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Event:The Franco–Prussian War in 1870 was a important conflict putting the Second French Empire against the Kingdom of Prussia.
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Event: Serbian officers assassinated their King. It changed Serbia relying on Russia and France rather than on Austria-Hungary. There were a lot of conflicts occured between both countries.
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On October 6, 1908, Austria-Hungary annexed the provinces of Bosnia-Herzegovina to control the country.
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Event: 1) The First Balkan War, which started from October 1912 to May 1913, pitted the Balkan against the Ottoman Empire.
2) The Second Balkan War which broke out when Bulgaria, unhappy with its share of the spoils of the First Balkan War.on 16 June 1913, it attacked its allies, Serbia and Greece, -
WWI Event: Archduke Franz Ferdinand is Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary.Serbian nationalist killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand's wife when they was visiting Sarajevo, Bosnia. The assassination was the event that brought on World War I
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Event: The Austrian government declared war on the Serbian government because of the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and his wife . Germany will support the Austro-Hungarian if necessary because Germany was allied with Austro-Hungarian. Russia was allied with Serbia. It would support Serbia as well.
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Event: Germany declares war on Russia.Germany and the Ottoman Empire became allies in secretly.
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Event:The Russian army entered East Prussia. The Russian army underwent a heavy defeat by the Germans. 125,000 Russian was taken prisoner and thousands of men were killed.13,000 Germany was killed in war.
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The first Zeppelin of Britain was used for weapon during war.
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The German U-boat sank the Lusitania. There were many passengers aboard when the Lusitania was sinking.
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Event: This was a huge naval battle of the war between Britain's Grand Fleet and Germany's Hochseeflotte.
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Event: Vimy Ridge is a strategically important area of land in northern France. Victory at Vimy Ridge marked a Canadian milestone – Canadians took great pride in the success.
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Event: Private George Price of the 28th Battalion was killed by a sniper at 10:58 in the morning. At 11:00am the armistice came into effect. It means the war world I was over.
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Event: These islands are same distant between Finland and Sweden. They were belonged to Finland, but most of the islanders wanted to be governed by Sweden. Sweden and Finland could not decide who owned the islands. In 1921 they asked the League to adjudicate. The League’s said that there were no weapons should ever be kept there. Both countries accepted the decision and it remains in force to this day.
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Event: The League failed to stop the war in Turkey, but the war caused the humanitarian crisis . Many women and children became refugees by this war. Typhoid and cholera were rampant. The League spent lots of money in senting doctors to inhibit disease spread.
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Event: The Treaty of Versailles had given the people of Upper Silesia the right to decide whether they wanted to be part of Germany or part of Poland. 700,000 voted for Germany and 500,000 for Poland . The League was asked to settle this dispute. After a six-week inquiry, the League decided to split Upper Silesia between Germany and Poland.
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Nazi Germany invaded Poland and the World War II begins. France and Britain declared war on Nazi Germany.
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Nazi Germany invaded Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and France. At that time, Hitler occupies most of Western Europe.
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Germany invaded the Soviet Union known as Operation Barbarossa. The United States gave the Soviet Union $40 million to support Soviet Union.
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Japanese’s air forces attacked Pearl Harbor of the US. The United States declared war against Japan. The Battle of Pearl Harbor was a surprise attack by the Japanese Navy.
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The United States surrendered to Japan in Philippines.
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the Battle of Stalingrad begins and it was recognized as the largest battle of WWII. Two million people died or injured in this battle. This battle played an important role in the whole war. Germany wanted to control Stalingrad in Soviet Union, but they lost the battle.
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Mao Zedong became the First leader of the Communist Party of China.
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FDR, Churchill, and Stalin who were called the “big three” allied leaders met in Teheran, Iran.
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Allies invaded Normandy, (D-Day), had known as the Normandy Landings. This landing is the largest military invasion in the world history. The attack was executed by land, sea and air under the command of British-American troops.
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The Battle of the Bulge is the response of the German to the invasion of Normandy.
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The Yalta Conference, the US, the UK, and the Soviet Union meet together for the purpose of discussing Europe's post-war reorganization.
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Adolf Hitler suicide after he knew he lost the war.
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Germany surrendered and it was the signal of the end of World War II in Europe.
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The first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and on Nagasaki two days later.
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Japan surrendered and it was the signal of the end of World War II.
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Japanese representatives’ signed terms of surrender on the USS Missouri.
