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Assassination at Sarajevo
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Period: to
WWI
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German troops invaded Belgium
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Battle of the Marne
.Both sides take up trench positions by end of year. -
Italy declared war on Austria
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Germans attack Ypres
Gas first used -
Conscription.
Compulsory military service in Britain. -
Germans attack at Verdun.
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Russian revolution
Russia becomes the first communist country. -
Usa enters on side of Allies.
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Russia drops out of the war
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Period: to
Civil war in Russia
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Cease fire
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The treaty of Verailles is signed.
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Lenin dies.
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Stalin takes power over Russia.
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American great depression
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Hitler becomes the leader of Germany.
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Germany leaves the league of nations
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Spanish civil war
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Anexation of Austria
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The night of the broken glass
Jewish shops and houses destroyed -
The Nazi-Soviet pact
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Period: to
WWII
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The outbreak of WWII
itler launched his attack on Poland. Within a few weeks, Poland was defeated. -
Italy enters the war.
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Winston Churchill becomes first minister.
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Japan attacks USA.
The Japanese attacked the American base in Pearl Harbor. -
Germany attacks Russia.
Operation Barbarossa -
Hitler began the policy of the "Final Solution"
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The battle of midway
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The Normandy landings.
The D day. -
The fall of Hitler's Germany.
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WWII ended.
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First atomic bomb.
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The Marshal aid.
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Indian indepedence.
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The cold war
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NATO was founded.
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Vietnam war
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The Berlin wall was built.
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The Berlin wall falls
