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Archduke Franz Ferdinand was and, his wife were shot and killed by nationalist during a visit to the capital. This event is what basically began WW1. -
During the Russian Revolution the poor and the working classes protested against Tsar Nicholas's government and caused him to step down from the throne. This event caused the start of the soviet union. -
The Paris Peace Conference was a meeting of the allies after WW1. The purpose of the meeting was to establish peace after the war. -
The March on Rome was started to allow Mussolini and his fascists' party to establish to begin a leading role in Italy's government. -
Adolf Hilters Beer Hall Putsch was an attempt to take over power of the Bavarian government. It was attempted by a coupe led by Adolf Hitler that failed. -
These plans that Stalin created for the Soviet Union were based towards making a big industry for the state. -
Mussolini saw all the good resources that were in Ethiopia. Italy ended up winning the war allowing them to use all of the Ethiopians resources. -
Hitler violates the treaty of Versailles by sending his military to Rhineland and reoccupying it. -
The Rape of Nanking was the massacre that was led by the Japanese. They killed a mass amount of Chinese citizens and they also killed a lot of their army. -
The Spanish Civil war was fought in Spain. The Spanish Civil war was the military's revolt of the Republican government. The republicans surrendered leaving an end to the war. -
Germanys Blitzkrieg on Poland was a lighting fast war where Germany used their special Blitzkrieg strategy to take over the Western side of Poland. -
Germany takes over Paris and soon after France surrenders to Germany. -
Suicide pilots from Japan flew planes into U.S army ships in Hawaii causing president Roosevelt to declare war on Japan. -
The battle of El Alamein took place in North Africa. The Britain and Germany were fighting then America surrounded Germany causing them to surrender. -
The Battle of Guadalcanal is a prime example of the island hopping strategy. The battle against the Japanese was mainly on the island of Guadalcanal where the Japanese attempted to make a base but, was interrupted by the U.S causing the Japanese to retreat. -
1942, the Luftwaffe began nightly bombing runs on the Soviet city of Stalingrad. The Soviet army surrounded the city trapping the German army inside. Hitler refused to retreat but, ⅓ of the German soldiers surrendered. -
In 1943, the allies began assembling an invasion force in Britain to attack German occupied France. Air bombing occurred beforehand to knock out bridges and make Hitler think the invasion would be elsewhere. On June 17th over a half a million troops were deployed and began to push the Germans out of France. -
1945 Allies meet in suburb of Berlin. Each nation was most concerned of its self-interest. Last meeting during ww2 where the punishment on Germany was agreed on after the war.. -
The U.S dropped two atomic bombs on Japan 3 days apart on two different Japanese towns causing many deaths. The atomic bombs caused a combined 160,00 deaths also making the Japanese surrender. -
General Douglas MacArthur was sent to oversee Japan's restoration. They closed weapon factories. They also formed the Japanese a democratic republic, while disbanding their military. -
International organization formed to protect each other from aggression still in place today. People that are very active in the UN protect small countries that are going through civil war and countries that are going through famine. Basically a big alliance. -
Four year plan started in 1948.The U.S provides 15 billion to Western Europe to help rebuild. Rebuild cities, industries, and infrastructure and, trade between European and US countries started again. -
NATO was formed by Canada, North America and European countries to create a security against the Soviet Union. -
The Warsaw pact was a group formed by the Soviet Union. There is eight countries in the Warsaw pact where if one of those countries gets attacked countries in the Warsaw pact would help.