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The heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, Archduke Franz Ferdinand was 50 years of age when assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, and 18 year old child. This led to many outbreaks towards the start of WWI
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It began in 1917. The lower class in Russia rebelled against the government of Tsar Nicholas II. The Bolsheviks, a group led by Vladimir Lenin seized and broke the traditions of Czarist rule. -
A meeting composed of the victorious Allied Powers after WWI. The meeting was made to set up peace terms amongst each other for the Central Powers who lost the war. The US, Great Britain, france and Italy came to an agreement that Germany, Ottoman Empire, and Austria-Hungary had to cover the cost of the war no matter what economic condition they were in. -
It was an insurrection in which Benito Mussolini started to gain power in Italy. It marked the beginning of fascist rule and the ending of parliamentary regimes of socialists and liberals. -
Adolf Hitler and his Nazi party held a coalition in attempt to overthrow the German government at the time. He failed so he ended up naming his failed attempt Beer Hall Putsch. -
Joseph Stalin's idea, concentrated on developing heavy h\duty industry and collectivizing agriculture, at the cost of a drastic fall in consumer goods. This was to help increase Russia's industrial and agricultural output.
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Great tension began when the partitioning of Africa began. Italy wanted to boost national prestige and the invasion of Ethiopia did as such. Italian forces defeat Ethiopia at the Battle of Adowa. -
A small strip of land inside of Germany, bordered by France, Belgium, and the Netherlands. Germany sent troops to invade Rhineland's demilitarized zone and took the land back peacefully. -
The Spanish government believed the military held too much power so Francisco Franco started the Civil War by rebelling against the second republic. Over 12% of Spain's income was destroyed -
The Rape of Nanjing was a period of time of mass murder and rape in China committed by imperial Japanese troops during the Second Sino-Japanese War. This helped them seize Nanjing. -
Hitler invaded Poland because he thought Poland was going to invade Germany. Germany joined forces with the Soviet Union and invaded Poland. -
France was at war with Germany. Within a short amount of time, The French army had been defeated by German forces and was pushed off of the land. France surrenders.
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The Japanese wanted to give hints to the United States to stay away from the Pacific Ocean. But in response to the bombing, the United States announces entry to the war.
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United States Marines, landed on Guadalcanal, Tulagi, and Florida in the southern Solomon Islands. The objective was to use Guadalcanal and Tulagi as military bases to capture or neutralize the Japanese base at Rabaul on New Britain. -
Germany wanted control over the city of Stalingrad, Germany invades the Soviet Union but had to retreat due to the inability of taking over the city. It was marked as one of the bloodiest battles for Germany. -
The war fought near the western frontier of Egypt. The battle of El Alamein was tge climax of the North African campaign of WWII. Italy and Germany suffered a major defeat by the British. -
The Battle of Normandy, lasting from June 1944 to August 1944. It resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany's control. Named Operation Overload, but regularly known as D-Day. Over 150,000 American, British, and Canadian landed on five beaches along a 50 mile stretch of heavily fortified coast of France's Normandy region.
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A meeting held in Potsdam, Germany. it was the last of three big meetings during WWII. Attended by Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, and Harry Truman. -
The United States dropped two nuclear atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. This led to the surrender of Japan in WWII. With the announcement heard around the world in a matter of time, the day is remembered as V-J Day or "Victory in Japan" Day. -
Four months after the San Francisco Conference took place, the United Nations officially began. After its charter had been ratified by China, France, Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom, the United States and majority of votes declared to ensure world peace. -
General MacArthur wanted to reconstruct the constitution of Japan after WWII. After EMperor Hirohito surrendered, a new form of government had to be put in place. Hirohito released an official proclamation regarding General MacArthur's plan to democratize Japan. -
After the war, everyone was destroyed physically and economically. The plan was set up to reconstruct the economy and infrastructure. The plan provided aid to the recipients essentially on a per capita basis, with larger amounts given to the ones with major industrial powers such as West Germany, France, and Great Britain. -
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was formed by the United States, Canada, and many western European nations to provide a collective security against the Soviet Union. -
The Soviet Union formed an alliance with Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania as a counterbalance to NATO. This was known as the Warsaw Pact
