beginning of the end of World War II -
United Nations
This was the date that the United Nations was founded. The UN was pretty much League of Nations v2.0 -
The Truman Doctrine
(This was the date of the first speech made to congress) The Truman Doctrine was a document that stated that the US will support all democratic nations against the threat of dictatorships. -
Marshall Plan
This was the day that George Marshall announced that the US would supplement the european economy with billions of dollars. -
NATO
This was when the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was established. This is an intermilitary alliance. -
Mao Zedong & The People's Republic of China
This was the day that Mao officially proclaims the Republic of China .... but is still the communist leader. -
Korean War
This was when North Korea sent 75,000 soldiers to the Republic of Korea. -
Stalin's Death/Khrushchev
This is the day the Krushchev asserted his dominance in Russia after the passing of Stalin, one of Russia's most influental people. -
Vietnam War
This was a war between communist north Vietnam and free south Vietnam. Due to assisting the form of government that the large countries agree upon, the US assisted the south while China assisted the North. -
Sputnik
This was the day that the Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite otherwise known as a space probe. This sent radio signals back to Earth that were able to be hear by radio operators. -
Bay of Pigs
When Cuban exiles attacked the Bay of Pigs in Cuba. -
Berlin Wall
This was when the Berlin Wall was constructed as a means to seperate the liberated western half of Germany from the communist right half. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
This was the beginning of the 13 day stand off where everyone in the United States anxiously awaited in suspense as nuclear missiles were aimed at the United States. -
Gorbachev
(I couldn't find the specific day) This was when Gorbachev became the leader of the Communist party BEFORE he began the Soviet Union's Age of Reconstruction. -
Fall of the Soviet Union
This was the day that the Soviet Union finally fell and was split apart into the many countries we know toady.
