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Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated by Bosnian man, Serb Gavrilo Princip. This was the start of WWI. -
Started with a revolt against the Russian empire and ended with the formation of the Soviet Union.
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Conference was held to celebrate ally victory. The intention was to establish peace.
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Stalin created plans for the first five years of his nation economy of the Soviet Union. -
This was an organized mass march which had been targeted in ending the parliamentary regimes of socialists and liberals. -
Hitler and the Nazi party led an attempt to overthrow the German government
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The Italians attempt to boost national prestige. The Italians won.
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Adolf Hitler sent 20,000 troops into the Rhineland which had been a direct violation of the treaty of Versailles. -
War fought between two sides, the republicans and the nationalists. Ended in republican surrender.
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The Japanese invaded China and killed an estimated 40,000 - 300,000 people. -
The Nazi's invaded Poland after hearing false reports. The Soviets joined Germany. The Nazi's and Soviets won, thus starting WWII.
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The french government signed an armistice with Germany. This established German occupation in France. -
Japanese attack on the Hawaiian base, named Pearl Harbor. This began the US's involvement in WWII. -
The Germans attempted to take control of Stalingrad which resulted in a German failure.
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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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Fought in the pacific theater, this was the first offensive victory for the Allied powers.
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Major allied victory, seaborne invasion led by the allied powers in Normandy. -
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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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.
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The UN was formed in order to keep international peace.
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Douglas MacArthur set plans to completely disarm and demilitarize Japan after WWII because of their war crimes and to never attack the allies.
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The US program the provided European aid after the war in order to rebuild after the devastation of WWII.
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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
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The Soviet Union created the Warsaw pact that was a mutual defense organization that put them as the head of armed forces.