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The Worlds most Influential Conflicts - Shaping History

By LucasG
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    The History of Conflicts

  • The Creation of Zionism

    The Creation of Zionism
    The creation of Zionism, proposed by Theodore Herzl, was the idea that a secure home for the Jewish Folk, and only the Jewish Folk, took place in the Holy Land. The Holy Land, was Israel, and after several attacks on the Jewish population in Europe, this was the last option for security.
  • Beginning of WW1

    Beginning of WW1
    The beginning of WW1, cause by the Axis, was the first world war in the history of mankind, and the most lethal. Britain was victorious at the end, and Germany defeated.
  • Sykes-Piccot Accord

    Sykes-Piccot Accord
    The Sykes–Picot Agreement, officially known as the Asia Minor Agreement, was a secret agreement between the governments of the United Kingdom and France, to negotiate their inflence in the land that was going to be devided after the fall of the Ottoman Empire.
  • End of WW1

    End of WW1
    The end of WW1 was the result of the Treaty of Versailles. The defeated, Germany, had to pay a large amount of money to the countries it had occupied, and also a large amount of territory was lost. Britain and the Allies won, and Europe was safe again.
  • League of Nations

    League of Nations
    The League of Nation was a result to the Treaty of Versailles, that was after the end of WW1, this organization was entirely devoted for the only purspose of avoiding the start of any war, of course, when WW2 started, the League proved unsatisfactory and was dissolved.
  • SOCAL-ARAMCO oil contract.

    SOCAL-ARAMCO oil contract.
    The Socal oil contract with the Royal family of Saudi Arabia was a 60 year contract, that included the current territory of Saudi Arabia to be mined for its oil, and the oil would go to this company, SOCAL, the price for the contract was 100,000 dollars in advance, and royalties for the oil.
  • Beginning of WW2

    Beginning of WW2
    WW2 is generally said to have begun on 1 September 1939, with the invasion of Poland by Germany, and subsequent declarations of war on Germany by France and most of the countries of the British Empire. Marked by significant events involving the mass death of civilians, including the Holocaust and the only use of nuclear weapons in warfare, it resulted in 50 million to over 70 million fatalities. These deaths make the war the deadliest conflict in human history.
  • End Of WW2

    End Of WW2
    The End of WW2, or the surrender of the Axis to the Alliance, was marked by the Hiroshima-Nagasaki, nuclear launches in the country of Japan, after this event, Japan, being the last member of the Axis that was in the fight, surendered.
  • The Foundation of Israel

    The Foundation of Israel
    The Foundation of Israel, or the announcing of Israel as an independent nation, was a turning point in the middle east. Israel was now independent from Palestine, and it had an individual economy and govermentt.
  • Attack on U.SS Cole

    Attack on U.SS Cole
    The ATttack on the U.SS Cole, by suicide terrorist, claimed the lives of 17 U,S militants, this event was the first attack commited by Al-Qaeda leader, Osama bin Laden, this event, was the leading evidence that linked bin Laden with the 9/11 attacks.
  • 9/11 Attack

    9/11 Attack
    The 9/11 Attacks, commited against the U.S in New York City, consisted in two hijacked planes, colliding against the World Trade Center. 5000 people died in the attack, the terrorist organization known as Al Qaeda claimed responsability for the attack, and Osama bin Laden, the leader, was killed.
  • Afghanistan War

    Afghanistan War
    This war, that took place in Afghanistan was between the country and the U.S, this war also aimed at overthrowing the Al Qaeda terrorists of the country and the world, and also to terminate the life of the terrorist leader Osama bin Ladem, the war continues to this day, but Osama has been killed.
  • Overthrow of the Taliban

    Overthrow of the Taliban
    The Taliban Goverment, which took over Afghanistan in 1996, was removed of its power in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, by the U.S goverment, some of the members of the Taliban fled to Pakistan, but the goverment fell, and was replaced by a interim goverment the U.S placed.
  • Iraq War

    Iraq War
    The Iraq War, that occured during the Bush Precidency, was aimed at finding and killing the responsibles for the 9/11 attacks, in this attempt, which failed, thousands of lives were terminated and the conflict still continues today, although the troops have left.
  • Death of Osama bin Laden

    Death of Osama bin Laden
    The death of Osama bin Lsden, in Pakistan, was the product of a U.S operation called Neptunes Spear, in the 1st of May of 2011, almost 10 years after the 9/11 attacks, the responisble has been killed, and the Navy Seals squad 6, the operators of the mission, killed Osama along with his younger son, and 2 of his wives.