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Gorbachev
new superpower leader who arose and helped bring an end to the cold war -
Germany invades Poland
part of Hitler's plan to regain lost territory -
Battle of Britain
It was launched by the Germans and led by its air force Luftwaffe. They rained bombs on heavily populated metropolitan areas. -
Tripartite Pact
signed between italy, Germany, and Japan -
Lend-Lease Act
U.S. supplies other areas with material needed -
Japan's Invasion of China
leading cause of WWII; this is where it all began -
German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union
lightning war -
Germany takes Leningrad
part of Germany's plan for territorial expansion -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
The Japanese hoped to destroy American naval capacity in the Pacific with an attack at Pearl Harbor and to clear the way for the conquest of southeast Asia and the creation of a defensive Japanese perimeter that would thwart the Allies’ ability to strike at Japan’s homeland. Therefore, Japanese pilots took off from six aircraft carriers to attack Hawai’i -
Formation of the U.N.
The final version was hammered out by delegates from fifty nations at the United Nations Conference in San Francisco. It was dedicated to maintaining international peace and security and promoting friendly relations among world’s nations. -
Wannsee Conference
officials of Nazi Germany met up -
Battle of Midway
turning point in the Pacific for the U.S. -
Iwo Jima/Okinawa
the conquest of this land and the fall of Saipan brought the Japanese homeland within easy reach of U.S. strategic bombers -
D-Day
invasion of Normandy, France -
Yalta Conference
This is where all sides agreed to “the earliest possible establishment through free elections of governments responsive to the will of the people.” -
Hitler’s suicide
occured right before Germany surrendered -
VE Day
marked the end of World War II in Europe -
Potsdam Conference
took place in a suburb and was the last wartime summit conference of the Allies -
Atomic bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
event that led to the surrender of Japan -
VJ Day
celebration of victory over Japan -
Truman Doctrine
the new U.S. perception of a world divided between free and enslaved peoples; starkly drew the battle lines of the cold war -
Marshall Plan
U.S. aided int the rebuilding of Europe -
NATO
states mutual defense in response to attack -
Zedong and People’s Republic of China
brought to an end the long period of imperialist intrusion in China and spawned a close relationship between the world’s largest and most powerful socialist states -
Korean War
U.S. and Soviet Union have conflict and this is where the 38th parallel is made -
Vietnam War
North Vietnam (Soviet Union) vs. South Vietnam (United States) -
Warsaw Pact
made in response to the United States' NATO -
Stalin’s death; Khrushchev
took control of Soviet Union after Stalin's death -
Sputnik
Soviet launching into space of the first satellite -
Bay of Pigs
U.S. Defeat during Cold War in Cuba -
Berlin Wall
Easy Germany (Soviet Union) and West Germany (U.S.) are split apart by a wall -
Cuban Missile Crisis
event that almost led to a nuclear weapon war between Soviet Union and the United States -
Soviet Union falls
increasing political unrest led to the division of the Soviet Union
