World War I
World War II
The Cold War
100

This archduke was assassinated in Sarajevo in 1914, triggering the war.

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

100

The war officially began when Germany invaded this country in 1939.

Poland

100

This period of tension began after World War II between these two nations.

The United States and the Soviet Union

200

This nation invaded Belgium in August 1914, leading Britain to declare war.

The German Empire

200

This surprise Japanese attack in 1941 led the United States to enter the war.

Pearl Harbor

200

This military organization was formed by the United States and its European allies in 1949.

NATO

300

The battle lines were characterized by this defensive fortification.

Trenches

300

These bombings in 1945 forced Japan's unconditional surrender.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

300
The name of the space mission that put the first man on the Moon in 1969.

Apollo 11

400

This treaty ended World War I.

The Treaty of Versailles

400

This battle was the crucial turning point in the war on the Eastern Front.

The Battle of Stalingrad

400

This event in November 1989 symbolized the end of the Cold War.

The fall of the Berlin Wall

500

This German military plan failed to quickly capture Paris at the start of the war.

The Schlieffen Plan

500

The 201st Squadron of the Mexican Air Force fought in this area of the Pacific War.

The Philippines.

500

This event in 1962 brought the superpowers to the brink of nuclear war.

The Cuban Missile Crisis