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Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
This was the straw that broke the camels back and began WWI. All of Europe mobilized their armies. He was assasinated by a Serbian. -
German resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare
This was the U-boat campaign of Germany against the Entente Powers. The U-Boats targeted British supply ships that supplied food and weapons. The U-Boats sunk 5000 ships. -
Gallipoli campaign
The Gallipoli campaign was the Allied campaign to conquer the Ottoman Empire's capitol, Constantinople. The Ottoman Empire won by a large margin. Russia began the campaign to secure a sea route to the Mediterranean. -
Japan makes Twenty-one Demands on China
The 21 demands was an attempt by Japan to gain control over China's economy and Manchuria. As a result to this, the Chinese people boycotted Japanese goods. -
Bolshevik Revolution
The Bolshevik Revolution was the Communist uprising in Russia. The uprising one and established a communist state in Russia. -
Civil war in Russia
The Russian Civil war was the main reason Russia did not partake in WWI. The Bolshevik Red Army facinf the White army, the anti-communist force in Russia. The Red army had to face no only the White Army, but also foreign forces. -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was the peace agreement between Russia and Nazi Germany. Germany later broke this treaty and lost to Russia. -
First meeting of the League of Nations
This was a international organization tasked with keeping peace after WWI. It also set work regulations and promoted disarmorment. It failed miserably. -
Paris Peace Conference
The Paris Peace Conference was the meeting of the Allied victors to decide the punishments for Germany. The Treaty of Versailles was signed here. -
May Fourth Movement in China
The May Fourth Movement in China was the student revolt against China's compliance with the Treaty of Versailles, which gave Japan Germany's colonies. This was the first real example of Chinese Nationalism. -
Lenin's New Economic Policy
Lenin's New Economic Policy was the capitalist plan to boost the Soviet economy. It also placed a tax on farmers required to be payed in grain. Stalin revoked the plan in 1938. -
Mussolini launches fascist movement in Italy
The Fascist movement was the social, political, and economic policy Italy adopted during WWII. It was very nationalistic and opposed Communism. -
Ataturk proclaims Republic of Turkey
After WWI, the Ottoman empire fell. The Young Turks established their own country. Ataturk arose as the leader and declared the new country of Turkey a Republic. -
Sandino is murdered in Nicaragua
Augusto César Sandino was the Nicaraguan revolutionary leader leading the rebellion against the U.S. military occupation of Nicaragua. He was later assassinated by the national guard which would go on to stage a military coup. -
First Soviet Five-Year Plan
The First Soviet Five-Year Plan was the list of economic goals that the Soviet Union needed to accomplish in five years. It was Joseph Stalin's idea. The major goal was to industrialize the country. -
US stock market crash
The US stock market crash was the beginning of the great depression. It was caused by stock speculation. Msny brokers commited suicides. -
Civil disobedience movement in India
The Civil disobedience movement in India was best known for its nonviolence. It was lead by Ghandi. The rebels refused to obey certain laws of the government. -
Japanese invasion of Manchuria
The Japanese invasion of Manchuria was one of the many offensives of the Empire of Japan as they tried to conquer the Pacific. Once the Japanese conquered Manchuria, they set up a puppet regime called Manchukuo. -
Long March by Chinese Communists
The Long March by Chinese Communists was the retreat of the Red Army to North and West China. It was not one long march but a collection of many. The long march led to Mao Zedong coming to power. -
Hitler is ruler in Germany
Hitler was the Fascist leader of Germany during WWII. He best known for his hatred of Jews and starting WWII. When his hiding place was captured after the war, he commited suidide. -
Stalin's "Great Purge" in USSR
The Great Purge was the campaign by Joseph Stalin to rid the Communist Party of possible saboteurs. People were very scared of being reported of being Capitalist. -
Invasion of China by Japan
The Invasion of China by Japan, otherwise known as the sino-Japanese war, was the conflict between China and Japan. Japan wanted to expand its territory, and China provided a lot of it. China won and forced Japan to shut down all military outposts on the mainland. -
Cardenas nationalizes oil industry in Mexico
The nationalization of the oil industry in Mexico came after oil workers went on strike. They wanted better conditions and higher wage, but the oil companies refused. To end the strike, the government took over oil production and all private oil lots. -
German Auschluss with Austria
The Auschluss of Austria was the invasion and annexation of Austira into Germany. Many Austrians were okay with the annexation. After this, Germany began its WWII campaign. -
Invasion of Poland by Germany
Germany attacked Poland from the North, South, and West. Poland and Germany had a nonaggression pact, but this was meerly a plan to give Poland a false sense of security. Germany attacked Poland to take back land given to Poland at the end of WWI. -
German invasion of USSR
Code named operation Barbarossa, Germany invaded the USSR with 4 million troops. This is the largest troop movement in history. At first, Germany was winning, but when winter came they lost terribly. -
Soviet victory at Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was the German attempt to take over Russia, but they attacked during winter so they fight cost many lives. The USSR won but many people died. Many civilians died. -
D-Day, Allied invasion at Normandy
The Allied invasion at Normandy, or D-Day, was a successful surprise attack on Axis powers. The attack was from both the air and sea. -
Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagaski
The Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagaski was the ending of WWII on the Pacific front. This resulted in the death of 100,000s of Japanese people. This was the one and only deployment of nuclear weapons in warfare. -
Capture of Berlin by Soviet forces
The Capture of Berlin by Soviet forces, otherwise know as the Battle of Berlin, was the last major offensive of Europe in WWII. This resulted in Hitler and other Nazi officials commiting suicide. -
Establishment of United Nations
The UN organization created to ensure intergovernmental co-oporation. It replaced the League of Nations because it was weak and ineffective. -
Partition of India
The Partition of India was the splitting of India and Pakistan. The Hindus in Pakistan went to India and Muslims in India moved to Pakistan. -
Apartheid in South Africa
The apartheid of South Africa was the segregation of native South Africans from the Europeans. There were laws preventing interracial marriages and "white-only" jobs. Also, a person had to be classified as white, black, or mixed. -
Arab-Israeli War
The Arab-Israeli War was fought because the five Arab states were angery that Palistine was named Israel. The US was with Israel and placed arms embargoes on the Arab countries. -
Creation of Israel
Israel was created out of the region of Palistine. The U.S. was happy with this but Great Britain was unhappy because they had a colonial mandate with Palistine that would be undone when Israel emerged. -
Division of Berlin and German
This was the Soviet blockade of Western Allied supply lines. The goal was to force the Allies to allow the USSR to supply the city of Berlin with goods. This basically gave the USSR control over Berlin. The U.S. combatted this by sending airbourne aid. -
Establishment of NATO
NATO or the North Atlantic Alliance in the treaty signed by the U.S. and Western European countries to protect American interest in Europe. This also required that if one of the countries in the treaty were attacked, the others would react. -
Establishment of People's Republic of China
The People's Repubic of China was the Communist state in China. It came after years of rebellions and the fall of China's imperial system. The leader of PRC was Mao Zedong. -
Korean War
The Korean War was the war between South Korea and the United States and North Korea and China. The war began at the 38th parallel and ended at the 38th parallel. The North became Communist and the South became Democratic. -
Algerian war of liberation
The Algerian war of liberation was a war for decolonization by Algeria to break away from France. The war was very violent and involved torture and terrorizing civillians. Algeria won and gained its independence. -
French defeat at Dien Bien Phu
This was the large war of the First Indochina War. It was between France and the COmmunist forces in Vietnam. The French made many blunders when it came to Gorlilla warfare that cost them the battle. -
Establishment of Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was the defence treaty of the Communist states. The Soviets sponsored the treaty because it allowed the USSR to maintain some control over the other Communist states. -
Suez crisis
The Suez crisis was the stand off betwen Egypt and Israel backed by Britian and France. Israel captured the Suez canal, a major trade route. It ended by the UN forcing Israel, Britain, and France to return the Suez Canal to Egypt. -
US troops in Vietnam
The movement of US troops into Vietnam was the fight to rid Vietnam of Communist forces. No one really won the war. It caused many deaths. -
Uprising in Hungary
The Uprising in Hungary was the quick revolt of the Hungarian people against the Pro-Communist government. The revolt was quick lived but very influencial. -
Great leap forward in China
The Great Leap Forward was the economic and social campaign of Mao Zedong to modernize the country. China was a agriculturally based society until Mao Zedong need to industrialize to support the new Communist Regime. -
Castro comes to power in Cuba
Fidel Castro was the first Communist leader of Cuba. The U.S. was okay with Castro taking over in the beginning, but after he placed in to practice Communist policies, the U.S. backing stopped. Castro was extremely anti-American and even threatened America during the Cuban missile crisis. -
Sino-Soviet rift
The Sino-Soviet rift was the deterioration of relations between USSR and CCP during the Cold War. The conflict came over idealogies of Marxism. China and the USSR were the two largest powers at the time. -
Construction of Berlin Wall
The Berlin wall separated West Berlin from East Berlin and East Germany. No one was allowed over the Wall. -
Creation of PLO
The PLO was the organization that supported an independent state of Palistine. The U.S. considered this a terrorist organization because they treatened Israel on many occasions. -
Revolution in Iran
The Iranian Revolution was the overthrow of the Pahlavi Dynasty. The Pahlavi Dynastyy was supported by the U.S. until they were ousted. The governemnt that replaced them were closer to socialism and had close ties to the USSR. -
Iran-Iraq war
The Iran-Iraq war was the air and land based attacks of Iraq on Iran. Iraq wanted to invade Iran to diplace it as the dominant power in the Perisan Gulf. Iran quickly repelled the first attack and basically the borders never changed drastically. -
Soviet withdrawl from Afghanistan
Eight years after the USSR sent troops in to Afghanistan to support the Communist forces there, they pulled them. -
Reunification of Germany
The Reunification of Germany was the process of uniting East and West Germany. This occured because the Communist regimes holding the Iron Curtain began to crumble. -
Persian Gulf War
The Persian Gulf War, otherwise known as Operation Desert Storm, was the war between Iraq and the U.S. after Iraq annexed Kuwait. Coalition forces liberated Kuwait. -
Collapse of USSR
The Collapse of USSR came about because of political unrest and a coup. The Soviet Union broke up into 15 new countries. Most of it became Russia. -
Transfer of British Hong Kong to China
The Transfer of British Hong Kong to China was the end of British rule of Hong Kong. Hong Kong was taken after the Opium wars and the unfair treaties that followed.
