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The battle at the Marco Polo Bridge was the beginning of the war between the Chinese and Japanese which then led to bombings of Shanghai and the Rape of Nanjing.
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Germany wished to invade Poland so that the Germans would have more living space for the "racially superior" and also for the Jews who would be enslaved.
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Great Britain defended air raids led by the German Air force and eventually won in September by the Royal Air Force preventing Germany from invading.
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Pact signed in Berlin by Germany, Italy, and Japan that created what we call the Axis Powers.
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President Roosevelt proposed this act that said the U.S. could aid any country whose defense was believed to be vital to them. This act was passed later that year in March.
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Also known as lightening war which consisted of tanks and planes along a narrow front, the Blitzkrieg against the Soviet Union almost succeded but USSR pulled a counteroffensive
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Beginning of the war, Germany invaded the Soviet Union and began encircling Leningrad and tried to take it but the Soviet's pushed through and pushed the Germans out.
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An air raid attack led by the Japanese that resulted in the United States entering the war.
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Fifteen Nazi bureaucrats gathered and agreed on moving all Jews to Poland in what are known as concentraion camps.
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An air and naval war in WWII where American planes that reduced the Japanese navy threat.
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When the U.S. invaded northern France by landing on the beaches in Normandy who wanted to liberate Europe from Nazi occupation.
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Conference of the Allied leaders Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin who were planning the final defeat of Nazi Germany.
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Islands under Japanese rule where the United States invaded trying to bring them under their control for military purposes.
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Hitler killed himself by a gunshot because he knew that they were defeated and so he did not want to take the consquences.
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Stands for Victory in Europe and this day announced the end of WW2 when Hitler and Germany were finally defeated.
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An Allied conference consisting of U.S. President Harry S. Truman, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin who discussed peaces settlements mainly dealinging with what to do with the defeated Germans.
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The U.S. bombed Japan because they refused to surrender even though Germany had been defeated and that they had little chance of winning. Eventually led to Japan surrendering.
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Japan finally surrendered to the Allies ending World War II became known as Victory over Japan Day.
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An international organization meant to maintain peace and security throughout the world and also to have friendly relations with countries.
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U.S. sent aid to Greece and Turkey who were threatened by the Soviets and then aided the Mediterranean countires when Great Britain could no longer afford to.
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A program by the United States intended to try to revitalize European countires economies so that democratic institutions could survive.
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Formed in Washington, D.C., with nations from the Atlantic for collective purposes and led to the making of the Warsaw Pact.
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Mao Zedong led the communist revolution, was leader of the Chinese Communist Party, and declared himself chairman of the People's Republic of China.
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A conflict between the Democratic Peopl's Republic of Korea (North) and the Republic of Korea (South) that brought in the United Nations when North Korea began invading South Korea.
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Stalin had not commited suicide like Hitler but instead suffered a cerebral hemorrhage.
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The military alliance of the communist nations and was organized in response to NATO.
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Military conflict between North Vietnam who was communist and aided by China and Soviet Union against South Vietnam who was aided by the U.S.
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Earth satellites that the Soviet Union launched beginning on this day.
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Invasion that was financed and led by the United States into Cuba of people who opposed Fidel Castro.
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A barrier that surrounded West Berlin and kept East Berlin or other parts of East Germany from entering.
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Soviet Union began entering Cuba to aid them with military and began placing missiles in Cuba. This incident almost brought the U.S. and USSR to war.
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After Chernenko died, Gorbachev became general security of Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) and his primary goal was to revitalize their economy.
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The main reason for the fall of the Soviet Union was because of all the radical reforms that Gorbachev had done during his reign.
