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The 20th century's great crises

These curations cover World War I, the Great Depression and World War II. They look at trench warfare, the economic downturn of 1929 to 1939 and the politics it reshaped, and the global conflict from 1939 to 1945.

the history of world war ii

The history of World War II is the history of a global conflict between the Allies and the Axis powers from 1 September 1939 to 2 September 1945. It is generally considered to have begun on 1 September 1939, when Nazi Germany, under Adolf Hitler, invaded Poland, after which the United Kingdom and France declared war on Germany.

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The history of the Great Depression and financial failures

The history of the Great Depression is the account of a severe global economic downturn from 1929 to 1939, marked by high rates of unemployment and poverty, drastic reductions in industrial production and international trade, and widespread bank and business failures around the world.

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How trench warfare shaped the history of world war i

The history of World War I concerns a global conflict between the Allies and the Central Powers, fought from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918. It began after Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian Serb, assassinated Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, on 28 June 1914.

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