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Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s Assasination
On a visit to Sarajevo the Bosnian capital, Archduke Franz Ferdinand along with his wife were assassinated by Gavrilo Princip. A incident prior that day, a separate attacker threw a gernade under his car on his way to a speech. After the speech Gavrilo shot him and his wife dead in an ally way. His death would eventually lead to he beginning of WW1 a month later. -
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia As a response to the assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Three days prior Austria-Hungary ended diplomatic relations with the country. Russia a Serbian ally readied troops against Austria-Hungary. -
Germany declares war on France.
Germany declares war on Britain and invades Belgium. They attack France through Belgium. They close the Belgium port. This angered Britain causing them to declare war a day later. -
Food strike in Petrograd
The people of Russia were starving. A mob of 90,000 people took twards the streets clambering for food. This was the being of a long hard fought revolution. -
American enters the WW1
The Us enters the war after an attack on a liner. They joined the Allied forces of Britain, France, and Russia. This inspired the allies to keep fighting. -
The Winter Palace is seized by Bolshevik revolutionaries.
The Boishevik take control over the winter palace. They gained the majority of political powering the nation. This leads to the formation of the USSR and the nation turn to communism. -
Russia drops out of the war
Russia signed the Brest-Litovsk. They granted let go of polish and Baltic territories. The left to deal with the resolution. -
Treaty of Versailles Is signed
After the Allies’ victory the Treaty of Versailles is signed.The big three primarily blam Germany destroying their economy. this unfair treatment of Germany is what leads to WW1. -
The USSR is formed.
The USSR is formed afte the Bolshevik gain control of Russia. There goverment was the first to use communism. There leader was Joseph Stalin. -
the stock market crash
THe stock market crash is the beginning of the Great Depression. Many took thier lives that day by jumping from the buildings they were in. The profitability of the stock market would not return to its former profitability for many years. -
The Banks start to shut down
The economy was trying to improve but the weakness in our banks brought it down even further. The Bank of Tennessee was one of the first to fail. One third of the banks in America failed. People wanting to get there money out as soon as possible deposited all their money causing many banks to go out of business. -
Hitler is put into power.
Hitler becomes chancellor in 1933. He becomes the chancellor of Germany. He would start rebuilding the German military and start segregating the Jews. -
Policy of Appeasement
Hitler invaded Czechoslovakia and nothing was done. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain gave the rest of Czechoslovakia to him hoping he would stop. It did not however and they soon took other territories. -
The non-aggression pact is formed.
Germany formes a non aggression pact with Russia so they can invade Poland. Russia agrees for half the territory. Later Germany would break the pact and attack Russia. -
Britain and France declare war on Germany
Germany invades Poland forcing Britain and France to declare War. Germany would continue to take territories. Eventually they would evade France. -
The Great Depression ends.
The economy finally starts to improve for the first time in forever. FDR put in many policies that would help prevent this from happening again. Peral Harbor would follow a year later putting the economy in overdrive. -
Russia joins the Allies
Germany breaks the nonaggression pact and invades Russia. Russia Joins the ally’s side. The invasion of Russia would be Germany’s downfall. -
Peral Harbour
The Japanese bombed an America naval base in Hawaii. Many lost their lives but the loss was not too severe. The US joined the war soon after this. -
D-Day
The Allies invade the beaches of Normandy. This is the turning point of the war. We would eventually take back France and start heading twards the German boarder. -
The dropping of he atomic bomb.
The atomic bomb was dropped to end the war. It was dropped on Hiroshima and then Nagasaki three days later. This marks the end of the war as japan would shortly surrender.
