WWI, Great Depression, and WWII

  • Assasination

    Assasination
    Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assasinated by Serbians
  • Ultimatum

    Austria sends a strict ultimatum to Serbia
  • Support

    Germany declares Austrian support
  • Mobilization

    Serbian troops moblilise; Russia stations soldiers on Austrian frontier.
  • War

    Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
  • Germany vs. Russia

    Germany declares war on Russia
  • Germany vs France

    Germany declares war on France
  • Britain vs. Germany

    In defense of France and Belgium, Britain declares war on Germany
  • Stock Crash

    Stock Crash
    Wall Street crashed, starting the great depression
  • Panic!

    The first bank panic happens and bankruptcy ensues
  • Unemployment

    Unemployment hits 25%
  • FDR

    FDR
    Franklin Deleano Roosevelt becomes president
  • League of Nations (Germany Leaves)

    Germany decides to abandon the League of Nations
  • Hitler

    Hitler
    Hitler rises to TOTAL power after President Hindenburg dies
  • Chezchoslovakia

    Chezchoslovakia
    German Nazis take over Chezchoslovakia
  • US in war

    The U.S. finally enters the war
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    Japan bombs Pearl Harbor in Hawaii
  • Suicide

    Hitler commits suicide to avoid trial
  • Bombing

    Bombing
    U.S. Bombed Nagasaki with first nuclear weapons
  • Bombing

    U.S. Bombed Hiroshima with nuclear weapons