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Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
The assassination of Franz Ferdinand began WWI, Franz Ferdinand was a Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are shot to death. -
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WWI
During Jul 28, 1914 through Nov 11, 1918, The First World war occurred. WWI was the first global world war, which began in Europe. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. During the war that broke out in Europe, the Central powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire) fought the Allied Powers (Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Japan and the United States). After the Allied Powers won,16 million people were dead. -
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Russian Revolution.
The Russian Revolution is one of the most explosive political events of the 20th century. The Russian Revolution made the Romanov dynasty end, and centuries of Russian Imperial rule. During the Russian Revolution, the Bolsheviks, led by leftist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin, seized power and destroyed the tradition of czarist rule. The Bolsheviks would later become the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. -
Treaty of Versallies
The Treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty created after WW1 that held the terms between Germany and the Allies. The Treaty held harsh penalties towards Germany, since Germany began the war. Some of the punishments were loss of territory, massive reparations payments and demilitarization. -
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Worldwide Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place during the 1930s, beginning in the United States. The timing of the Great Depression varied across the world; in most countries, it started in 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s. -
Election of Hitler.
On August 19, 1934, the chancellor of Germany was elected to become president. Hitler wanted all power to himself, so, In February, 1933, Hitler blamed the Reichstag (historic edifice in Berlin, Germany.) fire on the communists which convinced President Hindenburg to sign a decree suspending people and civil liberties (a decree Hitler used to silence his political enemies with false arrests.) making Hitler, a Dictator. -
Hitler invades Poland.
On August 1st, 1939, Hitler invaded Poland and began WWII. -
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WWII
WWII was the biggest and deadliest war in history so far, involving more than 30 countries. It was caused by the 1939 Nazi Party invasion of Poland, after six years, the Allies defeated Nazi Germany and Japan in 1945. -
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Holocaust.
The Holocaust was the genocide of Jewish people and children in Germany during World War II, Over 6 million Jewish people died because of Hitler and the Nazi Party. -
Soviet Union enters WWII
German forces invaded the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, less than two years after the German-Soviet Pact was signed. Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939 starting World War II, Stalin waited until September 17 before launching his own invasion of Poland. -
The Start of Cold War
(1947 – 1991) The Cold War was a time of intense tension between the United States and the Soviet Union, and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, after World War II. -
The Marshall Plan.
The Marshall Plan was an American initiative passed in 1948 for aid to Western Europe after WWII The United States transferred over $15 billion in economic recovery programs to Western European economies. -
NATO
NATO, otherwise known as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 European and North American countries. -
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Warsaw Pact.
The Warsaw Pact was a defensive treaty established by the Soviet Union and seven other Soviet states in Central and Eastern Europe. (Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania)
