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Whilhelm becomes Emperor
He becomes emperor and wants to expand the navy to compete with Britain, Expand African colonies, and forced Bismarck to resign in 1890. -
Perlude to war in Africa
France and Britain did not support Russia in its war against Japan. There was a treaty that gave France full control over morocco but granted land in the Congo to Germany -
Ottoman Decline
War with Russia in the 19th century. Young Turks moved south to restore constitutional government. This is when they began to lose territory. -
Zaian War
Germans and ottomans wanted to disrupt the french rule and because of this it led to the war between France and zaian in Marocco. -
Russia in the First World War
Russia entered the war in 1914 and defended Serbian. They fought against Germany and the Eastern Front. Which then led to the February Revolution and the rise of the Provisional Government. -
Europe Unravels
Bosnian nationalist assainates Archduke. Russia is opposed to expand of the Hungarian and ottoman empire. Serbia denies responsibility and mobilizes its army. -
Battle of Meuse Argonne
This drove Germany to surrender and then Bulgaria was defeated. -
Settlement of First World War
This is when the allied powers took advantage of greater numbers and this is when Trench warefare took place. -
Benito Mussolini
WWI veteran and journalist, established the National Fascist part in 1919 -
May 4th movement
Boycott of Japanese goods to protect imperial encroachment and gained widespread support. -
Rise and Fall of the economy
A vast number of Americans purchasing credit and the US market was not large enough for goods to be produced. -
Mussolinis Italy
Mussolini ordered the black shorts to replace striking socialist party workers to keep Italian economy running. -
Rise of hitlers Fascism
French Invasion of the Ruhr Valley in 1923, hitler attempts to seize control of the government. -
Chinese Civil war
Mao vies to fight feudalism with gorilla warfare. and they focused on defeating mao instea of fighting Japan. -
First Five- Year plane
Expansion of military production and state quotas for industrial production. -
Collectivized Agriculture
State takeover of all farms in order to depart from the capitalist way. -
Israel and Palestine
Jewish migration to Palestine and the Us supported the Jewish refugees. -
Rise of Fascism in Spain
King of Spain exiled after Spanish citizens voted to establish a republic. -
Unemployment Skyrockets
They shifted away from imports to domestic production and the rural areas impacted more severely. -
Holodomor
Famine in Ukraine, at least 5 million killed. Forcible resettlement of Ukrainian peasants to Siberia. -
17th Party Congress
creation of 200,000 farm cooperatives. -
Potsdam conference
Germany divided between allied and soviet spheres and the Eastern bloc countries under influence of soviet union. -
Marshall plan
Over 13 billion in economic aid to Europe for rebuilding.
aimed to provide value democracy and capitalism -
Korean War
Korea liberated from Javanese rule after WWII and the two korean nations formed and they signed the cease of fire in 1953 -
Chiese People republic
Sino soviet treaty was signed and requested assistance from stalin and top end soviet control over central asia. -
Great leap forward
Focus on science and engineering and industrialize growth of steel and electricity and coal industries. -
Afghanistan
They had a long history of colonial enroachment. the civil war was between the soviet and the mujahideen -
Nur Mohammed Tarki
Coup brought a Marxist regime to power -
Soviet Invasion
Us viewed the soviet invasion as a threat to the oil supply -
Soviet Union 1980
Low morale from failed Afghan invasion and economic instability -
Chernobly disaster
Construdtion of a neclear plant near Pripyat Ukrainian SSR -
Twilight of the USSR
Gorbachev urges of the democratic process and shifted funding from defense budget to address growing deficit. -
Fall of the soviet Union
Democratic union faction within the comunist partty led by Boris Yeltsin pushed to transion the USSR into a multi part parliment democracy.