WWII to Cold War by Vince jovannie Guerra

Dunkirk, France

vg3719 — 2024-11-19 17:23:22 UTC

300-400 thousand French and British troops are evacuated after being defeated by the German army in May 1940

Poland

vg3719 — 2024-11-19 17:27:20 UTC

Germany invades Poland on September 1st 1939

Paris, France

vg3719 — 2024-11-19 17:30:58 UTC

On June 14, France requested an armistice with Germany, and the Germans had put the swastika flag on the eiffel tower.

Maison des Canadiens - Canada House (Partie gauche/left), Promenade des Français, Bernières-sur-Mer, France

vg3719 — 2024-11-21 17:27:48 UTC

It is an important landmark, as it was the first house liberated by Germany. This happened on what is now known as D-Day (June 6, 1944).

Stalingrad, Russia

vg3719 — 2024-11-28 17:06:16 UTC

100,000 German soldiers had fallen (froze to death, starved or killed), even before they surrender of the Sixth Army.

Kursk, Russia

vg3719 — 2024-11-28 17:17:18 UTC

The battle of Kursk was the largest tank battle in history, it lasted from July 5, 1943 to August 23, 1943.

British Columbia

vg3719 — 2024-11-28 17:29:05 UTC

After the attack on Pearl Harbour, led to Japanese Canadians being sent away to internment camps to work and live away from the coasts.

Philippines

vg3719 — 2024-12-03 17:12:19 UTC

The Japanese invaded the Philippines in 1942, and surrendered in 1945.

Hiroshima, Japan

vg3719 — 2024-12-03 17:15:49 UTC

The second atomic bomb dropped in the world, and resulted hundreds of thousands of people dying.

Nagasaki, Japan

vg3719 — 2024-12-03 17:17:04 UTC

The third atomic bomb ever dropped in the world, and killed over a hundred thousand people.

United States

vg3719 — 2024-12-03 17:20:19 UTC

The United States became the main arsenal of the Allied Powers, building 6 ships a day, and 96,000 planes a year, and it peaked in November 1943.

Moscow, Russia

vg3719 — 2025-01-21 17:04:20 UTC

Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty

The U.S President Nixon and the USSR leader Bruzhnev sign the SALT treaty on May 26, 1972, in Moscow.

It was important to the 20th century because it had put a limit to their nuclear missiles and had lessened the tensions between the two major powers.

Cuba

vg3719 — 2025-01-21 17:13:05 UTC

The Cuban Missile Crisis

A nuclear war had almost occured when a USSR sub almost launched nukes after brushing the blockade.

It was important because it led to the creation of the 'Hotline Agreement', where a hotline was installed between the Kremlin and the Whitehouse so a nuclear war wouldn't happen.

USA

vg3719 — 2025-01-23 16:12:08 UTC

The CIA

The USA's international spy agency, is an independent agency and is not connected to the military and politics.

They tried to prevent communist leaders from taking control in neutral countries, via bribery, rallies, and even murders/assasinations.