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new superpower leader who arose and helped bring an end to the cold war
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part of Hitler's plan to regain lost territory
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It was launched by the Germans and led by its air force Luftwaffe. They rained bombs on heavily populated metropolitan areas.
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signed between italy, Germany, and Japan
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U.S. supplies other areas with material needed
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leading cause of WWII; this is where it all began
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lightning war
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part of Germany's plan for territorial expansion
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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
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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.
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officials of Nazi Germany met up
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turning point in the Pacific for the U.S.
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the conquest of this land and the fall of Saipan brought the Japanese homeland within easy reach of U.S. strategic bombers
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invasion of Normandy, France
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This is where all sides agreed to “the earliest possible establishment through free elections of governments responsive to the will of the people.”
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occured right before Germany surrendered
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marked the end of World War II in Europe
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took place in a suburb and was the last wartime summit conference of the Allies
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event that led to the surrender of Japan
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celebration of victory over Japan
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the new U.S. perception of a world divided between free and enslaved peoples; starkly drew the battle lines of the cold war
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U.S. aided int the rebuilding of Europe
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states mutual defense in response to attack
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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
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U.S. and Soviet Union have conflict and this is where the 38th parallel is made
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North Vietnam (Soviet Union) vs. South Vietnam (United States)
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made in response to the United States' NATO
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took control of Soviet Union after Stalin's death
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Soviet launching into space of the first satellite
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U.S. Defeat during Cold War in Cuba
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Easy Germany (Soviet Union) and West Germany (U.S.) are split apart by a wall
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event that almost led to a nuclear weapon war between Soviet Union and the United States
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increasing political unrest led to the division of the Soviet Union
