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Nationalism was a big roleplay during WWI when Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated. He was assassinated by Princip who was a part of the Serbian nationalist terrorist group. -
The Russian Revolution of 1917 was one of the most explosive political events of the 20th century. The Russian revolution was a short-term consequence that turned Russia into a communist country. It removed Russia from the war and brought about the transformation of the Russian empire into the USSR, replacing Russia's traditional monarchy with the world's first communist state. -
A formal meeting of the Allies that had won after World War I to determine and set the peace terms for the Central powers that were defeated. The goal was to establish terms of peace after the World War. -
The insurrection by which Mussolini came to power in Italy. The march marked the beginning of fascist rule and meant the doom of the preceding parliamentary regimes of socialists and liberals. -
An attempt by Adolf Hitler and the nazi party to overthrow the German government. They planned to seize Munich and use the city as a base for a march against germanys national government, which resulted in a failure arrest of the nazi party leadership. -
Stalin's first five-year plan concentrates on developing heavy industry and collectivizing agriculture, at the cost of a drastic fall in consumer goods. It was created in order to initiate rapid and large-scale industrialization across the USSR. -
A war of aggression was fought between Italy and Ethiopia. It was Italy's conquest of Ethiopia, a process it began after the 1885 partition of Africa. Italy waned to boost its Italian national prestige. -
Nazi leader Adolf Hitler violates the treaty of Versailles by sending German military forces into the Rhineland, a demilitarized zone along the rhine river in western Germany. They marched into the rhine land which was clearly against the Treaty of Versailles which had laid out the terms which defeated Germany had accepted. Which caused a bunch of confusion. -
The Spanish civil war begins as a revolt by rightwing Spanish military officers in Spanish Morocco and spreads to mainland Spain. The government believed that the army had too much say in politics and determined to reduce its influence. It was also a result because of the failure of the Spanish democracy, and this result from the refusal of the Spanish political parties and groups to compromise and respect democratic norms. -
An episode of mass murders and mass rape committed by imperial Japanese troops against the resident's of Nanjing(Nanking). Mass killing and ravaging of CHinses citizens and capitulated solider by soldiers after its seizure of Nanjing, China. -
Hitler invades Poland. The soviet union and Germany invaded Poland and split it. They wanted to overwhelm Poland. The german-soviet victory was known as the lighting war because it happened so fast. It started WWII. -
Germany takes Paris. France surrenders soon after. Nazis control the northern part of France. Set up Vichy France(new capital with puppet government) in the south with Marshall Puritan in charge. -
The US had cracked one of the secret codes that the Japanese which let us know what the Japanese had planned for southeast Asia. Japanese plans included invading the Asian colonies of European countries. The Japanese launched a surprise attack against the US naval base at Pearl harbor. Sunk and damaged 19 US ships including 8 battleships. More than 2,300 Americans were killed. -
He wanted to protect emperor Hirohito because “through him, it will be possible to maintain a completely orderly government. The US invested billions in Japan's economy. The US wanted Japan to be a democratic government to stop the spread of communism. Japan today is one of the most developed, advanced, and stable countries in the world. -
Battling over the small town. The German Afrika Korps was massed there when the British attacked from the east. After several days of battle, the Germans retreated to the west. Essentially a win for the British. Germans lose El-Alamein, the British win, and the Germans are surrounded and then they eventually have to end up surrendering because they are in the center of the Americas and the British. -
“Island-hopping” strategy to defeat the Japanese in the pacific.
Attacking islands closer to japan. Several thousand US marines and Australian soldiers landed on Guadalcanal. The fighting was bloody and costly to both sides. After 6 months of fighting the Japanese abandoned the island. -
German ground forces controlled 90% of the city.
Stalin issued orders to his commanders to defend the city until death. Soviet launched a counterattack. The soviet surrounds the city trapping the german army inside and cutting off supplies. The Soviets lost over 1 million soldiers. German soldiers out of 330000 that entered Stalingrad surrendered. -
Attack German-occupied France. Air bombings occurred beforehand to knock out bridges and make Hitler think the invasion would be elsewhere. Heavy casualties resulted from allied invasion, but they have to be able to get in knowing you may not make it.
All of northern France was liberated, helped free the french from the nazis, and can start focusing on getting into Germany. -
Allies meet in the suburb of berlin issues are boundaries of Poland, occupation of Austria, SU role in eastern Europe. Reparations, a war against Japan. Each nation was most concerned with its own self-interest. And there were suspicious of Stalin. -
The decision is made to use the atomic bomb to end the war quickly & save American soldiers' lives. -
The united nations was an international organization founded in 1945 after the second world war by 51 counties committed to maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations, and promoting social progress, better living standards, and human rights. -
The four-year plan started in 1948. The US provided 15+ billion to western Europe to help rebuild, and they did not have to repay.
Rebuilt cities, industries, and infrastructure. Help to prevent the spread of communism. -
NATO was created in 1949 by the US, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the SU. The main purpose was to safeguard the freedom and security of all its members by political and military means. An international organization formed to protect each other from aggression.
50 countries. -
The Warsaw Pact supplemented existing agreements. It was a mutual defense organization the put the Soviets in command of the armed forces of the member states. It was a collective defense treaty. The Warsaw Pat was dominated by the USSR