The World Since 1917

By Halhuli47

  • World War I comes to an end

  • Nazi Germany annexes Poland marking the beginning of the second World War

  • World War II ends and the allies occupy Germany, Japan, and Italy

  • The Cold War begins between the United States and the Soviet Union

  • Establishment of the State of Israel

  • The Korean War

  • Vietnam War

  • Yom Kippur War

  • Iranian Revolution

  • Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

  • Iraq-Iran War

  • Fall of the Berlin Wall

  • Persian Gulf War begins

  • Breakup of Yugoslav and start of Yugoslav wars

  • Dissolution of the Soviet Union

  • Taliban captures Afghanistan

  • Terrorist Attacks of 9/11

  • Invasion of Afghanistan as part of War on Terror

  • Invasion of Iraq

  • Arab Spring uprisings