Cold War
This struggle over political differences carried on by means short of military action or war.
The assasination of this Heir to the Australian thrown sparked the beginning of WW1.
This term meaning lightening war was used by Germany in their invasion of Poland in 1939.
What is Blitzkrieg?
During the 1770s, the people of France were divided into three large social classes, also known as what?
What are estates?
This empire was later broken up giving some territories independence while others such as Palestine and Iraq were given to France and Great Britain.
An allianced formed by: Soviet Union, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, poland, Hungary, romania, Bulgaria, and Albania. This is because the Soviet Union saw NATO as a threat
What was the Warsaw Pact?
Austria-Hungary declared war on this country on July 28, 1914 officially beginning WW1
What is Serbia?
The Kamikaze attack from Japan resulting in thousands of deaths and injuries after the bombing on this U.S. Naval base occurred on December 7, 1941
What was Pearl Harbor?
These 3 nations came together to discuss germanys punishments for WW2
Was was the U.S., Great Britain, and France?
This was the year president Truman authorized work on a thermonuclear weapon
What was 1950?
This weaponry allowed for movement across rugged terrain, eventually deigned to cross trenches
What are tanks?
This battle beginning in the summer of 1940 involved Germany air force bombing this European City until Hitler finally called off the tax.
This meeting that king Louis XVI was forced to call in 1789 involved representatives from the 3 social classes to approve the new taxes imposed on the nobility.
What was the Estates General Meeting?
This abbreviation stood for Germanys punishment in the Treaty
What is BRAT?
During the Cold War these two countries fought forthe exploration and control of space, coining the nickname the "space race"
United States & the Soviet Union
This communist party was established in 1917 after the overthrow of the Russian czar.
What was the Bolsheviks?
This invasion beginning on June 6, 1944 in Normandy, France was the largest land and sea attack in history.
What was the D-Day Invasion?
Some members of the national congress turned on this man demanding his execution which occurred on July 28, 1974 when we was sent to the Guillotine
Who is Maximilien Robespierre?
Clemenceau was nicknamed this animal for his desire to crush Germany
Who was the tiger?
This metaphor introduced by Winston Church Hill describes the political boundary dividing Europe into the Democratic Western Europe and Communism Eastern Europe.
What is Iron Curtain?
Russia dropped out of WW1 in march of 1918 and signed a treaty with this alliance.
What was the Central Powers?
This former American general led over 100,000 troops of mainly Americans to North Africa in November of 1942 on their way to take over.
Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower?
This Pledge was said by the third estate delegates, promising not to leave until made a new constitution after getting locked out of the meeting room.
What was the Tennis Court Oath?
This country was angry because they were not invited to Versailles and lost countries such as Finland, Estonia, and Latvia
What was Russia?