Europe's History

By jjohnson20
  • Berlin Conference

    Berlin Conference

    European imperial powers drew up plans to divide Africa
  • World War I

    World War I

  • World War I Ends

    World War I Ends

  • Hitler comes to power

    Hitler comes to power

  • Hitler invades Poland

    Hitler invades Poland

    The start of World War II; Germany did this after promising not to
  • Pearl Harbor Attack

    Pearl Harbor Attack

    U.S. enters Worl War II in response to Japanese attack
  • D-Day

    D-Day

    name given to the successful operation launched by American, British and Canadian forces to begin taking Europe back from the Nazis during World War II
  • V-E Day

    V-E Day

    World War II ends in Europe
  • Truman Doctrine accounced

    Truman Doctrine accounced

    policy established by President Harry Truman that declared the U.S.'s determination to stop the spread of communism
  • Marshall Plan begins

    Marshall Plan begins

    massive effort by the U.S. to rebuild the devastated countries of western Europe after World War II in an effort to prevent them from falling under Soviet control
  • ECSC established

    ECSC established

    European Coal and Steel Community created by France and Germany
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis

  • Berlin Wall Falls

    Berlin Wall Falls

    the end of the divide between free and not free countries in Europe
  • East and West Germany reunited after Cold War

    East and West Germany reunited after Cold War

  • Soviet Union ends

    Soviet Union ends

  • Maastricht Treaty signed

    Maastricht Treaty signed

    Document which established framework for the EU was agreed to
  • Euro introduced

    Euro introduced