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Hegwer timeline 3

By clarealley
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    POLITICS- Emancipation of slaves in Britain.

  • POLITICS- The Thirteenth Amendedment

    United States formally abolishes slavery.

  • WAR- Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

    Heir to the throne of Austria assassinated by Serbians
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    WAR- World War 1

  • WAR- Christmas truce

    British and German troops emerge from their trenches to celebrate Christmas together.

  • WAR- Lusitania sinking

    Torpedoed by Germany. This tainted public opinion of Germany.

  • POLITICS- Treaty of Versailles signed

    Treaty signed by Germany that ended World War 1

  • ECONOMICS- Hyperinflation in Germany

    Year of runaway inflation
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    ECONOMICS- The Great Depression

    Began with the American stock market crash
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    WAR- World War 2

    Begins with Nazi invasion of Poland.

  • WAR- Italy joins Axis powers

  • WAR- Pearl Harbor

    Japan attacks the U.S.

  • WAR- U.S. and Britain declare war on Japan

  • WAR- Mussolini executed

  • Japanese surrender

    Surrender to the allies ending World War 2.

  • POLITICS- The United Nations was founded.

    Founded after WWII in replacement of the league of nations.