French Revolution
This was the King who oversaw the fall of the French monarchy, ending with his beheading.
Louis XVI
This is the first nation Napoleon invaded in the Napoleonic Wars.
Austria
The assassination of this man lit the fuse for World War I.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
This is where Hitler invaded that formally started WWII.
Poland
This was the name of the communist leader of the Soviet Union who, even after allying with the US during WWII, had immense distrust in the US that they would threaten the communist regime with an overthrow.
Joseph Stalin
This group was the name of the radical thinkers that formed within the National Assembly to not only overthrow the monarchy, but to institute themselves as leaders.
Jacobians
This is the title Napoleon assumed following his success in the French Revolution.
Emperor
This transmission, meant for Mexican eyes only, was supposedly written by the Germans to convince the Mexicans to invade the United States as a way of keeping them out of WWI.
Zimmerman Telegraph
This document, which effectively ended World War I, is considered to also be the immediate catalyst for World War II because of its harsh reparations demanded of the Germans.
Treaty of Versailles
This President, who presided over the end of one war and beginning of another, was so disliked he was forced to not run for reelection, handing the White House over to Republicans for the first time in 24 years.
Harry Truman
The Oath all members of the National Assembly were required tk take to assume office.
Tennis Court Oath
This decisive battle ended in Napoleon's final defeat and forced second, permanent exile.
Battle of Waterloo
At the Second Battle of Ypres, this weapon was used for the first time in warfare, and has since been universally banned since.
Mustard Gas
This is the name of the man whom killed Adolf Hitler, effectively taking Germany out of the war.
Adolf Hitler
"I am become death, destroyer of worlds" is a reference to an Indian proverb about a Prince with the power to conquer all, but once he does he lives to regret his decision with guilt. This physicist, in 1950, gave a televised interview and used this quote to describe his emotion on seeing his creation used for such mass slaughter, now tossing the US and USSR into a standoff.
J. Robert Oppenheimer
This declaration, modeled and partially written by Thomas Jefferson and his equivalent document, is considered to be the biggest factor in the motivating of not only the French, but the Prussians and Spanish to overthrow their monarchies.
Declaration of the Rights of Man
After his exile, Napoleon made his way to Egypt, coerced loyal soldiers to lend him their boats and arms, and stormed back to France after just this period of time.
100 Days
This man was the Minister of the Navy during World War I, and was almost removed from British Parliament after the devastating death count came in regarding the failed invasion of Gallipoli.
Winston Churchill
This battle in the Pacific Ocean was CRITICAL to the United States stopping Japanese eastern advancement and potential attempts to invade west US, as German subs began threatening to invade the US from the east when Britain almost fell.
The Battle of Midway
This failed military operation, coupled with the lining of the Turkish-Russo border, led to the Cuban Missle Crisis, the moment where the world held its collective breath thinking this was finally when the US or USSR fired first.
Bay of Pigs
Author of "Friend of the People," this writer is credited as being on equal footing with Robbespierre in terms of influence and authority until his assassination, known as the Bathtub Bloodbath, because of where it occurred.
Jean-Paul Marat
Replaced Napoleon's son, Napoleon II, as ruler of France after Napoleon was deposed for good.
Louis XVII
This former President of the United States volunteered, after his presidency, to lead an expeditionary military force into Germany to help the Allies. President Wilson, not wanting to enter the war, bluntly turned him down.
Theodore Roosevelt
This is the name of the plane that carried Fat Boy, and Little Man, which brought a decisive end to WWII.
Enola Gay
This war in the Middle East is considered the USSR's last stand before dissolving into the Russian Federation. It also led to the rise of Saddam Hussein to an international level after he received the Soviet financial backing to invade Kuwait.
Gulf War