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World War One
World War I began on July 28, 1914, when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. This seemingly small conflict between two countries spread rapidly: soon, Germany, Russia, Great Britain, and France were all drawn into the war, largely because they were involved in treaties that obligated them to defend certain other nations. Western and eastern fronts quickly opened along the borders of Germany and Austria-Hungary. -
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World War One
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Treaty of Versailles
Signed on June 28th 1919 as an end to the First World War, The Treaty of Versailles was supposed to ensure a lasting peace by punishing Germany and setting up a League of Nations to solve diplomatic problems. Instead it left a legacy of political and geographical difficulties which have often been blamed, sometime solely, for starting the Second World War. -
Roaring 20
U.S.A had a masive overproduction of electrical goods which made a hyperinflation in the whole country. Everything changed of price within minutes. This was a very bad time for citizens in the U.S.A because they became poor. -
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U.S.A in the 1920
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Hyperinflation Germany
Hyperinflation probably happened because the Weimar government printed banknotes to pay reparations and - after the 1923 French invasion - the Ruhr strikers. Because these banknotes were not matched by Germany's production, their value fell. Prices spiralled out of control and people with savings and fixed incomes lost everything.
Anger at foreigners, and at the rich profiteers who made their fortunes from the hyperinflation, added to the support of extreme political parties such as -
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Hyperinflation in Germany
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Wall Street Crash
n the USA in the late 1920s the stock market was extremely steady and prices kept rising. As a direct result of this, a huge amount of people invested. It was estimated around 25,000,000 investors at one point. It was also very easy to get into the market because of ridiculously low interest rates.
However, rates started to decline slightly and caused everyone to panic. On October 4th the interest rates fell sharply and this led to a huge amount of people rushing to sell their shares to regain -
World War Two
WW2 Germany felt humiliated after the terms issued on them after WW1 they wanted more power. Hitler was about to give it too them. Invades Poland ( beginning of WW2 ) on 01-09-1939. -
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World War Two
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Holocoust
The Holocaust was a tragic event in history. Approximately 11 million lives were lost because of cruel racial prejudice. During the first half of the 20th century, the Nazi party, led by Adolf Hitler, encouraged prejudice against Jews and other "undesirables" such as gypsies, homosexuals, the mentally ill, or physically disabled; those not of the "Aryan" race. The Nazis developed "The Final Solution", a plan to get rid of all the Jews. They decided the most efficient way of doing this was to set -
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Holocaust
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Pearl Harbor
Japan attacked Pearl Harbour. Located in Miami.
Japan was at war with China. Despite being a military superpower, their war with China was using up their resources. During that time, most of their resources especially oil were coming from the US. The US did not approve of Japanese aggression in China and they declared an embargo on Japan. This means they would stop supplying Japan with raw materials. So where would Japan get their resources to continue the war now? -
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Pearl Harbor
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki
This attacked was made because Japan hada attack some years before Pearl Harbor in U.S.A.
Many persons say it was not because of the events in Pearl Harbor it was because U.S.A wanted to test some bombs in other countries to check the damage caused. -
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombing
