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Triple Powers
European Powers made allegiances to form new groups in order to maintain the balance of power between other European nations:
Triple Entente- Britain, France, Russia (August 31, 1907)
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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand, archduke of Austria-Hungary, was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian nationalist with ties to the secretive military group known as the Black Hand, on the 28th of June 1914 at Sarajevo -
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WWI
From the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand to the signing of the Treaty of Versailles -
Treaty of Bucharest
With the fall of the Russians, this Treaty was signed in Buftea, Romania as a stalemate on the Eastern Front by the German Empire, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria, and Romania -
Armistice of Compiègne
At 11:00 AM in Paris, France, the Armistice of Compiègne was signed ending the fight on the Western Front -
Treaty of Versailles
In Versailles, France, the Treaty of Versailles was signed by the United States, British Empire, France, Italy, Japan, and Germany thus formally ending WWI -
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Economic Collapse and Political Instability
led to WWII -
Nazi Invasion of Poland
Hitler invaded Poland from the West which sparked conflict which led to France and Britain declaring war on Germany two days later -
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WWII
From the Nazi invasion of Poland to the surrender of the Axis Powers -
Soviet Invades Poland
With the Nazis invading Poland on the West, the Soviets invaded them from the East (it was ok because of the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact between Germany and the Soviet Union) -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory which killed more than 2,300 Americans, completely destroyed the American battleship U.S.S Arizona, and capsize the U.S.S Oklahoma -
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
The US flew by and dropped the atomic bomb over the city of Hiroshima which wiped out over 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people, tens of thousands more would later die due to radation exposure -
Atomic Bombing Nagasaki
The US dropped a second bomb over the city of Nagasaki thus killing around 40,000 more people -
World Split in Half
At the end of WWII, two major powers were still standing: the United States and the USSR who were complete opposites of each other -
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Cold War
a state of geopolitical tension between powers in the Eastern Hemisphere, the USSR, and the Western Hemisphere, the United States that took place in space, economy-wise, proxy locations, etc.
