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Turkish War of Independence. Boundaries in 1920. In the history of the 20th century, the interwar period (or interbellum) lasted from 11 November 1918 to 1 September 1939 (20 years, 9 months, 21 days) – from the end of World War I (WWI) to the beginning of World War II (WWII). It was relatively short, yet featured many social, political ...
Battlestrike: Call to Victory) (2004) World War II Combat: Road to Berlin (aka. Battlestrike: Secret Weapons of WWII) (2006) World War II Combat: Iwo Jima (aka. The Heat of War) (2006) Wolfschanze 1944: The Final Attempt (2006) Battlestrike: Force of Resistance (aka. Mortyr 3) (2007) Operation Thunderstorm (aka.
Mayer ended his essay by arguing that World War I should be best understood as a pre-emptive "counterrevolutionary" strike by ruling elites in Europe to preserve their power. [34] In a 1972 essay "World War I As a Galloping Gertie", the American historian Paul W. Schroeder blamed Britain for the First World War.
This article covers worldwide diplomacy and, more generally, the international relations of the great powers from 1814 to 1919. [ note 1 ] This era covers the period from the end of the Napoleonic Wars and the Congress of Vienna (1814–1815), to the end of the First World War and the Paris Peace Conference (1919–1920).
Outline of World War II. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to World War II: World War II, or the Second World War was a global military conflict that was fought between September 1, 1939, and September 2, 1945. The war pitted two major military alliances against each other: the Allies of the United States ...
World War II [b] or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all the world's countries—including all the great powers—participated, with many investing all available economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities in pursuit of total war, blurring the distinction between military and ...
A world war is an international conflict that involves most or all of the world's major powers. [1] Conventionally, the term is reserved for two major international conflicts that occurred during the first half of the 20th century, World War I (1914–1918) and World War II (1939–1945), although some historians have also characterised other global conflicts as world wars, such as the Nine ...
Daily Mail on 5 August 1914. The United Kingdom entered World War I on 4 August 1914, when King George V declared war after the expiry of an ultimatum to the German Empire. The official explanation focused on protecting Belgium as a neutral country; the main reason, however, was to prevent a French defeat that would have left Germany in control ...