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Interwar years
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End of WW1
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The Roaring Twenties
Refers to the decade of the 1920s in Western society and Western culture. It was a period of economic prosperity with a distinctive cultural edge in the United States and Western Europe, particularly in major cities such as Berlin, Chicago, London, Los Angeles, New York City, Paris, and Sydney. -
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The great depression
The Great Depression was the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world, lasting from 1929 to 1939. It began after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors. -
Clash near the Marco Polo Bridge, close to Beijing
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Germans launch offensive in the West
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Battle of Britain begins
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Launching of Operation Barbarossa
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Attack on pearl Harbour
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Battle of Midway
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Germans launch battle of Kursk
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D-Day
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Battle of Leyte Gulf
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Dropping of second atom bomb, on Nagasaki