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Germany invades Poland
Poland was the first victim to fall to Hitler's Blitzkrieg tactics -
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1939
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Japanese invasion of China
Japan invades China to expand its territory. -
Battle of Britain
After France surrendered to Germany, the German Luftwaffe conducted air raids on Britain. -
Triparite Pact
The formation of the Axis Ppowers: Germany, Italy and Japan. -
Lend-Lease Act
This act allowed the US to supply the Allies with weapons and other neccesities. In return, the Allied Powers had to pay the US for "loaning" them supplies. -
German Blitzkreig of Russia
Although Germany signed the Soviet Non-Aggresion Pact with Russia, they broke the treaty and caught the Soviet offguard with their invasion. -
Leningrad Blockade
The German Army reached Leningrad and laid siege to the city. The siege failed and the Soviets were victorious. -
Bombing Pearl Harbor
The Japanese launched a surpise attack on the US navy stationed on the island. Afterwards, Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt used Pearl Harbor as a prerogative for the US to enter the war. -
Wannsee Conference
A secret conference in which Nazi officials agreed to exterminate the Jews. -
Batttle of Midway
The most crucial battle in the Pacific. The US Navy dominated the battle against the Japanese and won. -
D-Day
A huge Allied invasion. The objective was to secure the Normandy beaches as a staging point for Allied forces to storm Nazi-occupied France. -
Yalta Conference
The objective was to figure out a post-war plan for Europe after WW2 was over. -
Hitler's Suicide
Hitler committed suicide on this day. -
VE Day
The day Germany surrendered to the Allies. -
Potsdam Conference
A meeting between the UK, USSR and US to figure out how to punish Germany for their actions during the war. -
Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima
The atomic bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima forced the Japanese to surrender. -
VJ Day
The day Japan surrender to the Allies. -
Formation of the UN
The United Nations and its Universal Charter was created on this day. -
Truman Doctrine
The doctrine stated that it would aid Europen countries in trouble in order to "contain" Soviet expansion and influence during the Cold War. -
Marshall Plan
This allowed America to give financial support to European countries. -
NATO
The US created NATO as a way to suppress Soviet incursions nito Western Europe. -
Mao Zedong and the People's Republic of China
After driving out the Guomindong to Taiwan, Mao declared the creation of the People's Republic of China on this day. -
Korean War
The war was fought by North and South Korea. The end result was the creation of the DMZ line at the 38th parallel line. -
Stalin's Death, Khrushchev's Rise
After Stalin died, there was competition between the Soviet officials on who should succed Stalin. In the end, Khrushchev won and became the USSR's next leader. -
Iwo Jima/Okinawa
These two islands were crucial to the US's "island-hopping" campaign. -
Warsaw Pact
The USSR's version of NATO. -
Vietnam War
The war lasted for 19 years and resulted in the Noth Vietnamese taking control all of Vietnam. -
Sputnik
It was the first satellite to be launched into space. -
Bay of Pigs
The failed attempt by Cuban exiles to retake control of Cuba. -
The Berlin Wall
The Soviets in East Germany started costruction of the wall on this day. -
Cuban Missile Crsis
This event occured when US planes spotted missile launchers on Cuba. As the event escalated, people were frightened that a nuclear war would ensue if Cuba launched the missiles. In the end, the crisis was averted. -
Gorbachev
He would be the first leader to call for the Soviet Union's dissolvation and the last Soviet leader for the USSR. -
Fall of the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union officially dissolved on this day.
