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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, and his wife, had decided to inspect Austro-Hungarian troops in Bosnia. The date chosen for the inspection was a national day in Bosnia. The Black Hand supplied a group of students with weapons for an assassination attempt to mark the occasion. A Serbian nationalist student, Gavrilo Princip, assassinated the Austrian Archduke Ferdinand and his wife, when their open car stopped at a corner on its way out of the town. -
Austria Declares War on Serbia
The Austrian government viewed Serbia as the country to blame for the assassination of archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife. -
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Battle of Tannenberg
The Russian army marched into Prussia. However, because of the differences in railways between Russia and Prussia it was difficult for the Russians to get supplies through to their men. The Germans, on the other hand, used their railway system to surround the Russian Second army at Tannenberg before it's commander could realise what was happening. The ensuing battle was a heavy defeat for the Russians with thousands of men killed and 125,000 taken prisoner. -
U.S. Entrance into World War 1
The U.S. entered World War 1 due to a variety of reasons. One reason was because Germany sunk an innocent ship with 128 americans onboard. Another reason was because of the Zimmerman Note. Germany sent Mexico saying that if they declared war on the U,S,, Germany would take back what's been stolen from Mexico and return it to them. This really angered americans and the U.S. so they declared war on Germany. -
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U.S. Impact on World War 1
In the short term, America's entry very nearly caused a German victory. The Germans knew that once American troops arrived in force, they would overwhelm the Germans. Therefore they decided to launch one last massive offensive to gain victory before America could transport enough troops to Europe. In Spring 1918, this offensive was launched in the Kaisershlecht (Kaiser's Battle). It was successful but the allies luckily made it just in time to stop the offensive. -
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U.S. Entrance into World War 1 (Cont'd.)
In the Long term, America's entry had the opposite effect. Both sides were exhausted and the arrival of fresh, optimistic American troops gave Britain and France the extra incentive needed to gain an allied Victory. However, America did not bring about an allied victory. By the time America entered, germany was suffering under the British Naval Blockade, which was depriving them of adequate food and military equipment. Had America not joined the Allies almost certaintly would have won anyway. -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was an outrage and completely unfair to Germany. It put the entire blame of World War 1 on Germany even though that wasn't entirely true. Also, it restricted Germany's military and made them pay outrageous reparations. This caused Germany to collapse and eventually started World War 2. -
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The Great Depression
The Great Depression was an economic slump in North America, Europe and other industrialized nations It was the longest and most threatening depression ever experienced by the Western industrialized world. -
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Stock Market Crash
The stock market crashes, marking the end of six years of prosperity for most sectors of the American economy. The crash, known as Black Thursday, began on October 24, 1929. By October 29, stock prices had plummeted and banks started calling in loans. My mid-November, around $30 billion dollars of stock values would "disappear". -
Unemployment
By March of 1930, unemployment and suffering was on the rise, More than 3.2 million people were now unemployed, which more than doubled the unemployment in October 1929 at 1.5 million people. Yet through all these troubles President Hoover optimistically stated that "all the evidences indicate that the worst effects of the crash upon unemployment will have passed during the next 60 days." -
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Hitler Breaks the Versailles Treaty.
During this time range, Hitler start coming to power. He started by giving speeches about how he would restore Germany and their national pride. Then he started slowly breaking the Treaty of Versailles to test if other countries would do anything about it. He started with exceeding the military limit little by little. Then he started paying less and less for reparation until he completely cut them off.
