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Start WWII
Was triggered after the German invasion of Poland causing Britain to be the first country to declare war. -
Benelux Treaty
Economic Union was formed between Belgium, Netherlands and Luxemburg. -
Potsdam Conference
A conference where negotiators were sent from allied countries to draft peace treaties with Germany and its formal allies. -
End of WWII
This was the day the Japanese surrendered ending all wars, the Germans surrendered on May 7, 1945. -
Marshall Plan
An American plan passed to help aid and revitalize Western Europe's people and economy after World War II. -
Warsaw Pact
A cohesive defensive treaty produced by the soviet Union and seven other Soviet satellite states. -
Berlin Wall Built
This wall was used to separate the known Eastern Germany which was communist and the Western Germany which was democratic. -
Schengen Agreement
Agreement treaty that led to majority of Western European countries to abolish their national borders. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The collapse of the Berlin Wall was the destruction of the wall separating East and West Germany after long negotiation talks between soviets and others. -
Euro Launched
12 European countries converted to a common currency know as the EURO making it the biggest cash change in history.