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WORLD WAR ONE
World war one took place from the 28th of july 1914, and continued until the 11th of November 1918. The War was officially sparked by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. Throughout World War One approximatly 9 million lost their lives including 60 thousand australian soldiers. -
TREATY OF VERSAILLES SIGNED
The treaty of Versailles was a peace settlement signed after world war one ended in 1918. four people representing different political parties signed the treaty in the palace of versaille; -
HITLERS YOUTH
The Weimar Republic is proclaimed in Germany.
germany has been defeated in world war one and signed the treaty of versaille. On this date hitler joins the german workers party. -
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
On the 29th of October 1929 the great depression begun when the stock market crashed leaving many out of pocket, poor, living on the streets with some women even turning to prostitution to feed themselves and their cherished families.
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HITLER COMES TO POWER IN GERMANY
On this day in 1933, President Paul von Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler, leader or fÜhrer of the National Socialist German Workers Party (or Nazi Party), as chancellor of Germany. -
WORLD WAR TWO
World war two was initiated by Nazi Germany invading poland, triggering the outbreak of World War Two. world war two raged from the 1st of september 1939 till the 8th of may 1945 when the Axis powers surrendered the Allies accepted Germany's surrender, about a week after Adolf Hitler had committed suicide. -
PEARL HARBOUR
The attack on the american naval base at pearl harbour, Hawaii, on the 7th of december 1941 alerted allies to the nature of the Japanese threat. Japan hoped to destroy America's Pacific fleet, as a preventative strike to stop American interface in the Pacific. 2402 people lost their lives in this battle both soldiers and civilians. -
THE FALL OF SINGAPORE
The fall of Singapore is considered one of the greatest defeats in the history of the British Army and probably Britain’s worst defeat in World War Two. The surrender of Singapore demonstrated to the world that the Japanese Army was a force to be reckoned with though the defeat also ushered in three years of appalling treatment for the Commonwealth POW’s who were caught in Singapore. -
FUZZY WUZZY ANGELS
During the war in Papua New Guinea, the local population who were sympathetic to the Australian troops would assist where they could. Notably they would help in transporting stores and equipment over the rough terrain. A close relationship and bonds of friendship developed between these local men and the Australi It is a well accepted fact that many men would have died where they fell in Papua New Guinea had it not been for these men who became affectionately known as the ‘Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels.’ -
COLD WAR
The Cold War is the name given to the relationship that developed primarily between the USA and the USSR after World War Two. The Cold War was to dominate international affairs for decades and many major crises occurred - the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam, Hungary and the Berlin Wall being just some. For many, the growth in weapons of mass destruction was the most worrying issue. -
CHINA BECOMES COMMUNISTS
Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong declared the creation of the People’s Republic of China. The announcement ended the costly full-scale civil war between the Chinese Communist Party and the Nationalist Party, or Kuomintang, which broke out immediately following World War II . -
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the separate but equal doctrine that formed the basis for state-sanctioned discrimination, drawing national and international attention to African Americans’ plight. In the turbulent decade and a half that followed, civil rights activists used nonviolent protest and civil disobedience to bring about change, and the federal government made legislative headway with initiatives such as the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Civil Rights Act of 1968. -
VIETNAM WAR
The Vietnam War was the longest major conflict in which Australians have been involved; involved some 60,000 personnel. A limited initial commitment of just 30 military advisers grew to include a battalion in 1965 and finally, in 1966, a task force. Each of the three services was involved, but the dominant role was played by the Army -
CYCLONE TRACY
Cyclone Tracy was a tropical cyclone that devastated the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Cyclone Tracy lasted 5 days destroying anything and everything in its path of destruction. overall there were 71 fatalities from the Cyclone -
NINE ELEVEN
On September 11, 2001, 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda hijacked four airliners and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States. Two of the planes were flown into the towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, a third plane hit the Pentagon just outside Washington, D.C., and the fourth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. Often referred to as 9/11, the attacks resulted in extensive death and destruction, triggering major U.S. ini -
AFGHANISTAN WAR
The war followed the September 11 attacks, and its public aims were to dismantle al-Qaeda and denying it a safe basis of operation in Afghanistan by removing the Taliban from power. U.S. President George W. Bush demanded that the Taliban hand over Osama bin Laden and expel al-Qaeda. -
BALI BOMBINGS
Two bombs destroyed the Kuta area on the 12 of October 2002 . The bombs went off in Paddy's Bar and Sari Club in a local Kuta hotel ripping through the club and the hotel destroying all that was in the vacinity of the area, killing 202 people from 21 countries. It was believed that this area was targetted as it induldged in western pleasures and embraced in the culture of western society, forgeting their hindu origins. -
GAZA - ISRAEL CONFLICT
The Gaza and Israel conflict, taking place in the region of the Gaza Strip and southern Israel, is a part of the long-term Israeli Palestinian conflict. It began in the summer of 2006 and, although the principal parties involved Israel and Hamas ,agreed a ceasefire following Operation Pillar of Defense in November 2012, it is considered ongoing at a low level. -
OSAMA BIN LADEN KILLED
Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden was the founder of al-Qaeda, the Wahhabi extremist militant organization that claimed responsibility for the September 11 attacks on the United States, along with many other attacks. On May 2, 2011, Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is killed by U.S. Special Forces during an early morning (around mid-afternoon on the first of May in the United States) raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan. -
MALAYSIAN FLIGHT MH17
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17,MH17/MAS17 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur that crashed on 17 July 2014. The plane is believed to have been shot down with a Buk surface-to-air missile. The airliner went down near Hrabove in Donetsk Oblast Ukraine, about 40 km from the Ukraine/Russia border,killing all 283 passengers and 15 crew on board.
