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The Dual Alliance
An alliance was made between Germany and Austria-Hungary, which was established so that they would aid one another in case of an attack from Russia. -
WWI: Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferndinand
He was the emperor of the Austro-Hungarian empire and was killed by a Serbian nationalist due to the country's desire to be independent and not under the rule of the empire. This caused tensions between the Austro-Hungarian empire and Serbia as well as other European countries as they decided to ally with them. -
Lusitania Sinks
Germany used a submarine and suck the Lusitania without any warning. This killed around 1,100 people, including about 120 Americans. It caused Germany to have a bad role in the public opinion. -
Peace with Germany and Russia
A peace treaty is sighed with the newly established Bolshevik gov't of Russia, which ensures land for Germany. -
Treaty of Versailles
This treaty ended WWI with Germany and the Allied powers. It affected Germany the most because they had lost the war. Therefore, they were expected to pay large amounts of money for the war damages. It eventually led them to be unstable since the government was not in good shape and the citizens were starving. -
The Holocaust
The Nazi's rose in power in Germany and looked down on the Jews. The sought them to be "unworthy of life". As a result, many Jews were persecuted and put into concentration camps where conditions were horrendous. -
Roosevelt's Quarantine Speech
President Franklin D. Roosevelt gives a speech, telling the nations to stop fighting and work together instead. -
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
An atomic bomb was made in the U.S. and it was used to end the war faster. Also, a second bomb was dropped. In effect, it injured and took the lives of many people. -
Decline in European Powers
Germany, Italy, and France were destroyed was Great Britain was financially unstable. Consequently, the U.S and the Soviet Union were the only ones with great power left. -
Deaths in Europe
After the war, there were 40 million deaths in Europe. It was shown that Two-third of them were civilians and one fifth were the population of Poland.
