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According to the Century 10, Quatrain 74 of The Prophecies (1555), [199] the "start" of the end of the world begins in the given date of 3797, with a prolonged global war lasting between 25 to 29 years, followed by a series of smaller wars, [200] but most interpretations of Nostradamus dates are aware of required basic mathematic sums, given ...
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 characterized other global conflicts as world wars, such as the Nine ...
List of military engagements of World War I (1914–1918) List of World War II battles (1939–1945) Lists of allied military operations of the Vietnam War (1955–1975) List of military engagements during the Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022–2024) List of engagements during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war (2023–2024)
World War II began in Europe on 1 September 1939 [1] [2] with the German invasion of Poland and the United Kingdom and France's declaration of war on Germany two days later on 3 September 1939. Dates for the beginning of the Pacific War include the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War on 7 July 1937, [3] [4] or the earlier Japanese invasion of ...
These timelines of world history detail recorded events since the creation of writing roughly 5000 years ago to the present day. For events from c. 3200 BC – c. 500 see: Timeline of ancient history; For events from c. 500 – c. 1499, see: Timeline of post-classical history; For events from c. 1500, see: Timelines of modern history
The St. Louis Cardinals defeat the St. Louis Browns, 4 games to 2, to win their 5th World Series Title. This is the only all St. Louis World Series. USS Randolph is commissioned. October 20 World War II: American and Filipino troops (with Filipino guerrillas) begin the Battle of Leyte in the Philippines.
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
This is a timeline of events of World War II in 1939 from the start of the war on 1 September 1939. For events preceding September 1, 1939, see the timeline of events preceding World War II. Germany's invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 brought many countries into the war. This event, and the declaration of war by France and Britain two days ...