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Assasination of Archuduke Ferdinand
The assasination of Archdule feridnand really was the trigger for World War I. He was killed by a Serbian in the streets of Sarajevo.There was already a lot of tension between many countries and this just started a chain reaction. -
Wilson' 14 Point Plan
This was a peace plan that was created to help prevent furture wars. The first five pints were factors that led to war. the next set of points, 6-13, dealt with specific territorial issues. Lastly, number 14 was Wilson's most important point and it was what set up the League of Nations. This was an international oganization that guarenteed world peace. -
Signed Treaty of Versailles
This treaty dealt with Germany and its lost territories and colonies. The treaty forced Germany to take full responsibility for the war. They aslo had to pay for all of the reparations and it places limits on the size of thier military. The only reason wilson agrees to this treaty is so he can get his peace organization, The League of Nations. On this date, Germany signs the treaty which stes the stages for another war. -
Red Scare
On this date, more than 4,000 people in 33 different cities were deprted due to Plamer Raids and suspision of communism. America went through a period of time known as the "red Scare' where people feared that communists were behind labor strikes. in 1919 Lenin called for a workers revolution. Plamer wanted to eliminate anyone who he though had radical views and eventually public opinion turned against Palmer because he was deporting too excessively. -
Poland Invasion
When Hitler invaded Poland in September 1939, France and Britain declared war on Germany. This invasion was the major start of World War II. Poland was desoryed withing weeks and it was fully captured. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Four million troops poured over the Russian border. Within one month, over two and half million Russians had been killed, wounded or captured. The Germans made tremendous advances into Russia – into portions of Moscow, Leningrad, and Stalingrad. -
Pearl Harbor
The Attack on Pearl Harbor happened on December 7th, 1941. Japanese airplanes made a surprise attack on the US Navy in Pearl Harbor. They destroyed many ships and killed many soldiers. It was this attack that forced the United States to enter World War II. -
The Battle of Midway
Following the attack on Peal Harbor, Japanese armies rolled over Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and the East Indies. The war in the Pacific was fought on land, at sea, and in the air. In a four day battle fought between aircraft based on giant aircraft carriers, the U.S. destroyed hundreds of Japanese planes and regained control of the Pacific. The Japanese continued to fight on, however, even after the war -
D-Day
General Dwight Eisenhower led U.S. and Allied troops in an invasion of Normandy, France. The armies fought their way through France and Belgium and into Germany while Russian troops fought from the east. On May 7, 1945, Germany surrendered. -
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was a major battle in Europe during World War II. It was Germany's final attempt to drive the Allies off of mainland Europe. Most of the troops involved on the Allied side were American troops. It is considered one of the greatest battles ever fought by the United States military.When Germany attacked they used over 200,000 troops and nearly 1,000 tanks to break through the US lines. It was winter and the weather was snowy and cold. The Americans were not ready for the at -
The Holocaust
The Holocaust was a genocide in which approximately six million Jews were killed by Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime and its collaborators throughout Nazi Germany and German-occupied territories. Not only Jews but hanidcapped, gypsies, and others were all sent to concentration camps. They were either forced to hard labor or they were killing by mass shootings or gassings. -
Korea is Divided into North and South
After the Japenese sureendedered tot the Soviets they maintained military control in the North, so American troops went into the South. A temporary border at 38th parallel was established. -
North Invades South
The Northeern troops invaded the South oast teh 38th parallel. ober a couple of days ove r90,000 of their troops took over the captial of the sotuh, Seoul. -
Pyongyang
On this day the Un forces gained conrol of the North's capital.The controls and whoever is at an advantage keeps switching between sides. -
Red Scare
Americans were afraid of communism during the 50s; an occurrence called the “Red Scare” was a mass hysteria throughout our country. McCarthy was a Senator who claimed he had a briefcase with a list of names of people within the United States’ government who were secretly communists. Everyone lost trust in one another and was afraid that there were communists luring about their whole country waiting to destroy their freedom. Actual spies were found and killed for sharing our bombing plans. -
Truman relieves MacArthur of command
MacArthur had a cokcy personality and he made an inappropriate comment that contradicted the administartion's policies. Truman was very angered by MacArthur and this was the last push to fire him. -
The Vietnam War Starts
The Unites States wanted to prevent all of Vietnam from becoming a communist government. T=MAerica belved hat if one country beame commuist then its surrounding countired would to and it would continure to spread and spread; thi swas calle dthe Domino Theory. -
President Kennedy is Assasinated
President JFK was assinated during a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas as a way to campaign. He was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald. -
Battle of Ia Drang
This was the first major batle of the Vietnam war between the United States and the NVA ( the norht Vietnamese). The battle lasted for 4 days. New air mobility was tested in this battle as a new strategic mode of transportation. -
Tet Offensive
The Tet Offensive was one of the largest battles of the Vietnam War. It was a series of surprise attacks from the Vietcong on South Vietmnamese cities and villages. It was unexpected since they statred the offenses during the Tet holiday which was highly important to their cultures. It was very difficult for the south and U.S. to gain control of these situations. Images of the offensive were leaked to the public back home and caused a great hatred for the war. -
My Lai Massacre
The my Lai Massacre was an attack on innocent villagers in South Vientam form the United States. The original goal was a search and destroy mission to find members of the Vietcongin which they heard they ould be there. Uniited States soldiers endd up burning huses, killing, raping and torchering many innocnet villagers. Most of the deaths were children and he elderly. It went to court but only ojne person was accused and imprissoned when many more should have been. -
Martin Luther King Jr, Assasinated
Martin Luther King Jr. was the leader of the Civil Rights Movement. He was very inspiration and gave speeches and lead marches. He was assainated by a single rifle bullet while standing on the second-floor balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. James Earl Ray was accused of the killing. -
Watergate Scandal
The Watergate scandal was a major political scandal that occurred in the United States in the 1970s as a result of the June 17, 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., and President Richard Nixon's administration's attempted cover-up of its involvement. When the conspiracy was discovered and investigated by the U.S. Congress, the Nixon administration's resistance to its probes led to a constitutional crisis -
Persian Gulf
Iraq invade Kuwait, claiming that they weren'y a "real" country anyways. They were in interest of Kuwait's oil reserves, so the Unites States stepped in and warns Iraq but they do not stop at deadline so, in January 17th 1991, operation Desert Storm begins. -
Bosnia
Yugoslavia is created after WWII. It is made up of Serbs, Croats, and Muslims. after the leader Tito dies, Melosevic steps in and gained power through religious hatred. Slovania and Croatia delcae thier independence which causes a civil war. Serbs began to be violent and gain ground and started a Genocide of thhe Muslims. There were mass shootings, much rape, and forced re-populations. -
Somalia
Somlians are being starved to death, the United States tries to send food the them for humanitarian urposes but the government continues to take food and starve the natives. Aidid gets bold and tries to attack soliders, now the Unites States' sildiers have to plan an attack, snatch, and secure mission in Mongadishu, but the plan goes wrong, known as Black Hawk Down -
McCarthyism (Red Scare)
On this day, the senator, Joe McCarthy claimed he had a briefcase with a list of names of people (205) who were communists in the U.S. government or America in general. This claim scared Amwricans witht he fear that communists were invading the country. A couple was executed too for sharing bomb plans to communists.
