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Growing Militarization
The arms race was a cause of the growth because it was when countries tried to build bigger and better armies than their enemy. this caused military spending to increase by many european countries. By then in 1871 many countries except Britain had a conscription which meant all men over 18 were forced to sever a minimum period in their countries armed services. -
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Alliance System
There was triple alliance in 1882 between germany ,austria-hungary and italy it was to make sure in case of a war they would support each other. There were many alliances made that help other countries with getting help during war ,and from preventing other countries from taking too much power which was called the balance of power. This allowed other countries were keeping other countries in check with gaining too much power. -
Treaty of Versailles
The treaty was a compromise between President Wilson's Fourteen Points and his desire to make a "just peace", and the French leader Clemenceau's desire for revenge. Germany accepted responsibility for starting the war and decided to pay for damages.They also were reduced to 10,000 men and were handed over a new victorious Allies and was not able to manufacture war planes or tanks in the future.Treatment of Germany was bad because all the other were ganging up on Germany because they did -
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League of Nations
The League of Nations would be able to fix any injustice the treaties created. The league job was to keep peace between the nations and premote international cooperation. -
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Growing balkann Nationalism/Assassination of franz Ferdinand
The assassination triggered the alliance system. Serbia assassinated Franz Ferdinand because of him being in there as a independence move meant. -
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Trench Warfare
This is the way they fought. They dug trench so they could highed in the ground during the war. -
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U-boats
Was a submarine that was used for the destruction of enemy shipping by german which were the first to employ. The germans wanted to stop the trade between Britain and American which was against the rules of war. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
Germany wasn't suppose to attack civilon ships but the Germans did attack civ. ships because U.S was suppling Britian via civ ships.( ubrestriceed sud warefare) the lusitiana was a civ ship British and Americans were on it. Germany was upset with the United States because the U.S was giving resource to Britain which the Germans did not like so they tried to distract them with Mexico want land which started a war with Germans. -
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Rise of Fascism
Dictatorship that focussed on Nationalism. Mussolini, Hittler, HIrohito,Franco all promised solution to the economic problems & Jobs told their people how the people where. -
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Zimmerman Telegram
Germany was upset with the United States because the U.S was giving resource to Britain which the Germans did not like so they tried to distract them with Mexico want land which started a war with Germans. -
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Bolsheviks Revolution
The revolution is based on a group of peple who believed in Karl Marx ideas. The group thatwas Russia. -
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German invasion of Austria
Hitler goal was to bring all german speaking countries together. Schuschnigg person encharger of Austria tryed to cooperate with hitler so that it would not be invaded. -
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Great Depression
German economy is in crisi mode because of th Great depression and Treaty of Verailles. There are two political options for the countries in the face of economic crisis which were stay democractics which France , Brititan , and the U.S did or the turning of Facisim which were Italy and Gemany. -
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Stalin coming to power in Russia
Stalin was wuried about what would become of the Societ Union. Through he struggled he used supports to gain power from Trotsky. -
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Spanish Civil War
France invade spain after the wall street crash. The was also political rivary. The also naval base used to Fight the Europeans. -
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German invasion of Poland(
Poland was different because they didnt have a large german poplution in ther country. -
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Fall of France(Creation of Vichy France)
Nazi occupied France which was thw Vichy France. Allied troops need to get out which leed to the Evacuation Of Dunkirk. -
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Evacuation of Dunkirk
The British, French and Belgium governments thought thaat they were better than the germany and eventrally the british , french and dunkirk group found the gremany frightting bcak by blocking the escape routes -
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Battle of Britain
Battle happened because the Germany need to take over Britian .So the used air bombing. Germanys want air superity. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Was the Japanese of declaring war one the U.S. which brought them into the war. This slowly turned the war in to a farror of the Alies. -
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Battle of Stalinged
Hittler langed two attack which he thaught would be his final offensive inthe East.Germany lost after a year lang battle because the werent used to hand to hand combat. -
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D-Day
An attack set up by the british to attack the france to prevent germaby being able tattack the british. -
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Battle of Midway
The USS Enterprise bomed To Japaness Ships. Six hours later two more were distroyed. The Uss weren't not the only won to bomed then so were trhe brithish and aamerican because Yamotto wanted to opperate and air base at Mid way Island. -
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Battle of Guadalcanal
This event happened because of japanesse tring to take over another isand which the american preventing them from doing. -
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Decolinization
Decolinuzation was when each countrie had the right o decided its own faith and eiropens gave up their coloines. -
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United Nations
The was affile new after the end of the war that repalced the legue of nations. The goal was that maintain international security and peace and the group had a general assembly and securtiy council. -
Bombing of Tokyo
The bombing in tokyo was to decrease Japannes morale and make them surender. -
V-E Day
This day is important because it marked the end of Hitlers war which was the end of world war two. The day stud for Victory Europe. -
BombingofHiroshimaandNagasaki
This was another attomick bomding retalied to the bombing of tokyo. -
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VJ Day
Was the victory over japan.Japan wasin the war because of aproblem with China the involed which caused a threat to eastern Japan.