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assasination of archduke
On 28 June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were shot dead -
partition of india
partition of British India on the basis of religious demographics. This led to the creation of the sovereign states of the Dominion of Pakistan -
japan makes 21 demands
A set of demands made by the Empire of Japan under Prime Minister Ōkuma Shigenobu. These demands - comprising five groupings - required that China immediately cease its leasing of territory to foreign powers and to ascent to Japanese control over Manchuria and Shandong among other demands. -
gallipoli campaign
took place at the peninsula of Gallipoli in the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) between 25 April 1915 and 9 January 1916, during the First World War. -
german resumption of unrestricded sumarine welfare
On 22 December 1916, Admiral von Holtzendorff composed a memorandum which became the pivotal document for Germany's resumption of unrestricted U-boat warfare in 1917. -
bolshevik revolution
Bolshevik Revolution, was a political revolution, mass insurrection and a part of the Russian Revolution of 1917. -
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civil war of russia
The Russian Civil War party war in the former Russian Empire fought between the Bolshevik Red Army and the White Army the loosely-allied anti-Bolshevik forces -
treaty of brest litovsk
a peace treaty between Russia and the Central Powers marking Russia's exit from World War I -
paris peace conference
It was the meeting of the Allied victors following the end of World War I to set the peace terms for the defeated Central Powers -
first meeting of league of nations
The League held its first council meeting in Paris on 16 January 1920 -
lenins economic policy
economic policy proposed by Vladimir Lenin, who called it state capitalism. Allowing some private ventures, the NEP allowed small animal businesses or smoke shops, for instance, to reopen for private profit while the state continued to control banks, foreign trade, and large industries -
soviet union 5 year plan
was a list of economic goals, created by Joseph Stalin that was designed to strengthen the country's economy between 1928 and 1932. The main concerns of the First Five-Year Plan focused on making the nation militarily, industrially, and finacially self-sufficient. -
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us stock market crash
the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States, The crash signaled the beginning of the 10-year Great Depression that affected all Western industrialized countries and did not end in the United States until 1947. -
japanese invasion of manchuria
when Manchuria was invaded by the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan immediately following the Mukden Incident. -
sandino is murdered
augosto was a Nicaraguan revolutionary and leader of a rebellion against the U.S. military occupation of Nicaragua between 1927 and 1933. Sandino was assassinated in 1934 by Gen. Anastasio Somoza García, who went on to seize power in a coup d'état two years later. -
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the great purge
series of campaigns of political repression and persecution in the Soviet Union orchestrated by Joseph Stalin. -
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invasion of china by japan
a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. From 1937 to 1941, China fought Japan -
german auschluss with austria
Austria was annexed into the German Third Reich on 12 March 1938. -
cardenas nationalizes the oil industry
the expropriation of all oil reserves, facilities, and foreign oil companies in Mexico in 1938. It took place when President and General Lázaro Cárdenas declared that all mineral and oil reserves found within Mexico belong to the nation -
soviet withdrawal from afghanistan
withdrawal over the border -
invasion of poland by germany
an invasion of Poland by Germany, the Soviet Union, and a small Slovak contingent that marked the beginning of World War II in Europe. -
german invasion of ussr
Under the codename Operation "Barbarossa," Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, in the largest German military operation of World War -
soviet victory at stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad -
d day alied invasion of normandy
The Battle of Normandy was fought during World War II in the summer of 1944, between the Allied nations and German forces occupying Western Europe. -
capture of berlin
the Red Army breached the German front as a result of the Vistula–Oder Offensive -
bombing of japan
During the final stages of World War II in 1945, the Allies of World War II conducted two atomic bombings against the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan -
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hitler is ruler of germany
hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party He was chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945 and dictator of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945. -
warsaw pact
europeans version of nato -
establishment of united nations
an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace. The UN was founded in 1945 after World War II to replace the League of Nations, -
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arab issraili war
was fought between the State of Israel and a military coalition of Arab states and Palestinian Arab forces -
creation of isarael
From the late 19th century the Zionist movement worked towards the goal of creating a homeland for the Jewish people. -
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apartheid in south africa
Apartheid was a system of racial segregation enforced through legislation by the National Party governments of South Africa between 1948 and 1994, under which the rights of the majority non-white inhabitants of South Africa were curtailed and white supremacy and Afrikaner minority rule was maintained. -
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division of berlin and germany
The Berlin Blockade (24 June 1948 – 12 May 1949) was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Allied control -
establishment of NATO
also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949 -
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rupublic of china
This part of the history of the People's Republic of China is often divided distinctly by historians into the "Mao era" and the "post-Mao era". The Mao era lasted from the founding of the People's Republic on October 1, 1949 to Deng Xiaoping's grip onto power and policy reversal at the Third Plenum of the 11th Party Congress on December 22, 1978. -
india civil disobdience movment
a wide area of political organisations, philosophies, and movements which had the common aim of ending first British East India Company rule, and then British imperial authority, in parts of South Asia. 1920 onwards -
korean war
It was a war between the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea -
french defeat at dein bien phu
climactic confrontation of the First Indochina War between the French Union's French Far East Expeditionary Corps and Viet Minh communist-nationalist revolutionaries. The battle occurred between March and May 1954 -
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algerian war of liberation
A conflict between France and Algerian independence movements from 1954 to 1962, which led to Algeria gaining its independence from France -
uprising in hungary
a spontaneous nationwide revolt against the government of the People's Republic of Hungary and its Soviet-imposed policies. -
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uprising in hungary
a nationwide revolt against the government of the People's Republic of Hungary and its Soviet policies, -
suez crisis
was a diplomatic and military confrontation between Egypt on one side, and Britain, France and Israel on the other, with the United States, the Soviet Union -
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castro comes to power
is a Cuban revolutionary and politician, having held the position of Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976, and then President from 1976 to 2008. -
sino soviet rift
was the worsening of political and ideological relations between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Union of Soviet -
berlin wall
constructed by the German Democratic Republic starting on 13 August 1961, that completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin.The barrier included guard towers placed along large concrete walls, which circumscribed a wide area (later known as the "death strip") that contained anti-vehicle trenches -
creation of plo
political and paramilitary organization which was created in 1964. It is recognized as the "sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people -
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iran iraq war
an armed conflict between the armed forces of Iraq and Iran, lasting from September 1980 to August 1988, -
soviet withdrawal of ahgainistan
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persian gulf war
Operation Desert Storm, commonly referred to as simply the Gulf War, was a war waged by a UN-authorized coalition force from 34 nations led by the United States, against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait. -
reunification of german
German Democratic Republic (GDR/East Germany) joined the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG/West Germany), and when Berlin reunited into a single city, -
transfer of hong kong to china
transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China.