Religion Timeline By Kallum Leaver 1919 Treaty of Versailles 1929 Great Depression 1933 Adolf Hitler the great leader comes to power Period: 1939 to 1945 World War II 1945 United Nations formed Period: 1950 to 1953 Korean War 1964 U.S. commits more combat soldiers to Vietnam 1979 USSR invades Afghanistan Period: 1991 to 1995 Balkan conflicts in former Yugoslavia 2001 War on Terror