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Japan, eager for the natural resources in China, invaded and occupied Manchuria. Using their Manchurian base, Japan went on to take control of all of North China.
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On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. The Polish army was defeated within weeks of the invasion. German units attacked with more than 2,000 tanks and 1,000 planes and broke through Polish defenses near the border. Warsaw surrendered to Germany on September 27, 1939.
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Attack on Britain by the German Air force, the Luftwaffe, that desroyed much of London but was unsuccessful at taking breaking British moral.
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The Axis powers were formed when Germany, Italy, and Japan become allies with the signing of the Tripartite Pact in Berlin. This Pact provided assistance if any of the members suffered an attack by any nation not already involved in the war.
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U.S Act created to provide supplies to allied countries during the war.
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Americasn forces stormed Normandy Beach and took control of the French coastline from the Nazi's
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Nazi blckade of modern day St. Petersburg, then a center of industrial output for russia
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Japanese fighter planes attacked the American navay base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii.President Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on Japan the next morning.
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Group that was set up between 51 nations in an effort to ensure peace in future years
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Meeting of senior officials of Nazi Germany, held in the Berlin concering plans for Jews of German-occupied Europe to be deported to Poland and exterminated.
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The most important naval battle of World War II. U.S carriers fended off a Japanese ambush and renderd their Navy useless
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Hitler's planned "lightning war" against the Soviet Union that failed.
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Founder of Communism and of The People's Republic of China
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Meeting held in Yalta amongst the big three for the purpose of discussing Europe's post-war plans
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Two small islands that the U.S captured in order to invade Japan
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After realizing the war is lost, Hitler and his wife kill themselves.
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Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender marked the end of World War II in Europe.
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A meeting in Potsdam, Germany, near Berlin, where the "Big Three" leaders met during the last days of World War II. President Truman, Stalin, and Prime Minister Churchill and Atlee discussed post-war arrangements in Europe.
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An American B-29 bomber dropped the first atomic bomb over Hiroshima, Japan. The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and instantly killed 80,000 people leading to an end to the Great War.
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The name givent to the day that Japan surrendured, Ending WWII.
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President Truman's speech that stated the U.S. would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to prevent them from being taken over by communism.
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Plan enacted to provide recovery aid to Europe after the war
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization- member states agree to defend in response to an attack by any external party.
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The result of the division of Korea by an agreement of the Allies at the end of World War II.
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Joseph stalin, leader of the U.S.S.R dies Nikita Khrushchevtake control.
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The treaty formed amongst eight communist states of Central and Eastern Europe during the Cold War.
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War based of the spread of communism.
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Russian made satellite that beat the U.S by sending the first satellite into space and led to the begining of the Space Race.
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A failed military invasion of Cuba by the CIA in an effort to overthrow Fidel Castro
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wall created to divide Eastern communist Germany from western Germany.
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nuclear stand-off between U.S and the Soviet Union backed communist Cuba.
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Last undisputed leader the Soviet Union
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the dissolution of the Soviet Union was finalized as russia signed over independence of the twelve republics of the Soviet Union.
