European Union Timeline

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  • Start WWII

    Start WWII
    Started September 1, 1939 when Germany invaded Poland. Great Britain and France later declared war on Germany September 3rd.

  • Benelux

    Benelux
    The Benelux Union, also known as simply Benelux, is a politico-economic union and formal international intergovernmental cooperation of three neighboring states in western Europe: Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. The purpose of the Benelux Union is to deepen and expand cooperation among the three countries so that it can continue its role as precursor within the European Union and strengthen and improve cross-border cooperation at every level.

  • Potsdam Conference

    Potsdam Conference
    The Big Three—Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and U.S. President Harry Truman—met in Potsdam, Germany, from July 17 to August 2, 1945, to negotiate terms for the end of World War II.

  • WW2 ends

    WW2 ends
    WW2 ended September 2nd, 1945 with the surrender of the Axis powers (Germany, Japan, and Italy).

  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan
    The Marshall Plan was an American initiative passed in 1948 for foreign aid to Western Europe. The United States transferred over $13 billion in economic recovery programs to Western European economies after the end of World War II.

  • OEEC

    OEEC
    The Organization for European Economic Cooperation. It was created to allocate and distribute Marshall Plan aid and to plan for and effect a European Recovery Program (ERP) for the countries of Western Europe.

  • COMECON

    COMECON
    Comecon, byname of Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA), also called (from 1991) Organization for International Economic Cooperation, organization established in January 1949 to facilitate and coordinate the economic development of the eastern European countries belonging to the Soviet bloc.

  • NATO

    NATO
    North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's an intergovernmental military alliance between 28 European countries, 2 North American countries, and 1 Asian country. It's purpose is to safeguard the freedom and security of all its members by political and military means.

  • Schuman Plan

    Schuman Plan
    Schuman Plan, proposal by French foreign minister Robert Schuman on May 9, 1950, for the creation of a single authority to control the production of steel and coal in France and West Germany (now Germany), to be opened for membership to other European countries.

  • Warsaw Pact

    Warsaw Pact
    The Warsaw Pact was a collective defence treaty established by the Soviet Union and seven other Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe: Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania.