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WW1 begins
World War One started in 1914. -
Germans fire at allies
Fired gas filled shells at the allied lines, this was the very first time that a large amount of poison gas was used in was. This act costed Germany their alliance with France. -
First tanks
The first ever tanks used in World War One a was used by the British. -
Russian revolution
This revolution opened the door for the Russians entrance to the Industrial Age. -
USA enters the war
The USA enters the war and because of the US entry the war was ended within a year. They had a great amound of new troops and supplies. -
Russian revolution
This happened at the final phase of World War One, removed them from the war. This also transformed Russia into the USSR. -
Russian revolution
Russian revolution was only in 1917. -
Battle of cantigny
The battle of cantigny was the first major American offense of the war. Lead to larger attacks on Germany from America. -
Peace Treaty
The Germans signed a peace tract with the Russians. This allowed Germans to move soldiers to the western from this also gave them more land. -
World War One
World War One lasted from 1914 to 1918 -
World war 2
World War Two started in 1939. -
World war 2
Hitler took control of smaller countries to gain more land, and gain more power and trust within Germany and the allies. -
World war 2
Germany invaded the Soviet Union. -
World war 2
Had the largest budget in history the US spent more money then any other war. -
World war 2
World war 2 lasted 6 years. -
The Cold War begins
The war following world war 2. This was a war based on tension that was left over after the pervious war. https://thekholdwar.weebly.com/10-major-events.html -
Cold War allies
tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union) and powers in the Western Bloc (the United States and its NATO allies. -
Korean War
Korea was divided by the U.S. to the south and Russia/China to the North similar to what happened in Germany. North invaded the south pushing all the way to the tip of the peninsula in a matter of months. The U.S. soon intervened by launching an attack. This is where the U.S. wins its first battle of containment against the Soviet Union. This was the United States first win over the Soviets without causing an nuclear war. -
Cuban misal crisis
Kennedy ordered a naval blockade of Cuba and all U.S. military forces to DEFCON 3. ICBMs were prepared for launch. The world watched as tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union increased. Khrushchev put Warsaw Pact forces on alert. The U.S. was put into DEFCON 2 one more step to nuclear war. Khrushchev announced that they were withdrawing the missiles from Cuba. In 1963, the U.S. removed the missiles from Turkey that equally threatened the Soviet Union. -
Vietnam War
Vietnam decided to form a communist country. It is believed the US president didn’t wish to offend France by normalizing relations, so he began a campaign of terrorism against the south. The allies agreed because they wanted to get rid of all communism. However, because the U.S. was fighting against the communist North Vietnamese, the Soviets decided to back up the communists. -
Cold War ends
After many years the Cold War ended in 1991.
