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A Timeline of Global Conflict
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A Timeline of Global Conflict
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
- was shot by Gavrilo Princip on June 28, 1914
Battle of Stalingrad
Bombing of Hiroshima
Rape of Nanking
Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
Treaty of Versailles
Stock Market Crash
- directly led to the First World War
- Effectively ended the war between Germany and Allied Powers
- Germany was forced to pay for damages and were reassigned boundaries; was a source of great shame to German citizens
- Japanese army marches into Nanking (China) and proceeds to kill half of the city's population
- halted German advance into Soviet territory
- shifted tide of the war in favor of the Allies
- over 2 million total casualties
- began a world-wide economic depression
- caused further economic issues to the already-struggling Germany
- forced Japan to surrender and withdraw from their acquired territories.
- Ended World War II
- Allowed the Soviets to (temporarily) remain at peace with Germany
- Allowed Germany to invade Poland unopposed
- divided Europe into Soviet and Nazi spheres of influence
1944
1938
1941
1933
1922
1917
1942
1945
1939
1919
1929
1937
1914
Munich Conference
D-Day
Mussolini takes power in Italy
Battle of the Bulge
Adolf Hitler elected Chancellor
Bolshevik Revolution
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Zimmermann Note
- turned Italy into a fascist dictatorship
- eventually became a role model and close ally to Adolf Hitler
- Germany wanted an alliance with Mexico should the U.S. enter World War I
- provided the Allies with a foothold on continental Europe
- "The beginning of the end of the war"
- led to the liberation of Western Europe
- legally gave Nazi Germany control of the western portion of Czechoslovakia
- Put Europe on the brink of war when France and Britain failed to aid Czechoslovakia
- Lenin gains control of Russia and becomes dictator
- formed the USSR (Soviet Union) and adopted communism
- Led the U.S. to enter World War I
- was an attempt by the Japanese to prevent American interference in their Pacific conquests
- caused the United States to enter World War II
- Hitler now holds a significant position of power
- begins his manipulation of the German government and people to gain support and become dictator
- caused heavy casualties to American forces, but the desperate German advance was eventually halted
- cripples the Nazi army with heavy loses to resources
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