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When Germany executed a swift offensive using railroads to rush forces to the front.
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Symbolizes the tragic irrational- ity of war.
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Was forced to give up territory, pay reparations, limit its future armaments, and admit guilt for the war.
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Stepped into that vacuum, embarking on aggressive expansionism that ultimately led to World War II.
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Under Hitler had re-armed, intervened to help fascists win the Spanish Civil War
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Invaded Poland, leading Britain and France to join the war against Germany.
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The United States joined World War II against Germany
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The United States and the Soviet Union became the two superpowers of the post–World War II era.
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The Marshall Plan U.S. financial aid to rebuild European economies responded to these fears, as did the creation of the NATO alliance.
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The Korean War broke out when communist North Ko- rea attacked and overran most of U.S.
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The first summit meeting between superpower leaders took place in Geneva, This thaw in relations led both sides to agree to reconstitute Austria, which had been split into four pieces like Germany.
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Crises in Berlin in 1947–1948 and 1961 led to armed confrontations but not war. In 1961, East Germany built the Berlin Wall separating East from West Berlin. It symbolized the division of Europe by what Winston Churchill had called the “iron curtain.”
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Massive pro-democracy demonstrations in China’s capital of Beijing.
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The beginning that the cold war had left a power vacuum in its region including iraq and his neighbor Kuwait in an aggressive grab for control on middle east.
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Russia and the other former republics struggled throughout against economic and financial collapse.
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Forces overran two un-designated safe areas in Eastern bosnia
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Declared Independence
bringing protests from serbia and its allies.
