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1 giorno fa · World War II, conflict that involved virtually every part of the world during the years 1939–45. The principal belligerents were the Axis powers — Germany, Italy, and Japan —and the Allies— France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and, to a lesser extent, China.
1 giorno fa · World War I began in the Balkans on July 28, 1914, and hostilities ended on November 11, 1918, leaving 17 million dead and 25 million wounded. Moreover, the Russian Civil War can in many ways be considered a continuation of World War I, as can various other conflicts in the direct aftermath of 1918.
17 ore fa · World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two major alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. The vast majority of the world's countries, including all the great powers, fought as part of these military alliances.
19 apr 2024 · World War One (abbreviated as WW1) was the first conflict to drag a large number of countries from all around the globe into a fully industrialised conflict. The war would result in a huge amount of casualties, major technological changes, the introduction of the concept of 'total war', significant social changes and even the fall of old empires.
3 giorni fa · History of the United Kingdom during the First World War. This article is about the effect of the war on civilian and military life in the United Kingdom, 1914–1918. For information on the engagements in which its armed forces fought, see First World War.
27 apr 2024 · Cambridge History of the First World War. edited by: Jay Winter. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2014, ISBN: 9780521763851; 771pp.; Price: £90.00. Reviewer: Professor Richard Grayson. Goldsmiths, University of London. Citation: Professor Richard Grayson, review of Cambridge History of the First World War, (review no. 1618)
2 giorni fa · The First World War is a seminal historical event; an historical caesura whose aftershocks still resonate. For Eric Hobsbawm, it began the ‘Age of Extremes’ – the start of the ‘short’ twentieth century lasting from 1914 to 1991 in which fascism, communism and liberal democracy clashed for world hegemony.
