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The beginning of the second Sino-Japanese war
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German attack on Poland
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The Battle of Britian begins between the Germans and British
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Defensive alliance between Germany, Italy, and Japan (later included Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, and Slovakia).
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Policy created by the United States to lend food, oil, and other materials to France, Great Britian, the Sovies Union, and the Republic of China in return for land to build bases on during WWII
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Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor naval base in Hawaii
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High ranking officals in the Nazi party and German government officials met in Wannsee to discuss "The FInal Solution", which was a plan to kill all European Jews.
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Naval battle between the United States and Japan in the Pacific Ocean ends.
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German seige of Leningrad (St. Petersburg) ends after 2 years, 4 months, 2 weeks, and 5 days.
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160,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy to push the Nazis back.
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Battle on the island of Iwo Jima between the United States and Japan ends with an American victory
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Meeting between the leaders of the United States, Soviet Union, and Great Britian to discuss the reorganization of Europe after WWII.
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Adolf Hitler commits suicide in Berlin, Germany
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Holiday to celebrate the Allies acceptance of Germany's surrender in WWII
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Leaders of the United States of America, Great Britian, and the Soviet Union gathered in Potsdam, Germany to discuss the punishment of Germany after they lost the war
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An American bomber drops the world's first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan
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An American bomber drops a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan
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President Truman declares September 2nd to be VJ Day to celebrate the victory over Japan in WWII
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The United Nations was established to encourage internation cooperation.
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Doctirne that established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces.
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American initiavite which gave $13 billion USD to help the rebuilding of Europe after WWII.
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is created. Includes Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Portugal, Italy, Norway, Denmark, and Iceland.
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Mao Zedong proclaims himself chairman of the new People's Republic of China.
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Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin dies.
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War in which North Korea, China, and the Soviet Union fought South Korea and the United States ends after 3 years, 1 month, and 2 days.
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Nikita Krushchev becomes First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Soviet Union
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The Warsaw Pact was defense treaty between 8 communist states in Central and Eastern Europe.
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The world's first arifical sattelite is launched into space by the Soviet Union.
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Fidel Castro invades Cuba and overthrows General Fulgencio Batista.
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Naval blockade of Cuba by the United States begins after the Soviet Union installs missiles in Cuba.
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War between Communist North Vietnam, Soviet Union, and People's Republic of China and South Vietnam and the United States ends after 19 years, 5 months, 4 weeks, and 1 day. The war was fought in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos.
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Mikhail Gorbachev becomes the eighth, and last leader of the Soviet Union. He serves in office unitl December 25th 1991.
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Destruction of the Berlin Wall, which separated East and West Berlin since August 1961 begins. The wall is not completely destroyed until 2 years later.
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The Soviet Union, formed after the Russian Revolution in 1917 ends.
