WWI and WWll

  • Assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand

    Assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand

    Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated by Bosnian man, Serb Gavrilo Princip. This was the start of WWI.
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    Russian Revolution

    Started with a revolt against the Russian empire and ended with the formation of the Soviet Union.
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    Paris Peace conference

    Conference was held to celebrate ally victory. The intention was to establish peace.
  • Stalin's first five year plan

    Stalin's first five year plan

    Stalin created plans for the first five years of his nation economy of the Soviet Union.
  • Mussolini's March on Rome

    Mussolini's March on Rome

    This was an organized mass march which had been targeted in ending the parliamentary regimes of socialists and liberals.
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    Hitler's beer hall putsch

    Hitler and the Nazi party led an attempt to overthrow the German government
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    Second Italo-Ethiopian war

    The Italians attempt to boost national prestige. The Italians won.
  • Germany violates the Treaty of Versailles

    Germany violates the Treaty of Versailles

    Adolf Hitler sent 20,000 troops into the Rhineland which had been a direct violation of the treaty of Versailles.
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    Spanish civil war

    War fought between two sides, the republicans and the nationalists. Ended in republican surrender.
  • Rape of Nanjing / Nanking in China

    Rape of Nanjing / Nanking in China

    The Japanese invaded China and killed an estimated 40,000 - 300,000 people.
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    Germany's blitzkrieg on Poland

    The Nazi's invaded Poland after hearing false reports. The Soviets joined Germany. The Nazi's and Soviets won, thus starting WWII.
  • France surrenders to the axis powers

    France surrenders to the axis powers

    The french government signed an armistice with Germany. This established German occupation in France.
  • Bombing of Pearl Harbor

    Bombing of Pearl Harbor

    Japanese attack on the Hawaiian base, named Pearl Harbor. This began the US's involvement in WWII.
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    Battle of Stalingrad

    The Germans attempted to take control of Stalingrad which resulted in a German failure.
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    Battle of El Alamein

    North African campaign between the British empire and the axis powers. This prevented the axis powers from advancing further into france.
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    Battle of Guadalcanal

    Fought in the pacific theater, this was the first offensive victory for the Allied powers.
  • D-day

    D-day

    Major allied victory, seaborne invasion led by the allied powers in Normandy.
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    Potsdam conference

    Last big meeting of the big three, Harry Truman, Stalin, and Churchill. This was over the first use of an atomic bomb.
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    Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    This was the US's reaction to the bombing of pearl harbor. The US used atomic bombs and attacked the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
  • United Nations formed

    The UN was formed in order to keep international peace.
  • MacArthur's Plan for Japan

    Douglas MacArthur set plans to completely disarm and demilitarize Japan after WWII because of their war crimes and to never attack the allies.
  • Marshall's plan

    The US program the provided European aid after the war in order to rebuild after the devastation of WWII.
  • NATO formed

    The North Atlantic Treaty organization was formed by the US, Canada, and several Western European countries as a means of protection from the Soviet Union
  • Warsaw pact formed

    The Soviet Union created the Warsaw pact that was a mutual defense organization that put them as the head of armed forces.