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1914

June 28th - Assassination of Arch-Duke Ferdinand

August 1st- Germany Declares War on Russia

October 29th –Trench Warfare becomes dominant on Western Front

1915

May 7th- Lusitania is sunk by German Submarine (U-Boat)

1916

September 15th- British introduce the tank to the battlefield

1917

January 16th Zimmerman Note

February 1st- Germans begin unrestricted submarine warfare

April 6th- United States declares war on Germany

December 5th- Communist Russia reaches separate peace with Germany

General “Black” Jack Pershing leads the first of 1.8 Million American Soldiers

1918

October 4th- Germany asks for Armistice (cease fire)

November 11th- Armistice is signed bring an end to the fighting

World Wide Influenza epidemic

1919

June 28th- Treaty of Versailles is signed with the League of Nations

1921

Extreme inflation hits German economy as they pay reparations

1922

Mussolini and his followers march on Rome

1923

Hitler launches a failed coup in Bavaria writes

Mein Kampf 1929

Stock Market Collapse in United States marking the beginning of Depression

1933

Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany

March 12th First Concentration Camp Opened

1934

June 30th Night of the Long Knives

1937

December 13th Rape of Nanking

1939

March 15th Nazis take Czechoslovakia through appeasement

September 1st Invasion of Poland using the Blitzkrieg

1940

June 22nd France force to sign armistice with Germany

September Beginning of the Blitz

1941

June 22nd Germany attacks Soviet Union a strategic mistake

December 7th Japanese attack Pearl Harbor drawing the United States into war

1942

September 13th Battle of Stalingrad a key turning point of the War

June 4thBattle of Midway another key turning point of the War

1943

Battle of the Atlantic Climaxes with many sinkings

1944

June 6th Normandy Landings Americans in France

August 25th Paris Liberated

December 16-27 Battle of the Bulge Last German offensive of the War

1945

Feb 13th Dresden Firebombed Many civilians are targeted by allies.

April 28th Mussolini Hanged

April 30th Hilter commits suicide

May 7th German’s Surrender

August 6th First Atomic bomb used on Hiroshima

September 2 Japanese Surrender

October 4th United Nations formed