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Berlin Conference
European imperial powers drew up plans to divide Africa. -
World WAr I begins
It was a total war and it started over the assination of the Austrai narchduke and his wife -
World War I ends
This left Europe in rubble and a lack of important resources -
Hitler comes to power
He was a insane facist who tried to take over the world -
Hitler invades Poland
Hitler had made a treaty to not invade Poland but that treaty was broken. -
Pearl Harbor attack
U.S. enters World War II in response to Japenese attack -
D-Day
the beginning of the liberation of western Europe from the Nazi control -
V-E Day
World War II ends in Europe -
Truman Doctrine announced
The policy opposing communism all over the world -
Marhall Plan begins
The Marshall Plan was a plan that helped Germany and parts of western Europe rebuild itself from World War II. This plan went into action so that the Soviet Union would not have the power to invade and take them over with communism. -
ECSC established
European Coal and Steel Community created by France and Germany. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile crisis was a crisis over Cuba's recieving of nucleur weapons. The Soviet Union was going top give Cuba nucleur weapons if they started a war with the United States They did this beucase they were behind in the Cold War and beucase Cuba had the advantage of location for the war. But the US intercepted the missiles. -
Berlin Walls falls
This event was monumental becuase it signified to the reuniting parts of a once broken country, the free Germany and the communist Germany. Yet now this signified the end of the Cold War -
East and West Germany reunited after Cold War
After 45 years of being seperated Eastern and Western Germany were able to come together again in a free country. -
Soviet Union ends
The ending of the Soviet Union also represented the end of the Cold War. -
Maasticht Treaty signed
Document which established framework for the EU was agreed to. -
Euro introduced
This is the same currency that the enitre EU uses. You can go over into different countires and uses that same currency without having to switch over you money.
