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Poland was the first victim to fall to Hitler's Blitzkrieg tactics
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Japan invades China to expand its territory.
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After France surrendered to Germany, the German Luftwaffe conducted air raids on Britain.
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The formation of the Axis Ppowers: Germany, Italy and Japan.
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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.
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Although Germany signed the Soviet Non-Aggresion Pact with Russia, they broke the treaty and caught the Soviet offguard with their invasion.
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The German Army reached Leningrad and laid siege to the city. The siege failed and the Soviets were victorious.
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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.
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A secret conference in which Nazi officials agreed to exterminate the Jews.
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The most crucial battle in the Pacific. The US Navy dominated the battle against the Japanese and won.
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A huge Allied invasion. The objective was to secure the Normandy beaches as a staging point for Allied forces to storm Nazi-occupied France.
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The objective was to figure out a post-war plan for Europe after WW2 was over.
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Hitler committed suicide on this day.
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The day Germany surrendered to the Allies.
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A meeting between the UK, USSR and US to figure out how to punish Germany for their actions during the war.
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The atomic bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima forced the Japanese to surrender.
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The day Japan surrender to the Allies.
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The United Nations and its Universal Charter was created on this day.
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The doctrine stated that it would aid Europen countries in trouble in order to "contain" Soviet expansion and influence during the Cold War.
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This allowed America to give financial support to European countries.
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The US created NATO as a way to suppress Soviet incursions nito Western Europe.
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After driving out the Guomindong to Taiwan, Mao declared the creation of the People's Republic of China on this day.
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The war was fought by North and South Korea. The end result was the creation of the DMZ line at the 38th parallel line.
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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.
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These two islands were crucial to the US's "island-hopping" campaign.
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The USSR's version of NATO.
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The war lasted for 19 years and resulted in the Noth Vietnamese taking control all of Vietnam.
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It was the first satellite to be launched into space.
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The failed attempt by Cuban exiles to retake control of Cuba.
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The Soviets in East Germany started costruction of the wall on this day.
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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.
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He would be the first leader to call for the Soviet Union's dissolvation and the last Soviet leader for the USSR.
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The Soviet Union officially dissolved on this day.
