20th century
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| - | :Rising [[nationalism]] and increasing national awareness were among the many causes of [[World War I]] (1914–1918), the first of two wars to involve many major world powers including [[Germany]], [[France]], [[Italy]], [[Japan]], [[Russia]]/[[USSR]], the [[United States]] and the [[British Empire]]. World War I led to the creation of many new countries, especially in [[Eastern Europe]]. At the time it was said by many to be the "war to end all wars". | + | :Rising [[nationalism]] caused [[World War I]], [[Great Depression]], [[fascism]] and [[nazism]], and subsequently to [[World War II]], the [[German genocide]] and the [[atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki]]. |
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| - | :The economic and political aftermath of World War I and the [[Great Depression]] in the 1930s led to the rise of fascism and [[nazism]] in Europe, and subsequently to [[World War II]] (1939–1945). This war also involved Asia and the Pacific, in the form of [[Japan]]ese aggression against [[China]] and the United States. Civilians also suffered greatly in World War II, due to the aerial bombing of cities on both sides, and the [[German genocide]] of the [[Jew]]s and others, known as [[the Holocaust]]. In 1945, [[atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki|Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed with nuclear weapons]]. | + | |
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- Rising nationalism caused World War I, Great Depression, fascism and nazism, and subsequently to World War II, the German genocide and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Years
- 2000 - 1999 - 1998 - 1997 - 1996 - 1995 - 1994 - 1993 - 1992 - 1991
- 1990 - 1989 - 1988 - 1987 - 1986 - 1985 - 1984 - 1983 - 1982 - 1981
- 1980 - 1979 - 1978 - 1977 - 1976 - 1975 - 1974 - 1973 - 1972 - 1971
- 1970 - 1969 - 1968 - 1967 - 1966 - 1965 - 1964 - 1963 - 1962 - 1961
- 1960 - 1959 - 1958 - 1957 - 1956 - 1955 - 1954 - 1953 - 1952 - 1951
- 1950 - 1949 - 1948 - 1947 - 1946 - 1945 - 1944 - 1943 - 1942 - 1941
- 1940 - 1939 - 1938 - 1937 - 1936 - 1935 - 1934 - 1933 - 1932 - 1931
- 1930 - 1929 - 1928 - 1927 - 1926 - 1925 - 1924 - 1923 - 1922 - 1921
- 1920 - 1919 - 1918 - 1917 - 1916 - 1915 - 1914 - 1913 - 1912 - 1911
- 1910 - 1909 - 1908 - 1907 - 1906 - 1905 - 1904 - 1903 - 1902 - 1901
See also
- History of subcultures in the 20th century
- 20th century art
- 20th century culture
- Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the 20th Century
- Straight to Hell: 20th Century Suicides
- 20th century philosophy
- French literature of the 20th century
- TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people of the 20th century
- French art of the 20th century
- Literature of the 20th century
- Primitivism in 20th Century Art
- 20th century in literature
- The Century of the Self
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