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Assassination of Archduck Franz
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Serbian nationalist triggers alliance system of Europe. On July 23, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia. -
tension before reussian revolution
WWI Begins; At the start of the war, Russia was strong empire with a large army, but they were politically and industrially backward. -
German invasion in Belgium
Before the Germans declared war on France, they needed free passage across Belgium. The German government demanded this, and even sent a letter to the Belgian government for a right of free passage. But Belgium deny to give a free passage, and German goes against Belgium for a war. -
Lusitania Sinks
the British ocean liner Lusitania sink without warning, by a German submarine off the south coast of Ireland. This event made America mad about Germany. -
Battle of Verdun
one of the largest and longest battles of World War One on the Western Front between the German and French armies. They used the trench warfare. -
February revolution
pressure from WWI continues, Russia’s domestic economy collapsed and both food and fuel were running out in Russian cities. This led to the February Revolution, an uprising that led to the abdication of the tsar and, by the end of 1917, socialist government rise in Russia. -
US join the war
the attacks of German submarines were making on American ships and ships containing American passengers. Additionally, Americans were enraged at a telegram British intelligence intercepted in which Germany sought an alliance with Mexico. -
November revolution
Russia’s Bolshevik Revolution took place as forces led by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin overthrew the provisional government of Alexander Kerensky. -
Armistice with Germany ends the war
The tension between countries ended by agreement of the warring parties; World War I ended with the armistice of 1918. -
Wall Street crash
The American stock market collapses, represent the starting of the Great Depression. The Dow Jones Industrial Average peaks in September 1929 at 381. -
Smooth Hadley tariff
Congress passes the Smoot-Hawley Tariff, which raised import duties steeply in an attempt to protect American manufactures from foreign competition. The tariff also increase has little impact on the American economy. -
Major Bank Collapse
New York's Bank of the United States collapses in the largest bank failure to date in American history. 200 million dollar in deposits disappear, and the bank's customers are left holding the bag. also it was not easy to get job, so there large amount of protester. -
Munich crisis
the Treaty of Versailles that was signed after WWI, was too harsh for German. The nations thought that too so when Hitler demand self-determination for all Germans in Austria and Czechoslovakia, France and Britain met together with Germany, and they allowed to do that. Not only the treaty of Versailles, but also the peace that they wanted was bigger reason. -
Hitler seize Low Countries include France
After the Munich crisis was signed, Germany started to build bigger army which is against the treaty of cersailles and attack weaker countries for territories and people(soldier). He takes neutral Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Holland, and Luxembourg. Also German fighter planes and ground troops pummel France. -
France surrender
Mussolini declared war on France on June 10. France crushed, surrenders to Germany and signs an armistice. Great Britain now stands alone against the Axis powers until America interns the war. -
Pearl Harbor
There was no warning for this event. Japanese aircrafts attack the American, destroying U.S. aircraft and naval vessels in Hawaii, Pearl Harbor. It killed 2,355 U.S. servicemen and 68 civilians. And it was the reason why America entered the war. -
D-day
it was the Normandy landing operations. Allied invasion of Normandy in operation overload during WWII. Nearly 3 million Allied soldiers arrive in Normandy, on northern coast of France. -
V-E day
As soon as the Soviet Union enter the war, they were punching in to the Berlin. The Allies accepted Germany’s surrender. After a week, Adolf Hitler suicide with killing his dog and his new wife, because he was losing everything. -
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Although European axis surrendered, Japan was still on the war. The United States thought it will took a lot of time to fight over them, and drops an atomic bomb which was the the first to be used in warfare. It killed 75,000 people instantly, and injuring more than 100,000. -
V-J day
After the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombing, Japan finally surrendered. The surrender was signed on 2 Sept. 1945 aboard the battleship U.S.S. Missouri in Tokyo Bay with ending the war completely. But because of use of nuclear weapon in WWII, it leds to a world tension.
