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Assassination Of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Assassination Of Archduke Franz Ferdinand - A Look Back At The Major Events That Changed Our World Forever - It's Rosy


In 1914, the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated, and it exploded the rising tensions Europe was harboring. The objective of the assassination was to break off Austria-Hungary's South Slav provinces so they could be combined into a new country called Yugoslavia. Since the shooting was done by a group of Serbs, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, and the rest of Europe joined in. 


German Invasion Of Poland

German Invasion Of Poland - A Look Back At The Major Events That Changed Our World Forever - It's Rosy


On September 1, 1939, Hitler’s Nazi Germany invaded Poland, a move that England was not anticipating. This invasion forced the allies to acknowledge that Hitler had greater intentions to occupy Europe, and Great Britain declared war on Nazi Germany just two days later.



Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor - A Look Back At The Major Events That Changed Our World Forever - It's Rosy

The attack on Pearl Harbor happened on Sunday morning, December 7, 1941. The strike forced the United States to formally enter into World War II, as well as bring the war into the Pacific arena. This eventually led to the first and only nuclear bombing attack, when the U.S. dropped bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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