The two leaders secretly plan to divide Poland and other parts of Eastern Europe between them ... Britain and France declare war on Germany. World War II begins. May: As Germany marches into ...
By the late 1930s, the question was no longer whether a Second World War would break out, but when-and who would be drawn ...
The past 100 years have seen another world war ... Europe is based on the lines drawn following the conflict sparked by Princip's bullet. (Pull cursor to the right from 1914 to see 1914 map ...
On the eve of World War II, Europe had some 17,000 synagogues. According to the foundation’s database, fewer than 850 remain throughout the continent and in Russia, which is included in the map.
World War I involved 32 nations from 1914 to 1919. It redrew the world map and reshaped many borders in Europe. The collapse of the Russian Empire created Poland, the Baltics, and Finland.