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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The archduke of Austria and his wife were shot by a group of five Serbians and 1 Bosnian Muslim. -
Declaration of War
Austri-Hungary is outraged by the death of the archduke and declares war on Serbia. -
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Span Of The Two World Wars
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Defeat
Austria-Hungary, Garmany, and Bulgari defeat Serbia. -
Grigori Rasputin Assassinated
Grigori, a secret member of the Austrian Green Hand is assassinated in St. Petersburg. -
Britain occupies Baghdad
A new British Lieutenant General named Sir Frederick Stanley Maude was given the job to restore Britain's military reputation after they lost Kut. -
Second Battle of Marne
Leaders of the German army, Bruno von Mudra and Karl von Einem, attacked the French army after the Spring Offense didn't end the war. This battle was considered the beginning of the end of the first world war. -
A Treaty
The treaty of Versailles is signed. While 27 nations were involved in the signing, Germany, Austria, and Hungary were excluded because they had been defeated. France had lost the most amount of troops, but were adamant about paying reparations. Britain had lost very little and was looking forward to Germany becoming an important trading partner. After the war, America promoted free-trade and created the League of Nations. -
Stock Market Crash
The renewed optimism for America after World War I caused more and more people to invest in the stock market. This eventually led to downfall of the stock market and led to the worldwide Great Depression. -
Hitler rises to power
Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany and the Nazi party takes power. -
Japan Invades China
The Japanese lauched a full-scale invasion on China after they claimed Chinese troops fired at Japanese people in Beijing. The Chinese gained help to fight Japan from Germany, the Soviet Union, and the U.S. -
Hitler annexes Austria
Hitler invaded Austria to add the country into the third empire of Germany. After Hitler forced the Austrian leader to give up the country, he created a new Nazi government. -
Germany invades Poland
Germany invades Poland with over 2,000 tanks and 1,000 planes. After only three weeks of attacking Warsaw, they surrendered and the remaining Polish territories were annexed into Germany. This caused Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany and officially start Word War II. -
Winston Churchill becomes leader of the British Government
Churchill led Britain during most of the course of World War II and in the aftermath recieved huge praise by the citizens. -
Germany launches air attacks on Great Britain
This event became known as the 'Battle of Britain' or 'The Blitz'. Most people in Britain had an air raid shelter that protected them from the blasts. -
Axis Alliance is Created
Germany, Italy, and Japan signed thetripartite pact that created their alliance and expressed their common goals to expand their territory and overthrow the international peace. -
Invasion of Russia
The Axis Alliance invades Russia with the help of Hungary as the fourth member of the alliance. Germany, The coutries invade with over 4 million troops. -
Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor
Previously, the United States was able to stay out of the war, but when japanese planes attacked the U.S. Navy, they joined the Allies. -
Air Attacks on Germany
The Allied forces agree to coordinate an air attack on Germany with the Eighth Air Force, reducing the urban area of Germany to rubble. -
The Baedeker Blitz
In response to the attacks on Germany from the Allied powers, Germany used their air force called 'the Luftwaffe' to attack Britain with more air raids. -
Attack on St. Nazaire
The eighth air force attacks a Nazi Germany city and loses seven bombers in the process. The Germans used a new anti-aircraft tactic called 'predicted barrage' where Nazis launched a box of explosives into the air to hit enemy bombers. -
The Battle of the Bulge
After the succes of the Allies invasion on the coast of Normandy, France, Hitler sent Nazi troops to fight the American army to try and turn the war around in his favor. A week later, the Eighth Air Force sent much needed air support to the battle, and dropped more bombs than any other day during the war. -
Allied Airfield Bombing
The Germans started the year by lauching air raids against Allied airfileds. 450 Allied planes were destroyed, but the Germans lost 237 and 59 of those were commanders. -
Attack on Berlin
The German forces have now been defeated and American and British forces are now trying to prove to Germany that they are barbarians and want Hitler to surrender. Over 900 bombers and 550 fighters were sent to Berlin German and began bombing government centars and railway stations that were filled with civilians. -
Nazis Retreating
American forces take over the Ludendorff Bridge across the Rhine River that borders Germany. -
Road to Victory
American and Soviet troops meet at the Elbe River and plan to attack Hitler's bunker. -
Hitler's death
After being told by the commander of the Berlin Defense Area that holding Berlin will soon become impossible, Hitler and his wife went into his private study. His wife was found dead from cyanide poisoning and Hitler had killed himself with his own gun. -
The German Army Surrenders
All German forces surrender in Reims, France. Reims was the location of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces during the last two years of the war. -
The Atomic Bomb
When the terms of Germany's surrender were concluded, America began preparing new bomber groups to attack Japan. The Air Force then dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. About a week and a half later, Japan surrenders to the Allied forces and World WarII comes to an end.
