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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
When Serbian Black Hand member Gavrilo Princip shot the Austrio-Hungarian heir, Serbia and Austria-Hungary went to war. A large number of international treaties were signed and alliances were made, which caused World War I to begin. A war which changed the entire culture of international relations in the world, took the lives of 9 million soldiers and almost an entire generation of young men, and from the ashes of this war rose an even larger war (WW2). -
The October Revolution
The Russian Revolution took place in 1917, during the final phase of World War I. It removed Russia from the war and changed the Russian Empire into the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), by replacing Russia’s traditional monarchy with the world’s first Communist state. -
Creation of Israel as a Jewish State
The United Nations did something never before done ,when they approved a plan to divide Palestine and provide Jewish people with their own state. This declaration created an war between Palestine and Israel which is still happening till this day.And the presence of Israel has caused a lot of fear and instability in the Middle East, making governments all over the world anxious. -
U.S. Stock Market Crashes
The stock market crash of 1929 sent America into the Great Depression and sent a tidal wave of economic decline around the world. Those on Wall Street greatly affected the rest of the world. The very first foreign country to face the consequences of America's economic policies was England and then banks failed from Australia to Austria and even Germany was affected -
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Holacaust
The Holocaust was the genocide of approximately six million Jews during World War II, a programme of systematic state-sponsored murder by Nazi Germany, led by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party, throughout German-occupied territory. This event still afects us today as it is the reason as to why the Jews gained sympathy from Europe and America who supported Israel and its occupation of Palestine till this day. -
Operation Barbarossa
It is when Germany invaded the Soviet Union in World War II in an assault code named Operation Barbarossa. Up to that point, Adolf Hitler‘s Nazi German army were undefeatable, but the failure of German troops to defeat Soviet forces signaled a crucial turning point in the war. If Hitler had not gone through with this operation her would hae conquered the west and instead of english , German would probably be our common language. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
America was trying hard to maintain its neutrality in World War 2, as it felt safe knowing that two oceans separated it from the Axis powers.However Japan had other beliefs and sent planes from Japanese carriers which struck the naval base at Pearl Harbor (home of the American Pacific fleet). The attack lasted less than 2 hours. And it is the reason for Americas entry in World War 2. And without America's entry the outcome of the war would have been completely different . -
The Bombing of Hiroshima
The atomic bombings of the cities of Hiroshima in Japan were conducted by the United States during the final stages of World War II in 1945. The two events are the only use of nuclear weapons in war to date . After that day nuclear and atomic energy was no longer a theory; it was a weapon that many countries were now capable of making. The bombings also brought about very painful physical effects that crippled the nation of Japan for many years. The world has not been the same since. -
Nasser Nationalizes the Suez Canal
Since 1869 the Suez Canal remained largely under British and French control.After World War II, Egypt pressed for evacuation of British troops from the Suez Canal Zone, and in July 1956 President Nasser nationalized the canal and won against Israel , France and Britain who tried to stop him. This was an important event because before that day , Arab oil producers did not own the rights to their own oil . -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
The tearing down of this physical and symbolic barrier between the democratic and communist worlds was a massive media event. The fall of the wall was a symbol of the fall of soviet communism itself. This would lead to the dissolution of the cold war which dominated the globe for half of a century and reduced one of the most powerful countries in the world.
