Germany asked Belgium for permission to pass through its territory, but Belgium said no. So, on August 4, 1914, Germany invaded Belgium by force.

This made Great Britain very angry, because Belgium was supposed to be respected. That’s why Great Britain declared war on Germany that same day.

Germany wanted to win quickly by taking over France. German soldiers got very close to Paris.

But the French and British armies stopped them near the Marne River. French soldiers even used taxis to get to the battle fast.

Germany had to go back, and their plan to win quickly failed.

They wanted to take control of an important route to help their friend, Russia.

But the Turkish soldiers (the Ottoman Empire) fought very well.

The battle lasted many months, many people died, and in the end, the attackers lost and left in 1916.

The Armenians had their own religion and culture.

The government said the Armenians were bad and forced them to leave their homes.

Many Armenians died on the way.

It is believed that more than one million Armenian people died.

It happened in 1916, in a place called Verdun, in France.

Germany wanted to win quickly and attacked Verdun because they knew France would defend it strongly.

The fight lasted almost 10 months and many soldiers on both sides died or got hurt.

France fought hard and did not let Germany take the city.

This battle showed how brave the French soldiers were.

But later, Germany started using submarines to sink ships, and some ships had American people on them, like the Lusitania. That made Americans very angry.

Then, in 1917, the U.S. found out about a secret message from Germany to Mexico. In the message, Germany said it would help Mexico get land back from the U.S. if Mexico helped in the war.

After this, the U.S. decided to join the war. In April 1917, President Woodrow Wilson said the U.S. had to fight.

The U.S. helped its friends, like France and Britain, by sending soldiers and supplies. This helped them win the war faster.

In October 1917, a group called the Bolsheviks, who were communists and wanted to change the country, took power. Their leader was Lenin. They arrested Nicholas and his family.

On the night of July 17, 1918, the Bolsheviks killed Nicholas II, his wife, their five children, and some others. They did this because they were afraid their enemies might try to rescue him and bring him back to power.

After his death, the Bolsheviks stayed in control, and the communist government officially began in Russia.

It began when the stock market in New York crashed (that means the value of stocks dropped very fast). Many people and companies lost their money, businesses closed, and millions of people lost their jobs.

Banks also closed, and people could not take out their money. Many families lost their homes and didn’t have food.

Since the United States was a very important country, this crisis also affected other countries, like Germany, the United Kingdom, France, and more.

It lasted for several years, and the economy started to get better in the 1930s, when governments began to create jobs and help people.

It was also a time when people went out more, danced, listened to jazz, and bought modern things. Many people lived in cities and spent money on clothes, entertainment, and new gadgets. Women began to have more freedom, could vote, worked more, and wore modern clothes like shrt dresses and had short hair.

But not everything was perfect. While some people got richer, others stayed poor. Farmers earned little money, and African Americans and immigrants faced discrimination. Also, some people did not like the modern changes and wanted to keep traditional ways.

All this time of happiness and growth ended in 1929 when the Great Depression started and the economy crashed.o

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This affected both companies and banks, and many people lost their jobs. The economy around the world went into a crisis, where there was a lot of poverty, hunger, and sadness.

• The government paid people to do public work jobs to improve the country. This helped both the citizens and the country.

• It also helped farmers so they could sell their products because no one was buying due to the lack of money.

• Help was created so that people without jobs could get some money to survive and keep going.

• Because banks were closing, the United States government helped make the economy much safer to prevent another crisis.

• And finally, new laws were made to protect workers by requiring a minimum wage and better working conditions. They also decided to protect the new economy.

  This is how, thanks to the New Deal, the United States took a step closer to ending the crisis.

That’s how, in 1933, Hitler became the leader of Germany.

Little by little, he started to eliminate political parties he didn’t like, wanted to control the government, and keep all the power for himself.

Some people thought they could use Hitler for their own benefit, but it didn’t end that way. Germany stopped being a democracy and fell under Hitler’s dictatorship.

1. The impact of the first world war.

2. The economic crisis and the great depression

3. The rise of totalitarisim

4. The weakness of democracies:After World War I, many countries tried to have democracy, but it didn’t work well. There was an economic crisis, fights between political parties, and many people didn’t trust the government. Since people were scared and angry, they started to support strong leaders like Hitler or Mussolini.

• The Republicans: wanted a democratic Spain with more rights for the people.

• The Nationalists: led by General Francisco Franco, wanted a strong and conservative government.

The war started in 1936 and ended in 1939. It was very violent, and many people died. Germany and Italy helped the Nationalists, while the Soviet Union helped the Republicans. In the end, the Nationalists won, and Franco became the dictator of Spain. He ruled until he died in 1975.

Because of this, Britain and France declared war on Germany two days later, on September 3, 1939. This officially started World War II, a conflict that lasted six years and affected the whole world.

The bombings shocked the world and made Japan realize it could not continue the war. On August 15, 1945, Japan announced its surrender, officially ending World War II. This event changed warfare forever and showed the terrible power of nuclear weapons.

He didn’t want to be captured by the Soviets, so on April 30, 1945, he decided to kill himself. He was with his wife, Eva Braun. They had just gotten married one day before. Hitler shot himself, and Eva took poison. Both of them died in the bunker.

After their deaths, their bodies were burned because Hitler didn’t want the enemies to find them.

The next day, April 28, 1945, Mussolini and Clara were shot and killed. Their bodies were taken to Milan and hung upside down in a public square. Many Italians were angry at Mussolini and wanted to see that he was really dead.

Then, the war continued in Asia. The United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan, in the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, in August 1945. After that, Japan surrendered on September 2, 1945. This ended the whole war.

Important Nazi officials were put on trial. Some were sentenced to death, others to prison. These trials were the first time international law was used to punish war crimes.

Stalin was known for his strict and brutal rule. He controlled the country through fear, sending many people to prison or having them killed. After the war, he helped start the Cold War by spreading communism in Eastern Europe. Stalin died in 1953, but his rule left a strong impact on history.

Capa was known for being fearless, often taking photographs right in the middle of dangerous situations. He died in 1954 while covering the First Indochina War.