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Better known as the Sino-Japanese War, Japan demolished the Chinese forces. The Japanese were not only more prepared but more brutal.
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The pact lays out the mutual war assistance between the Axis powers. They would be Germany, Italy and Japan.
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Even though Hilter signed a nonaggression pact with Poland, to try and avoid the French influence there, Germany still invaded. Germans won the war within weeks.
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Great Britain beat the German air forces. This victory blocked many possible advances that the German could have made.
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This act authorized the U.S. president to send military assistance to any cuntry he sees as in vital need of help.
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This tactict had defeated almost every opponent in its way, however it failed when it came to the Soviet Union.
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Also called the 900-day seige. Germany barely won the battle againgst Leningrad.
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A surprise attack planned by the Japanese on the U.S. naval basse in Hawaii. The bombs were dropped by 360 Japanese plains.
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26 nations were represented in Washington D.C. for the signing of the Declaration of the United Nations. They pledged to use all of their resources against the Axis powers.
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This conference was held for the leading officals of the Nazi party. It was the turning point towards the views of Jews.
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The American aircraftes destroyed the Japanese naval forces after Pearl Harbor.
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The Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, France.
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A conference attended by the leaders of the U.S., Great Britain and the Soviet Union to plan the final attack against Nazi Germany.
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Japanese islands captured by the U.S. military forces. These islands put the U.S. within range of an American bomber, which led to the over taking of Japan.
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Fifty five feet under ground in his bunker, he killed himself along with his wife and dog.
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The day in which the Allied powers over came Germany for the victory.
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A conference in Potsdam, Belgium held by the Allied powers of World War II, attened by Truman from the U.S., Churchill from Geart Britain and Stlain from the Soviet Union. Procedures of peace in Eurpoe were discussed but no treaties were created.
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The U,S. dropped the only bombs to have ever been used in wartime on the two Japanese cities.
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The announcement of Japan's total surrender to the Allied powers, ending War World II.
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President Harry Truman announced that the U.S. would be providing military and economic aid to Greece, which was being threatened by the Soviet Union.
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The plan saying that the U.S. would aid the European countries economically.
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An organization of 12 nations all against agression.
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Mao Zedong announces the new government of People’s Republic of China.
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A war between the United Nations and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. It all started when North Korea invaded South Korea.
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Stalin had a cerebral hemorrhage and died at the age of 73.
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The southern communists backed by the north communists fought to over throw South Korea's current government.
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In response to NATO, the pact was made up of communistic Eurpean countries.
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The Soviet Union released a series of 10 satellites. Sputnik 1 was the first satellite launched by man.
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The invasion of 1,500 Cuban exiles into Cuba on the Bay of Pigs, orchestrated by the U.S..
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Built by the Germans, the wall was meant to sever ties between east and west Berlin.
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The Soviet Union was building nuclear missles on the island of Cuban in an attemp to weaken the U.S. forces.
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As the General Secretary of the Central Committe of the Soviet Union, he gave the citizens the right to voice their oppinions. He also ended the Arms Race between the U.S. and Soviet Union.
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A big part of the down fall of the Soviet Union was the many reforms by Gorbachev.
