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Archduke and Archduchess visit Sarajevo
Archduke Franz Ferdinand who is the heir to the Austrian throne, visits Sarajevo in Bosnia with his wife. -
Gavrilo Princip fired two shots
A bomb is thrown towards Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and his wife, but then misses. They go on with their visit until, they are eventually shot and killed on the spot by a lone assassin, named Gavrilo Princp who is a Serbian nationalist. Due to this, the autrisans get very angry with Serbia. -
Gavrilo Princip is arrested
Gavrilo Princip, the assassin who killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and his wife is arrested the same day the murder is done. -
Austria-Hungary sends ultimatum to Serbia
The ultimatum is presented by Austria-Hungary to Serbia, on the 23rd of July,in the year of 1914, at 6 p.m. A response is demanded from Serbia within two days. -
Serbia agrees to two of the three terms of the ultimatum
Just before the 2 day deadline, Serbia decides to respond to the ultimatum that is given to them by Austria-Hungary. Serbia responds accepting all terms of the ultimatum, but one. -
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
The empror of Austria-Hungary,Franz Joseph decides to declare war on Serbia -
Germany orders France and Russia to stop mobilizing
After the Austrian attack on Serbia, Russia begins to fully mobilize its troops. Germany then demands them to stop. -
Russia mobilizes to defend Serbia
An ally of Serbia, Russia announces to fully mobilize Serbia's armed forces. -
Germany declares war on Russia
Germany mobilizes its armed forces and decides to declare war on Russia. -
France mobilizes to support its Russian ally
France starts to help one of its ally, Russia. -
Germany declares war on France
Germany decides to declare war on France, and then decides to invade neutral Belgium. -
Germany invades Belgium
Germany declares war onBelgium and invades trying to defeat France quickly. -
Britain declares war on Germany
As a result of Germany invading Belgium, Britain declares war on Germany. -
Germany begins the Schlieffen Plan and attacks France through neutral Belguim
Germany begins to follow a plan that they have, called the ' Schlieffen Plan". They decide to invade Belgium, so that they can attack France quicker. They then attack France through neutral Belgium. -
Canada is automatically at war against Triple Alliance
Due to Britain declaring war, Canada is automatically at war against the Triple Alliance, as they are on Britain's side which is a part of the Triple Entente. -
Hitler Becomes Chancellor
On the 30th of January in the year of 1933, Hitler became Chancellor of Germany after President Hindenburg agreed to the plan, in the hope of creating a stable government. -
Nuremberg Laws in effect against Jews
The Nuremberg Laws were anti-Jewish laws executed by Germany. Hitler claimed that the Nuremberg Laws would actually help the Jews, as the German people may find a good enough relation with the Jewish people. This marked a major step in clarifying racial policy and removing Jewish influences from Aryan society. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRjeAzTHtCQ -
Italy into Ethiopia
In 1935, Italy invades Ethiopia. The League of Nations had to face another crucial test. The Fascist leader of Italy, Benito Mussolini figured out the plans of Adolf Hitler to expand German
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Germany & Japan signed Anti-Comintern Pact, against Russia
The Anti-Comintern Pact, an agreement concluded first between Germany and Japan, was a pact against the Communist International (Comintern) but, by conclusion, particularly against the Soviet Union. -
Italy joined Anti-Comintern Pact, against Russia
On the 6th of November, in the year of 1937, Italy became a part of the Anti-Comintern Pact with Japan and Germany. Joining a pact against the Communist International (Comintern)and particularly against the Soviet Union. -
Anschluss - Germany takes over Austria
Hitler wanted all German speaking nations in Europe to be a part of Germany. He wanted to reunite Germany with Austria, his native homeland. Although, under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany and Austria were not able to reunite. On March 12, 1938, German troops marched into Austria to unite with the other German speaking nation. In early 1938, Austrian Nazis cooperated for the second time in four years to get the Austrian government by force and unite their nation with Nazi Germany. -
Full invasion and takeover of Czechoslovakia
On 15 March 1939, German troops marched into Czechoslovakia. They took over Bohemia, and established a colony over Slovakia. The invasion of Czechoslovakia by Hitler was the end of Satisfaction. It clearly proved that Hitler had been lying. -
Germany-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
Nazi Germany invaded Czechoslovakia, breaking the agreement it had signed with Britain and France the year before in Munich, Germany. The invasion convinced the French and British leaders that Adolf Hitler, the German chancellor, could not be trusted to follow agreements that have been made and could only be stopped by a massive deterrent or force. -
Germany invades Poland with Blitzkrieg warfare
On September 1st 1939, Poland was attacked by Germany. The attack on Poland started when blitzkrieg tore through the Polish military. By the end of the month ,Poland had surrendered to the Germans and the country was occupied. As a result of this, Britain and France declared war on Germany. Canada also, declared war a week later -
Battle of the Atlantic
During the war, Germany wanted to cut off all Allied supplies to Britain, while the Canadians and Britain navies wanted to get rid of the German submarine. With the use of depth charges and bombs, the allies achieved victory, beating the submarines. -
Britain and France Declare war on Germany
Britain and France are at war with Germany following the invasion of Poland two days ago. -
Canada declares war on Germany
Canada declared war on Germany in September of1939.The government and people were united in support of Britain and France. Canada declared war on Germany a day after Canada's Parliament voted to, which was eight days after Germany’s invasion of Poland. -
Battle of Britain
During the Summer of 1940, there were air attacks by the Luftwaffe on Britain’s RAF airfields. As a result of this, Hitler abandoned the air attacks, and demanded daylight bombing raids on London. This allowed Britain’s forces to unite and then,win the battle at the end. -
Invasion of Soviet Union
On June 22nd in the year of 1941, Hitler launched an invasion called “Operation Barbarossa”, with 3 million Germans in the Soviet Union. The Germans did advance, but were stopped just outside of Moscow. -
Pearl Harbour Attack
In Pearl Harbour which is located in Hawaii,the Japanese launched a surprise attack on the American naval base. As a result of this, Britain and the United States declared war on Japan. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor -
Battle of El Alemein
Sixty miles West of Cairo, North Africa, the Italians and Germans desired to have Control over Egypt. As a result of this, the British won a significant victory. -
Dieppe Raid
In Dieppe, which is located on the Coast of France, 5,000 Canadians landed on the beach in hope of taking the town and beach back from the Germans. However, this desire was not fulfilled and the attack was a fail. As a result of this, many Canadians were taken as prisoners or were killed. -
Battle of Stalingrad
There was an attack by Hitler in Stalingrad, due to the name of the and to go past it to the Caucasus oil fields.The Soviets captured or killed the entire German army. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCQBSf1rb7o -
Italian Campaign
Allied forces landed on Sicily using an oceanic attack, and then moved onto the Peninsula of Italy. As a result of this, the Germans were driven back by a French-Canadian unit. This then, led to the freeing of Northern Italy in the fall of 1944. -
D-Day
On June 6th, 1944, there was an Allied invasion of German-held European, at the shores of Normandy. Due to this, the Allied forces gained a foothold in Europe to begin pushing back the German army. -
Germany surrenders
At headquarters in Reims, France, the Chief of Staff of the German Armed Forces High Command, General Alfred Jodl, signed the unconditional surrender documents for all German forces to the Allies. In the spring of 1945, the Soviets were coming to the German capital, Berling, from the east. While, the Western Allies were approaching it from the west. As a result of this, Hitler committed suicide, knowing the defeat. Karl Donitz was then left to carry out the surrender of the Nazis. -
Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima
In Hiroshima, Japan Truman decided to drop an atomic bomb. As a result of this, 100, 000 people were killed. -
Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki
In Nagasaki, Japan Truman dropped an atomic bomb due to Japan not surrendering right way. As a result of this, 35,000 people were killed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncq_Wye43TM
