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Archduke of Austria Franz Ferdinand is assassinated in Sarajevo 28 June, 1914
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With the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia dragging both Germany and Russia into the conflict, starting World War I
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28 July, 1914 - 11 November, 1918
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-British Empire against the Ottoman Empire and Arabs.
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The defeat of Germany and the harsh terms of the Versailles Treaty eventually led to the rise of Hitler's NSDAP and World War II.
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The Peace Treaty that brought an end to World War I.
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The creation of the Soviet Union and the introduction of communism in Russia
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The Ottoman Empire dissolves as a result of the lose in World War 1 and during the Young Turk Revolution
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Hitler runs for Chancellor of Germany and is appointed by President Hindenburg on January 30, 1933. Hitler enacts the NSDAP (Nazi Party) into the German Government.
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The Holocaust was a genocide in which six million European Jews were killed by Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany paramilitary, the Schultzstaffel.
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7 July, 1937 - 9 September, 1945
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Nazi Germany invades Poland on September 1st, 1939, terminating the Treaty of Warsaw. Poland eventually falls under the control of Nazi Germany on October 9th, 1939.
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1 September, 1939 - 2 September, 1945
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France along with Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, fell to the German military within six weeks who used mobile operations and forces.
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The Empire of Imperial Japan launches an attack on Pearl Harbor in the Pacific Islands on December 7th, 1941. This was a message to the United States that they should not interfere with the Sino-War.
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As a result of the loss in World War II, Germany was divided into two sectors, West and East Germany after the Potsdam Conference. West Germany was controlled by the British, French, and American government whereas in East Germany it was controlled by the Russian Government.
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As a result of World War II, the United States and Soviet Union went into a rivalry in terms of whom had the most powerful advance nation power such as nuclear power, advanced Air Force, etc.