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Archduke Ferdinand Assassinated
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World War 1-2
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The First Battle of the Marne begins. Trench warfare begins.
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Germany declares a "war zone" around Great Britain, essentially effecting a submarine blockade where even neutral merchant vessels were to be potential targets.
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Tsar Nicholas II takes control of russian armies
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The Battle of Jutland begins. The major naval battle of the war
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The Battle of the Somme. Tanks are first introduced to battle
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German's send telegraph to Mexico to try to get them to join the war but is intercepted by the British
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The US declares war on the Germans
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The Battle of Passchendaele (also known as the Third Battle of Ypres) begins.
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The Bolsheviks successfully overthrow the Russian government.
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The armistice agreed upon between the new Russian government and the Central Powers goes into effect.
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U.S. President Woodrow Wilson issues his Fourteen Points to peace.
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Germany launches the Spring Offensive.
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The Second Battle of the Marne begins.
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The Treaty of Versailles officially ends World War 1.
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Germany invades Poland, starting World War 2
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Britain and France declare war on Germany
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Auschwitz established
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Germany invades France, Belgium, and the Netherlands
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The United States begins its first peacetime draft
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Germany invades the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa)
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The Japanese launch a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
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Germany and Italy declare war on the United States; then the United States declares war on Germany and Italy
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Anne Frank and her family go into hiding
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The Germans surrender at Stalingrad, Soviet Union
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The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins
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D-Day
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Assassination attempt against Hitler fails
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Anne Frank and her family are discovered and arrested
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Battle of Iwo Jima begins
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Franklin D. Roosevelt dies
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Adolf Hitler commits suicide
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US drops bomb on Hiroshima
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US drops second bomb on Nagasaki
