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Gorbachev
Was the Soviet Union ruler after 1985. He renewed attacks on Stalinism, and urged reduction in nuclear armament. He proclaimed policies of glasnost and perestroika. -
Japan's Invasion of China
Japan invaded China because Japan was eager to take China's resources. -
Germany Invades Poland
Germany invaded Poland which broke the non-agression pact so Britain and France declared war on Germany. -
Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain was a air campaign waged between the Luftwaffe and United Kingdom. -
Tripartite Pact
Treaty that made Germany, Italy, and Japan allies. -
Lend-Lease Act
Congress passed the Lend-Lease Act which the legislation gave President Franklin D. Roosevelt the powers to sell, transfer, exchange, lend equipment to any country to help it defend itself against the Axis powers. -
Leningrad Blockade
Nazi Germany and its Axis partners invade Soviet Union. The Germans overrun the Baltic States, joined by the Fins, and lay seige to Leningrad. -
German Blitzkrieg On Soviet Union
German unsuccessfully launches aBlitzkrieg on the Soviet Union, which makes this the turning point in the war. -
Pearl Harbor Bombing
Japan attacked the U.S because they didnt want the U.S to attack them so that they could keep taking over Southeastern Asian countries. Also to weaken the U.S and take over the Pacific. -
Formation of the United Nations
Declaration of the United Nations signed by 26 Allied nations. The aim of the U.N was cooperation between international law, international security, social progress, human rights, and world peace. Founded after WWII to replace League of Nations and stop world wars. -
Wannsee Conference
A meeting for which the "final solution" and concentration camps were used. -
Battle of Midway
Japanese had planned to capture a strategic island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, home to an American military base. Japs wanted to lure the Americans into a battle they were sure to lose. The Americans broke their code, so they planned a defense and the Americans beat the Japanese. -
D-Day
American, British, and Canadian forces land on 5 beach's along the coast of Normandy, it was one of the largest water battles in history. Prior to D-day the Allies tried to mislead the Germans in where they would originally land. The allies ended up defeating the Germans. -
Yalta Conference
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill meet , and Russia agrees to declare war on Japan after the surrender of Germany, and in return FDR and Chruchill promised the USSR concession of all the territories it had lost in the Ruso-Japanese war. -
Iwo Jima/ Okinawa
Iwo Jima and Okinawa were on of the most difficult battles and the capture of it greatly increased the air support and bombing operations. -
Hitler's Suicide
Killed himself with a cyanide capsule capsule and gunshot. His wife Ava just used a capsule. -
VE Day
Nazi surrenders, which ends in European victory. -
Potsdam Conference
Meeting between Stalin, Churchill, and Truman to discuss how each side would take reparations from its own occupation zone. They also divided up Germany,and created Council of Foreign Ministers, and marked the end of wartime alliance. -
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The U.S drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and 3 days later on Nagasaki. U.S wanted the Japanese to surrender during the Potsdam Decleration, but Japan ignored this or wasn't given enough time to reply so President Truman was forced to give the orderes to drop the bomb. -
VJ Day
Surrender of Japan ending WWII. -
Truman Doctrine
President Truman established that the U.S would provide any help to democratic nations that need it. -
Marshall Plan
President Truman signed the Economic Recovery Act, which states the the U.S provide economic assistance to restore the infrastruct of Europe. -
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty was signed in Washington, D.C.
NATO was set up as a defence alliance to protect the west from the threat of communism. -
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong named himself head of the state and proclaims the exsistence of People's Republic of China. -
Korean War
The Korean war was when North Korean soldiers crossed the 38th parallel line, this was the first act of the cold war. The U.S joined the war on behalf of South Korea. Neither side won the battle but both sides suffered many casualties. -
Stalin's Death
After Stalin passes Krushchev rises to power. -
Warsaw Pact
A political and military alliance between the Soviet Union and Eastern European nations, this was in response to NATO. -
Vietnam War
The North Vietnamese government and the Viet Cong were fighting to reunify Vietnam under communist rule. They viewed the conflict as a colonial war, fought initially against forces from France and then America, and later against South Vietnam. -
Sputnik
This was Earth's first artificial statellite. The Soviet Union launched it into orbit. -
Bay of Pigs
Unsuccessful invasion of Cuba . -
Cuban Missle Crisis
The Crisis was a 13-day confrontation between the U.S and the Soviet Union over the Soviet ballistic missles deployed in Cuba. -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin wall was the dividing line between free and communist Berlin. -
Soviet Union Falls
The fall of the Soviet Union happens because of growing protests against repression, and increased concern about the limits of the Soviet Economic system.
