Twentieth Century History
The twentieth century was a tumultuous time with a lot of conflict and great change. There were revolutions around the world; most notably perhaps in Russia and China. The century is remembered for “The War to End All Wars,” which of course the First World War hardly was. Despite the horrors of the war and the many millions of deaths, there … Keep Reading → would be more wars and deaths to come. The rise of Hitler in Germany and the Second World War thrust the world into chaos once again. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and the United States entered the war, the war was truly a world war. For many, the lingering memory of the war is the horror of the Holocaust. After the war was a growth period in many western nations and the rise of the iron curtain in many Eastern European nations. The cold war was a tense time for many. There were other conflicts, notably the United States conflicts with Korea and Vietnam. The fall of the Berlin Wall signaled the beginning of a new era for many nations.
- 1900s and 1910s
- 1920s
- 1930s
- 1940s
- 1950s
- 1960s
- 1970s
- 1980s
- 1990s
- 20th Century Nostalgia and Experiences
- The Great Depression
- World War I
- World War II
