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Death of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Assassination of the heir of Austria-hungary and his wife. This led Austria declaring war on Serbia. -
Russian against Germany
Russian and Germany declared war on each other. This was known as the "Great War" which seem to have spark the beginning of the world wars. -
USA declares war on Germany
The sinking of the US boats led them to declare war with Germany. Primarily the sinkage of the Lustiania and killing 128 US civilians -
Creation of the League of Nations
The league of nations was an organization founded after the Paris conference that ended the WWl. It was the first permanent international organization whose primary goal was world peace. -
Hitler arose to power
Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist Group, also known as Nazi party. -
U.S. Stock Market Crash
U.S. stock market crashed which led people to panic and had almost everyone trying to take money out of the banks. -
Holocaust
Nazi's of Germany began taking Jews and other people and putting them into concentration camps where they killed millions of innocent people.
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Invasion of China
It has been debated when WWll actually started. Japan invade China and wars throughout Asia broke out. -
France & Britain declared war on Germany
In hope to help Poland, France and Britain joined forces and attempted to strike back at Germany. However, Germany overran France in July of 1940. This affected the asian wars, also allowing France to take over Indochina. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
U.S. did not play a big role throughout WWll but after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, the U.S. joined allies to fight against this raging power coming from Japan.
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V-E Day
(Victory in Europe Day)
This day was when the Allies proclaimed victory against Germany since Germany officials agreed to sign a surrender form.
