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World War I
This is the time period of first World War. -
The Spark of WW1
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand, the archduke of Austria-Hungary by the hands of a Serbian nationalist with ties to a secretive military group called the "Black Hand."This then propelled European military powers to go into war. -
First War is Declared
Germany declares war on Serbia. -
Germany Vs Russia
Oh NO! Germany declares war on Russia. -
Germany and France Now?
Germany invades France, in which German troops flooded the streets of Belgium under the "Schleiffen Plan." Yet there was a British representative who sent an ultimatum to Germany demanding their withdraw from the neutral grounds of Belgium. Refusing to retreat, Belgium then declared war on Germany. -
War Erupts in Europe!
Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia. After Germany declares war on Serbia, they declare war back! BAM. -
Japan Joins in the Party!
Through their alliance with Great Britain(signed in 1902), Japan then declares war on Germany. -
Japan and Austria-Hungary
Japan then declares war on Austria-Hungary -
USA Declares War on Germany
The United States declared war on Germany in response to the sinking, by German U boats, of US ships, mainly in part by the sinking of the Lusitania and the killing of 128 US civilians. -
Lusitania Sunk
The British ocean liner RMS Lusitania which was carrying 1,959 people, 159 of whom were Americans.A german U-Boat fired a torpedo at the ship and sunk it. The Americans were outraged to learn 128 U.S. civilians were killed in a war in which they were officially neutral. -
The March Revolution
The women in Petrograd, Russia broke out in strike because working Russian families weren't getting bread rations while the government was. They chanted "peace and bread" and "down with autocracy" so the Russian troops shot the crowds to keep the rioting down. the Russian created a provisional government on March 15, headed by Alexander Kerensky, who decided to carry on the war to save Russia's honor. -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
A peace treaty signed on March 3, 1918 at Brest-Litovsk between Russia (the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic) and the Central Powers marking Russia's exit from World War I. -
Armistice signed
At 11 am, in the French town of Redonthes, the Armistice was signed bringing the war to an end. -
League of Nations is Created
The League of Nations was a intergovernmental organization founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. It was the first permanent international organization whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. -
Signing of the Treaty of Versailles
One of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The other Central Powers on the German side of World War I were dealt with in separate treaties. Although the armistice signed on 11 November 1918, ended the actual fighting, it took six months of negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference to conclude the peace treaty. -
U.S. Stock Market Crash
Since there was no war to run the taxpayers money, the Stock Market on Wall Street crashes, causing nationwide panic and had almost everyone trying to pull their money out of the bank, when there was almost no money to be given out due to the fact that the banks had been giving loans to companies. -
Aw....Hitler as Chancellor
Conservatives were majority of the government posts; therefore they believed they could control Hitler even if he were the chancellor. They agreed to his demand to join government as chancellor, and President Hindenburg appointed Hitler as chancellor of Germany. -
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The Holocaust
Nazi's of Germany put Jews, homosexuals, communists, labor leaders, mentally disabled, and Gypsies in concentration camps and killed millions. -
Invasion of China
Debated as when WWII began. Japan invaded China and the wars throughout Asia broke out. -
German Invasion of Poland
Germany started to invade Poland, and both Jewish and non-Jewish refugees fled. Germany annexed western Poland, and Soviet annexed eastern Poland. -
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World War II
This is the time period of World War II -
France and Britain declare war on Germany
In an effort to help Poland, France and Britain declared war on Germany. Their effort as short lived because in July of 1940 Germany overran France. This affected the Asian wars and allowed Japan to take French Indochina. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
U.S. had been neutral throughout WWII, but after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, the U.S. joined the allies in their fight against the Central Powers. -
Battle of Midway
Known as "Turning Point of Pacific War"; Germany was turned back at Stalingrad, and Japan lost a large naval battle near Midway Island. From then on the industrial capacities of the U.S. and USSR were able to out-produce both of their enemies, and the Axis powers were put on the defensive. -
Italy Surrenders
Central Powers are decreasing in power. The allies started bringing them down and the Central Powers are made to revise their decisions. -
D-Day Boisss
American, British and Canadian forces invaded the beaches of Normandy against the Nazis. They were successful. This was brought on by D. Eisenhower. -
Hitler Commits suicide
He shoots his wife and then himself. IRONY: 49 attempts to kill Hitler; he died by suicide. -
German Forces Surrender
The German forces unconditionally surrendered to the the Allies. -
Hiroshima
During the final stages of World War II in 1945, the Allies of World War II conducted two atomic bombings against the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. (These two events are the only use of nuclear weapons in war to date)The Japanese government ignored the ultimatum that the U.S sent to them for them to surrender, and two nuclear weapons developed by the Manhattan Project were deployed. Little Boy (the name of the bomb) was dropped on the city of Hiroshima. -
Nagasaki
Nagasaki suffered the same fate as Hiroshima. The bombing of Nagasaki was the last major act of World War II and within days the Japanese had surrendered. The Atomic Bomb killed millions of people and destroyed the city in which they were deployed, which gave the Japanese no other option but to surrender. -
Japan Surrenders
On this day the official surrender of Japan occurred, effectively ending World War II,
