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Archduke Franas Ferdinard
Archduke Franas Ferdinard -
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World War 1
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German's Promise Support for the Austrians
Kaiser William II of Germany promises German support for their Austrian allies against Serbia. -
The Scheifflin Plan
The Germans declared war on France and implemented their invasion of Belgium, part of their Scheifflen Plan. The Plan was intended to bring about a swift victory for Germany in the event of a two-front war. It concentrated on exploiting the differences in the amount of time neighboring countries would need to prepare for war. The Belgium army was swept aside easily enough, however, the French held off the German forces. With the failure of the Schleiffen Plan, trench warfare ensued. -
England Enters the War
Germany invades neutral belgium, Britan decides to support its allies and to keep its promise to defent belgium neutrality declares war on Germany -
Austria-Hungary empire gives serbia ultimatum
The Austria-Hungary empire gives serbia a set of demands to meet within 24 hours and threatens war if they do not complete this list. The list was specificially made to be virtually imposible to complete. -
Battle of Verdun
The Battle of Verdun was one of the critical battles during World War I on the Western Front. It was fought between the German and French armies, on hilly terrain north of the city of Verdun-sur-Meuse in northeastern France. The Battle of Verdun ended with a French victory as the German assailants failed to capture Verdun and were pushed back close to their initial starting lines. -
Battle of Somme
Between the british and germans. The battle of Somme wasa diversion to take German soldiers away from the salient -
America declares war against Germany
America declares war against Germany by a large majority in the Congress -
Kaiser Wilhelm II steps down as king of qermany
Kaiser Wilhelm II steps down as king of qermany -
WW1 ends. (Armistice day)
Fighting ceases and world war one comes to an end. -
German Workers' Party established
This was the predecessor to the Nazi Party and is led by Anton Drexler. At first this party only has 60 members when it becomes the Nazi party it will have 8.5 million members. -
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World War 2
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Rise of the Nazi Party
Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi party and disregards the Treaty of Versailles and wants to help rebuild the German economy and their way of life, but also to make it a fascist state and to 'purify' the German race to make it perfect. -
Joseph Stalin In Power
Joseph Stalin becomes head of the Communist party after V.I. Lenin dies in 1924 and gains full power in 1928; even before WW2 Joseph Stalin was responsible for millions of deaths due to his strict policies. Fact: Lenins dying wish was for Joseph Stalin to be removed from the Communist party, but this was suppressed. -
Mussolini comes to power
Benito Mussolini "IlDuce" (the leader) rules over Italy making it a Totalitarian country. He will be one of Hitler’s biggest Allies in WW2 -
Japan Invades Manchuria
Essentially, this was an attempt by the Japanese Empire to gain control over the whole province, in order to eventually encompass all of East Asia. This proved to be one of the causes of World War II. -
Italy Invades Ethiopia
Ethiopia had valuable exports and at the time they were also forming a modern army with the help of several European powers, but was purchased with their own money. -
Germany Sparks a New War in Europe
Germany invades Poland -
Pearl Harbour
A month before six Japanese aircraft carriers sailed to the pacific in preparation for the attack. On an early morning on the 7th of December the attack commenced. Torpedo bombers and fighters attacked the airfields and ships destroying or crippling ships. 3 ships were lost and the day after America declared war on the Japanese Empire and later Germany and Italy.Fact The oil from the battleships that were sunk is still leeking out of the sunken ships -
D-Day
Joseph Stalin becomes head of the Communist party after V.I. Lenin dies in 1924 and gains full power in 1928; even before WW2 Joseph Stalin was responsible for millions of deaths due to his strict policies. Fact: Lenins dying wish was for Joseph Stalin to be removed from the Communist party, but this was suppressed.
