Domestic+and+International+Conflicts


 * 1) **Pearl Harbor** (1941) Japanese bombardment, surprised attack on the U.S, provoked U.S to join war.
 * 2) **World War II** (1941) Stalin, FDR, Churchill vs. Hitler, Mussolini, Hirohito. U.S with USSR at the end of the war but still tensions leading up to the Cold War
 * 3) **Guadalcanal** (1942) the Americans invaded Japanese island, ending hope of a south offensive.
 * 4) **Stalingrad** (1942-1943) USSR drove the Hitler forces back from the southern Russia, ending all attack from the east.
 * 5) **Hiroshima and Nagasaki** (1945) First time Americans used atomic bombs on two major Japanese cities that caused the Japanese to surrender.
 * 6) **Cold War** (1947) Diplomatic war between the USSR and U.S Democratic Capitalism vs. Communism Dictatorship. Wasn't any direct fighting, more of a political government issue.
 * 7) **Korean War** (1950) Part of the Cold War, involving direct combat between the USSR and U.S