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  2. Interwar period - Wikipedia

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    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, military, and economic changes throughout the world.

  3. List of conflicts by duration - Wikipedia

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    7 years, 10 months, 4 weeks and 1 day War of the Austrian Succession: 16 December 1740 18 October 1748 7 years, 10 months and 2 days World War II: 1 September 1939 2 September 1945 6 years and 1 day Jebel Akhdar War: 30 January 1954: 10 October 1959: 5 years, 8 months, 1 week and 3 days Paraguayan War: 1864: 1870

  4. American modernism - Wikipedia

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    The Great Depression at the end of the '20s and during the '30s disillusioned people about the economic stability of the country and eroded utopianist thinking. The outbreak and the terrors of World War II caused further changes in mentality. The Post-war period that followed was termed Late Modernism. [2]

  5. Modernism - Wikipedia

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    More recently, the term "late modernism" has been redefined by at least one critic and used to refer to works written after 1945, rather than 1930. With this usage goes the idea that the ideology of modernism was significantly re-shaped by the events of World War II, especially the Holocaust and the dropping of the atom bomb. [121]

  6. Timelines of modern history - Wikipedia

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    An Encyclopedia of World History (5th ed. 1973); highly detailed outline of events online free; Morris, Richard B. and Graham W. Irwin, eds. Harper Encyclopedia of the Modern World: A Concise Reference History from 1760 to the Present (1970) online

  7. History of the United States (1917–1945) - Wikipedia

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    The history of the United States from 1917 to 1945 was marked by World War I, the interwar period, the Great Depression, and World War II. The United States tried and failed to broker a peace settlement for World War I , then entered the war after Germany launched a submarine campaign against U.S. merchant ships that were supplying Germany's ...

  8. Timeline of events preceding World War II - Wikipedia

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    The Armistice with Germany marks the end of World War I. German troops are given 72 hours to evacuate occupied territories [5] and Allied troops subsequently move in and occupy the German Rhineland. [citation needed] November 13 The Hungarian–Romanian War begins. December 27 Start of the Greater Poland Uprising against German rule.

  9. Modern era - Wikipedia

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    World War II was a global military conflict that took place in 1939–1945. It was the largest and deadliest war in history, culminating in The Holocaust and ending with the dropping of the atom bomb. [41] Although Japan had invaded China in 1937, the conventional view is that World War II began on September 1, 1939, when Nazi Germany invaded ...