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Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated
In Sarajevo Bosnia, Archduke was assassinated to break off Austria Hungary provinces. -
Russian Revolution
political and social revolution across Russian empire -
Paris Peace Conference
a formal meeting with allies after ww1 -
Mussolini’s March on Rome
in Italy,this march marked beginning of factionst rule when Mussolini came to power. -
Adolf Hitler’s Beer Hall Putsch
Nazi party led a coalition group in attempt to over throw German government. -
Stalin’s First Five Year Plan
focused on developing heavy industry and collectivizing agriculture. -
Germany violates the Treaty of Versailles by reoccupying the Rhineland
when Hitler came to power canceled military clauses of the treaty. -
Second Italo-Ethiopian War
was an italian victory,they invaded to boost italian national prestige. -
Spanish Civil War
civil war fought in spain between nationalist and republicans. -
Rape of Nanjing/Nanking in China
mass murder,mass rape committed by Japanese troops. -
Germany’s blitzkrieg on Poland-
Nazis invaded Poland
-France surrenders to the Axis Powers (Vichy France) -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States. -
Battle of El Alamein
the British Eighth Army retreated east into Egypt and assumed a defensive position near El Alamein.M -
Battle of Guadalcanal
was the first major offensive and a decisive victory for the Allies in the Pacific theater -
Battle of Stalingrad
Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city -
France surrenders to the Axis Powers
Germany occupied the whole of France and disbanded the “armistice army” of Vichy. -
D-Day
Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II -
Potsdam conference
held in berlin was the last of the Big Three meetings during World War II -
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki-
United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki -
United Nations formed
aims to maintain international peace and security with other nations. -
MacArthur’s Plan for Japan
disarm japan and punish war criminals,japan never be a menace to allied countries. -
Marshall Plan
US transfers 12 billion dollars in economic recovery programs -
NATO formed
government military alliance between 30 European and north american countries. -
Warsaw Pact formed
to reinforce communist dominance in eastern Europe.
